衙門
simp衙门ngaa4 mun2yá men
English
- yamen, government office in dynastic China
- an old naming of government institutes, or buildings of civil service
粵語 — Cantonese
- 舊時對政府機構、或官吏辦公建築物嘅稱呼,又稱「牙門」
Examples
鐵打衙門流水官
The same old institute, with often substituting officers (lit. iron made government institute, running water officers)
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk