| yǎ | elegant |
| 雅 | elegant |
| 雅丹地貌 | Yardang landform (formed by wind erosion) |
| 雅丽 | elegant refined beauty |
| 雅乐 | formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou Korean a'ak Japanese gagaku |
| 雅人 | poetic individual person of refined temperament |
| 雅人深致 | refined pleasure of poetic minds |
| 雅亿 | Jael |
| 雅什 | fine verse |
| 雅俗共赏 | can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom) |
| 雅克 | Jacques (name) |
| 雅兴 | refined and elegant attitude of mind |
| 雅兴不浅 | to be in a good mood; to have a real interest in something |
| 雅典 | Athens, capital of Greece |
| 雅典卫城 | the Acropolis (Athens) |
| 雅典娜 | Athena |
| 雅典的泰门 | Timon of Athens, 1607 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚 |
| 雅利安 | Aryan |
| 雅加达 | Jakarta, capital of Indonesia |
| 雅号 | refined appelation (humor) sb's elegant monicker (hon.) your esteemed name |
| 雅司 | yaws (infectious tropical disease) |