| 鸭 | [ yā ] duck, CL:隻|只[zhi1], (slang) male prostitute |
| 鸭仔蛋 | [ yā zǐ dàn ] balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) |
| 鸭嘴兽 | [ yā zuǐ shoù ] platypus |
| 鸭嘴龙 | [ yā zuǐ lóng ] hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) |
| 鸭子 | [ yā zi ] duck, male prostitute (slang) |
| 鸭子儿 | [ yā zǐ ] (coll.) duck's egg |
| 鸭掌 | [ yā zhǎng ] duck feet (claws) |
| 鸭梨 | [ yā lí ] Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri) |
| 鸭绿江 | [ yā lù jiāng ] Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border |
| 鸭舌帽 | [ yā shé maò ] peaked cap |
| 鸭蛋青 | [ yā dàn qīng ] pale blue |
| 鸭霸 | [ yā bà ] (Tw) unreasonable, overbearing, with no regard for others |
| ⇒ 丑鸭 | [ choǔ yā ] (bird species of China) harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) |
| ⇒ 中华秋沙鸭 | [ zhōng huá qiū shā yā ] (bird species of China) scaly-sided merganser (Mergus squamatus) |
| ⇒ 做鸭 | [ zuò yā ] (slang) (of a man) to work as a prostitute |
| ⇒ 冠麻鸭 | [ guān má yā ] (bird species of China) crested shelduck (Tadorna cristata) |
| ⇒ 北京烤鸭 | [ beǐ jīng kaǒ yā ] Peking Duck |
| ⇒ 印缅斑嘴鸭 | [ yìn miǎn bān zuǐ yā ] (bird species of China) Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha) |
| ⇒ 吃鸭蛋 | [ chī yā dàn ] (fig.) to score 0 (on a test, in competition etc) |
| ⇒ 唐老鸭 | [ táng laǒ yā ] Donald Duck |
| ⇒ 涂鸭 | [ tú yā ] variant of 塗鴉|涂鸦[tu2 ya1], graffiti, scrawl, poor calligraphy, to write badly, to scribble |
| ⇒ 填鸭 | [ tián yā ] to force-feed ducks, (cooking) stuffed duck |
| ⇒ 填鸭式 | [ tián yā shì ] force feeding (as a teaching method) |
| ⇒ 家鸭 | [ jiā yā ] domestic duck |
| ⇒ 家鸭绿头鸭 | [ jiā yā lǜ toú yā ] mallard, duck (Anas platyrhyncha) |
| ⇒ 家鸭绿头鸭 | [ jiā yā lǜ toú yā ] mallard, duck (Anas platyrhyncha) |
| ⇒ 小绒鸭 | [ róng yā ] (bird species of China) Steller's eider (Polysticta stelleri) |
| ⇒ 帆背潜鸭 | [ fān beì qián yā ] (bird species of China) canvasback (Aythya valisineria) |
| ⇒ 斑嘴鸭 | [ bān zuǐ yā ] (bird species of China) eastern spot-billed duck (Anas zonorhyncha) |
| ⇒ 斑背潜鸭 | [ bān beì qián yā ] (bird species of China) greater scaup (Aythya marila) |
| ⇒ 斑脸海番鸭 | [ bān liǎn haǐ fān yā ] (bird species of China) white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi) |
| ⇒ 旱鸭子 | [ hàn yā zi ] non-swimmer |
| ⇒ 春江水暖鸭先知 | [ chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī ] lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom), fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows |
| ⇒ 普通秋沙鸭 | [ pǔ tōng qiū shā yā ] (bird species of China) common merganser (Mergus merganser) |
| ⇒ 板鸭 | [ bǎn yā ] pressed (dried) salted duck |
| ⇒ 栗树鸭 | [ lì shù yā ] (bird species of China) lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) |
| ⇒ 棕颈鸭 | [ zōng jǐng yā ] (bird species of China) Philippine duck (Anas luzonica) |
| ⇒ 毛鸭蛋 | [ maó yā dàn ] balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) |
| ⇒ 烤鸭 | [ kaǒ yā ] roast duck |
| ⇒ 煮熟的鸭子飞了 | [ zhǔ shú de yā zi feī le ] the cooked duck flew away (proverb), (fig.) to let a sure thing slip through one's fingers |
| ⇒ 琵嘴鸭 | [ pí zuǐ yā ] (bird species of China) northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) |
