衙
public office; official residence; surname Ya; office; yamen 衙門|衙门
- Strokes
- 13
- Pinyin
- yá
Parts
Words with 衙
- 衙内yá nèi · yaneichild of an official; palace bodyguard
- 衙役yá yì · yayibailiff of feudal yamen
- 衙署yá shǔ · yashugovernment office in feudal China; yamen
- 衙门yá men · yamenyamen, government office in dynastic China
- 总理衙门zǒng lǐ yá men · zongliyamenthe Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office
- 铁打的衙门,流水的官tiě dǎ de yá men , liú shuǐ de guān · tiedadeyamen,liushuideguanlit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom); fig. government officials come and go