yamun
English
editEtymology
editIrregular romanization of Mandarin 衙門/衙门 (yámen).
Noun
edityamun (plural yamuns)
- Alternative form of yamen
- 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “屯 (thûn)”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 600:
- [The] Hai Ie district yamun has a department whose sole business is the rental of fields alloted to resident troops.