衙

yá
  1. office
  2. yamen 衙門

CEDICT

  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “to resist; to block”)
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “violent; tyrannical”)
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) short for 由衙 (“a kind of bamboo”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “to resist; to block”)
  6. alternative form of 禦 /御 (yù, “violent; tyrannical”)
  7. official residence
  8. only used in 衙衙 (“walking; marching (of troops)”)
  9. public office
  10. short for 由衙 (“a kind of bamboo”)

Wiktionary

  1. 古代官吏辦理公務的地方。
  2. 唐代天子處理政務的前殿。
  3. 依次排列成行的事物。
  4. 姓。如漢代有衙謹卿。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

衙 Yá surname Ya

Containing this entry

衙內 yánèi
  1. child of an official
  2. palace bodyguard
衙役 yáyì bailiff of feudal yamen
衙署 yáshǔ
  1. government office in feudal China
  2. yamen
衙門 yámen yamen, government office in dynastic China
府衙 fǔyá
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玩一局遊戲吧。

Let's play a game.

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  1. office
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  1. (reception) hall
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自助餐厅在哪里？

Where is the buffet restaurant?

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任 rèn
  1. to assign
  2. to appoint
  3. to take up a post
  4. office
  5. responsibility
  6. to let
  7. to allow
  8. to give free rein to
  9. no matter (how, what etc)
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我不信任银行。

I don't trust banks.

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  1. to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event)
  2. to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise)
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他丈夫打算辦月刊。

Her husband intends to bring out a new monthly magazine.

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