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衙 (ngaa4) — yamen - government office in feudal China in Cantonese

ngaaˎ₄衙
Mandarin Pinyin: ya2

Meaning of 衙

nounyamen - government office in feudal China

Words Containing 衙

衙門ngaa4 mun4
Chinese imperial court in pre-Republican times; government office, called in English historical records as the Yamen.
總理衙門zung2 lei5 ngaa4 mun4
the Qing dynasty equivalent of the Foreign Office

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