Chinese words starting with “ya”
23 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable ya. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 1 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
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- 1st tone 13
- 2nd tone 5
- 3rd tone 1
- 4th tone 3
- neutral tone 1
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 压力yā lìHSK 3
pressure
All 23 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 呀 | ya | y | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 2 | 压 | yā | v | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 3 | 牙 | yá | n | tooth; ivory | |
| 4 | 亚洲 | yà zhōu | ns | Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) | |
| 5 | 牙齿 | yá chǐ | n | tooth; dental | |
| 6 | 押 | yā | v | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 7 | 丫头 | yā tou | n | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 8 | 压抑 | yā yì | v,a,an,vn | to constrain or repress emotions; oppressive; stifling; depressing; repression | |
| 9 | 压迫 | yā pò | vn,v | to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) | |
| 10 | 鸭子 | yā zi | n | duck; male prostitute (slang) | |
| 11 | 压制 | yā zhì | to suppress; to inhibit; to stifle | ||
| 12 | 牙膏 | yá gāo | n | toothpaste | |
| 13 | 压缩 | yā suō | v,vn | to compress; compression | |
| 14 | 亚军 | yà jūn | n | second place (in a sports contest); runner-up | |
| 15 | 芽 | yá | n | bud; sprout | |
| 16 | 哑 | yǎ | v | mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud | |
| 17 | 牙刷 | yá shuā | n | toothbrush | |
| 18 | 压倒 | yā dǎo | v | to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming | |
| 19 | 押金 | yā jīn | n | deposit; down payment | |
| 20 | 压榨 | yā zhà | v,vn | to press; to squeeze; to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing | |
| 21 | 亚运会 | yà yùn huì | n | Asian Games | |
| 22 | 压岁钱 | yā suì qián | n | money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve | |
| 23 | 鸦雀无声 | yā què wú shēng | v | lit. crow and peacock make no sound; absolute silence (idiom); not a single voice can be heard; absolute silence |
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