| 1 | 鸭 | 鴨 | yā | ya1 | duck; Classifiers: 只 ; (slang) male prostitute | | |
| 2 | 鸭子 | 鴨子 | yā zi | ya1 zi5 | duck; male prostitute (slang) | | |
| 3 | 鸭霸 | 鴨霸 | yā bà | ya1 ba4 | (Tw) unreasonable; overbearing; with no regard for others | | |
| 4 | 鸭步鹅行 | 鴨步鵝行 | yā bù é xíng | ya1 bu4 e2 xing2 | to waddle (idiom) | | |
| 5 | 鸭蛋青 | 鴨蛋青 | yā dàn qīng | ya1 dan4 qing1 | pale blue | | |
| 6 | 鸭梨 | 鴨梨 | yā lí | ya1 li2 | Chinese white pear (Pyrus × bretschneideri) | | |
| 7 | 鸭绿江 | 鴨綠江 | yā lù jiāng | Ya1 lu4 Jiang1 | Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border | | |
| 8 | 鸭群 | 鴨羣 | yā qún | ya1 qun2 | A flock of ducks | | |
| 9 | 鸭舌帽 | 鴨舌帽 | yā shé mào | ya1 she2 mao4 | peaked cap | | |
| 10 | 鸭掌 | 鴨掌 | yā zhǎng | ya1 zhang3 | duck feet (claws) | | |
| 11 | 鸭仔蛋 | 鴨仔蛋 | yā zǐ dàn | ya1 zi3 dan4 | balut (boiled duck egg with a partly-developed embryo, which is eaten from the shell) | | |
| 12 | 鸭子儿 | 鴨子兒 | yā zǐ r | ya1 zi3 r5 | (coll.) duck's egg | | |
| 13 | 鸭嘴龙 | 鴨嘴龍 | yā zuǐ lóng | ya1 zui3 long2 | hadrosaur (duck-billed dinosaur) | | |
| 14 | 鸭嘴兽 | 鴨嘴獸 | yā zuǐ shòu | ya1 zui3 shou4 | platypus | | |