| 衙 | [ yá  ]    surname Ya | 
| 衙 | [ yá  ]    office, yamen 衙門|衙门 | 
| 衙內 | [ yá neì  ]    child of an official, palace bodyguard | 
| 衙内 | [ yá neì  ]    child of an official, palace bodyguard | 
| 衙役 | [ yá yì  ]    bailiff of feudal yamen | 
| 衙署 | [ yá shǔ  ]    government office in feudal China, yamen | 
| 衙門 | [ yá men  ]    government office in feudal China, yamen | 
| 衙门 | [ yá men  ]    government office in feudal China, yamen | 
| ⇒ 總理衙門 | [ zǒng lǐ yá men  ]    the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office | 
| ⇒ 总理衙门 | [ zǒng lǐ yá men  ]    the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office | 
| ⇒ 鐵打的衙門,流水的官 | [ tiě dǎ de yá men liú shuǐ de guān  ]    lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom), fig. government officials come and go | 
| ⇒ 铁打的衙门,流水的官 | [ tiě dǎ de yá men liú shuǐ de guān  ]    lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water (idiom), fig. government officials come and go |