| ⇒ 瘤鸭 | [ liú yā ] (bird species of China) knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos) |
| ⇒ 白眉鸭 | [ baí meí yā ] (bird species of China) garganey (Anas querquedula) |
| ⇒ 白秋沙鸭 | [ baí qiū shā yā ] (bird species of China) smew (Mergellus albellus) |
| ⇒ 白头硬尾鸭 | [ baí toú yìng weǐ yā ] (bird species of China) white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) |
| ⇒ 红胸秋沙鸭 | [ hóng xiōng qiū shā yā ] (bird species of China) red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator) |
| ⇒ 红头潜鸭 | [ hóng toú qián yā ] (bird species of China) common pochard (Aythya ferina) |
| ⇒ 绿翅鸭 | [ lǜ chì yā ] (bird species of China) Eurasian teal (Anas crecca) |
| ⇒ 绿头鸭 | [ lǜ toú yā ] (bird species of China) mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) |
| ⇒ 罗纹鸭 | [ luó wén yā ] (bird species of China) falcated duck (Anas falcata) |
| ⇒ 美洲绿翅鸭 | [ meǐ zhoū lǜ chì yā ] (bird species of China) green-winged teal (Anas carolinensis) |
| ⇒ 翘鼻麻鸭 | [ bí má yā ] (bird species of China) common shelduck (Tadorna tadorna) |
| ⇒ 脚鸭子 | [ yā zi ] see 腳丫子|脚丫子[jiao3 ya1 zi5] |
| ⇒ 花脸鸭 | [ huā liǎn yā ] (bird species of China) Baikal teal (Anas formosa) |
| ⇒ 葡萄胸鸭 | [ pú taó xiōng yā ] (bird species of China) American wigeon (Anas americana) |
| ⇒ 赤嘴潜鸭 | [ chì zuǐ qián yā ] (bird species of China) red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) |
| ⇒ 赤膀鸭 | [ chì bǎng yā ] (bird species of China) gadwall (Anas strepera) |
| ⇒ 赤颈鸭 | [ chì jǐng yā ] (bird species of China) Eurasian wigeon (Anas penelope) |
| ⇒ 赤麻鸭 | [ chì má yā ] (bird species of China) ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) |
| ⇒ 赶鸭子上架 | [ gǎn yā zi shàng jià ] lit. to drive a duck onto a perch (idiom), fig. to push sb to do sth way beyond their ability |
| ⇒ 蹀儿鸭子 | [ dié yā zi ] to run away, to escape |
| ⇒ 丑小鸭 | [ choǔ yā ] "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen 安徒生[An1 tu2 sheng1] |
| ⇒ 丑小鸭 | [ choǔ yā ] ugly duckling |
| ⇒ 野鸭 | [ yě yā ] wild duck, mallard (Anas platyrhyncha) |
| ⇒ 针尾鸭 | [ zhēn weǐ yā ] (bird species of China) northern pintail (Anas acuta) |
| ⇒ 长尾鸭 | [ cháng weǐ yā ] (bird species of China) long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis) |
| ⇒ 双鸭山 | [ shuāng yā shān ] Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China |
| ⇒ 双鸭山市 | [ shuāng yā shān shì ] Shuangyashan prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China |
| ⇒ 鸡同鸭讲 | [ jī tóng yā jiǎng ] lit. chicken speaking with duck, fig. talking without communicating, people not understanding each other |
| ⇒ 云石斑鸭 | [ yún shí bān yā ] (bird species of China) marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) |
| ⇒ 青头潜鸭 | [ qīng toú qián yā ] (bird species of China) Baer's pochard (Aythya baeri) |
| ⇒ 凤头潜鸭 | [ fèng toú qián yā ] (bird species of China) tufted duck (Aythya fuligula) |
| ⇒ 鹊鸭 | [ què yā ] (bird species of China) common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) |
| ⇒ 咸鸭蛋 | [ xián yā dàn ] salted duck egg |
| ⇒ 黄鸭 | [ huáng yā ] Ruddy Shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea), same as 赤麻鴨|赤麻鸭 |
| ⇒ 黑海番鸭 | [ heī haǐ fān yā ] (bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta nigra) |
