Read Edit View history 衙門 yámen government office Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 衙门 衙門 yámen government office (historical) a government office in dynastic China; a yamen bureaucracy (metaphorical) a department or unit characterized by a serious bureaucratic or official style of work palace gate (archaic) the gate to the front hall of the imperial palace during the Tang dynasty Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 3.65 per million Cross-References Same as 官衙 guānyá牙门 yáménSynonym 官署 guānshǔ官厅 guāntīngReferenced by 衙役 yáyi衙署 yáshǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
衙门 衙門 yámen government office (historical) a government office in dynastic China; a yamen bureaucracy (metaphorical) a department or unit characterized by a serious bureaucratic or official style of work palace gate (archaic) the gate to the front hall of the imperial palace during the Tang dynasty Frequency Movie subtitles 0.540 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 3.65 per million Cross-References Same as 官衙 guānyá牙门 yáménSynonym 官署 guānshǔ官厅 guāntīngReferenced by 衙役 yáyi衙署 yáshǔ Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)