| 押 | yā | mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody |
| 抵押 | dǐ yā | mortgage |
| 扣押 | kòu yā | to detain; to hold in custody; to distrain; to seize property |
| 押韵 | yā yùn | to rhyme; sometimes written 压韵 |
| 关押 | guān yā | to imprison; to lock up (in jail) |
| 押运 | yā yùn | to escort (goods or funds); to convey under guard |
| 押送 | yā sòng | to send under escort; to transport a detainee |
| 羁押 | jī yā | detention; imprisonment |
| 抵押品 | dǐ yā pǐn | security (property held against a loan); mortgaged property |
| 抵押贷款 | dǐ yā dài kuǎn | mortgage loan |
| 抵押贷款危机 | dǐ yā dài kuǎn wēi jī | mortgage crisis |
| 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 平声) |
| 押沙龙 | yā shā lóng | Absalom |
| 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) |
| 押车 | yā chē | to escort (goods) during transportation; to delay unloading (a truck, train etc) |
| 押运员 | yā yùn yuán | supercargo (in maritime law); agent responsible for goods; an escort |
| 押金 | yā jīn | deposit; down payment |
| 拘押 | jū yā | to arrest; to take into custody |
| 拘押营 | jū yā yíng | detention center; prison camp |
| 收押 | shōu yā | in custody; to keep sb in detention |
| 次级抵押贷款 | cì jí dǐ yā dài kuǎn | subprime mortgage |
| 画押 | huà yā | to sign; to make one's mark |
| 监押 | jiān yā | a jail; to imprison |
| 看押 | kān yā | to detain; to take into custody; to imprison temporarily |
| 声押 | 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) |
| 非羁押性 | fēi jī yā xìng | noncustodial (sentence) |
