| 押宝 | [ yā baǒ ] to play yabao (a gambling game), (fig.) to gamble on, to take one's chance, to try one's luck |
| 押平声韵 | [ yā píng shēng yùn ] to restrict to even tone (i.e. final rhyming syllable must be classical first or second tone 平聲|平声) |
| 押后 | [ yā hoù ] to adjourn, to defer |
| 押沙龙 | [ yā shā lóng ] Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament) |
| 押车 | [ yā chē ] to escort (goods) during transportation, to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) |
| 押运 | [ yā yùn ] to escort (goods or funds), to convey under guard |
| 押运员 | [ yā yùn yuán ] supercargo (in maritime law), agent responsible for goods, an escort |
| 押韵 | [ yā yùn ] to rhyme, sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 |
| 押题 | [ yā tí ] (in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam |
| ⇒ 抵押贷款 | [ dǐ yā daì kuǎn ] mortgage loan |
| ⇒ 抵押贷款危机 | [ dǐ yā daì kuǎn weī jī ] mortgage crisis |
| ⇒ 拘押营 | [ jū yā yíng ] detention center, prison camp |
| ⇒ 次级抵押贷款 | [ cì jí dǐ yā daì kuǎn ] subprime mortgage |
| ⇒ 画押 | [ huà yā ] to sign, to make one's mark |
| ⇒ 监押 | [ jiān yā ] a jail, to imprison |
| ⇒ 羁押 | [ jī yā ] to detain, to take into custody, detention, imprisonment |
| ⇒ 声押 | [ shēng yā ] to apply to a court for an arrest warrant |
| ⇒ 质押 | [ zhì yā ] to pawn, to pledge |
| ⇒ 关押 | [ guān yā ] to imprison, to lock up (in jail) |
| ⇒ 非羁押性 | [ feī jī yā xìng ] noncustodial (sentence) |
