掖省 yèshěng central government offices Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 掖 yè side (bound form) at the side of a main structure, such as a side gate or side hall省 shěng noun ministry (archaic) a central government ministry, such as 中书省 zhōngshūshěng; (modern, primarily in translation) a ministry of the Japanese government