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)

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

(archaic) bailiff in a yamen
(Dungan) police

Synonyms

差役 (chāiyì)
隸卒／隶卒 (lìzú)
走卒 (zǒuzú)

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