| 押 | [ yā ] to mortgage, to pawn, to detain in custody, to escort and protect, (literary) to sign |
| 押寶 | [ yā baǒ ] to play yabao (a gambling game), (fig.) to gamble on, to take one's chance, to try one's luck |
| 押平聲韻 | [ 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) |
| 押後 | [ yā hoù ] to adjourn, to defer |
| 押沙龍 | [ yā shā lóng ] Absalom, third son of David, king of Israel (Old Testament) |
| 押注 | [ yā zhù ] to bet, to wager |
| 押租 | [ yā zū ] rent deposit |
| 押解 | [ yā jiè ] to send away under escort (criminals, goods etc) |
| 押車 | [ yā chē ] to escort (goods) during transportation, to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) |
| 押送 | [ yā sòng ] to send under escort, to transport a detainee |
| 押運 | [ yā yùn ] to escort (goods or funds), to convey under guard |
| 押運員 | [ yā yùn yuán ] supercargo (in maritime law), agent responsible for goods, an escort |
| 押金 | [ yā jīn ] deposit, down payment |
| 押韻 | [ yā yùn ] to rhyme, sometimes written 壓韻|压韵 |
| 押題 | [ yā tí ] (in one's study) to focus on the topics one speculates will appear on the exam |
| ⇒ 典押 | [ diǎn yā ] see 典當|典当[dian3 dang4] |
| ⇒ 扣押 | [ koù yā ] to detain, to hold in custody, to distrain, to seize property |
| ⇒ 抵押 | [ dǐ yā ] to provide (an asset) as security for a loan, to put up collateral |
| ⇒ 抵押品 | [ dǐ yā pǐn ] security (property held against a loan), mortgaged property |
| ⇒ 抵押物 | [ dǐ yā wù ] collateral (finance) |
| ⇒ 抵押貸款 | [ dǐ yā daì kuǎn ] mortgage loan |
| ⇒ 抵押貸款危機 | [ dǐ yā daì kuǎn weī jī ] mortgage crisis |
| ⇒ 拘押 | [ jū yā ] to arrest, to take into custody |
| ⇒ 拘押營 | [ jū yā yíng ] detention center, prison camp |
| ⇒ 收押 | [ shoū yā ] in custody, to keep sb in detention |
| ⇒ 次級抵押貸款 | [ cì jí dǐ yā daì kuǎn ] subprime mortgage |
| ⇒ 畫押 | [ huà yā ] to sign, to make one's mark |
| ⇒ 監押 | [ jiān yā ] a jail, to imprison |
| ⇒ 看押 | [ kān yā ] to detain, to take into custody, to imprison temporarily |
| ⇒ 羈押 | [ jī yā ] to detain, to take into custody, detention, imprisonment |
| ⇒ 聲押 | [ shēng yā ] to apply to a court for an arrest warrant |
| ⇒ 花押 | [ huā yā ] signature (in grass-style writing), symbol used in place of a signature (on a document, contract etc) |
| ⇒ 質押 | [ zhì yā ] to pawn, to pledge |
| ⇒ 關押 | [ guān yā ] to imprison, to lock up (in jail) |
| ⇒ 非羈押性 | [ feī jī yā xìng ] noncustodial (sentence) |
