衙役

Chinese

		office; yamen	service
simp. and trad. (衙役)		衙	役

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): yáyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚˊ ㄧˋ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): яйи (i͡ayi, I-II)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yáyì → yáyi (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚˊ ㄧˋ → ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄧ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yáyi̊
    • Wade–Giles: ya²-i⁵
    • Yale: yá-yi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ya.yih
    • Palladius: яи (jai)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä³⁵ i⁵¹/ → /jä³⁵ i³/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: яйи (i͡ayi, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ia²⁴ i⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

Noun

衙役

1. (archaic) bailiff in a yamen
2. (Dungan) police

Synonyms

• 差役 (chāiyì)
• 隸卒／隶卒 (lìzú)
• 走卒 (zǒuzú)