Usually means: Traditional Chinese governmental office complex.
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  1. yamen: Merriam-Webster
  2. yamen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. yamen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. yamen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Yamen, yamen: Wordnik
  6. yamen: Wiktionary
  7. yamen: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. yamen: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. yamen: Dictionary.com
  10. Yamen (town), Yamen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Yamen: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  12. yamen: FreeDictionary.org
  13. yamen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. yamen: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (yamen)

▸ noun:  A residence of an official of the Chinese Empire.

Similar:
yamun, yashiki, Kiamusze, Semu, Yumen, Yen-an, Hsia-men, Hsiamen, Yenan, Amoy, more...

Phrases:
tsung-li yamen, tsung li yamen, Battle of Yamen, Zongli Yamen, more...

Adjectives:
tsungli, local, official, old, prefectural, own, chinese, superior, tsung, provincial, central

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Similar:
yamun, yashiki, Kiamusze, Semu, Yumen, Yen-an, Hsia-men, Hsiamen, Yenan, Amoy, more...

Phrases:
tsung-li yamen, tsung li yamen, Battle of Yamen, Zongli Yamen, more...

Adjectives:
tsungli, local, official, old, prefectural, own, chinese, superior, tsung, provincial, central



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