Meaning of yà:
亚
Asia; Taiwan pr. [Ya3]; Taiwan pr. [ya3]
Wǒ jìhuà míngnián qù Yàzhōu lǚxíng.
我计划明年去亚洲旅行。
I plan to travel to Asia next year.
Yàzhōu shì shìjiè qī dà zhōu zhī yī.
亚洲是世界七大洲之一。
Asia is one of the seven continents of the world.
Yàzhōu shì yīgè fēicháng dà de zhōu.
亚洲是一个非常大的洲。
Asia is a very large continent.
Asian; inferior
Tā shì yīgè yōuxiù de Yàzhōu dàibiǎo.
他是一个优秀的亚洲代表。
He is an excellent Asian representative.
Tā de biǎoxiàn yǒuxiē yà yú yùqī.
他的表现有些亚于预期。
His performance was somewhat inferior to expectations.
second
Tā zài bǐsài zhōng huòdéle yàjūn.
他在比赛中获得了亚军。
He won second place in the competition.
next to
Tā zài bǐsài zhōng huòdéle yàjūn.
他在比赛中获得了亚军。
He won second place in the competition.
sub-
Tāmen yíngdé le jīnnián de dōngjì yùndònghuì de yàjūn.
他们赢得了今年的冬季运动会的亚军。
They won the runner-up title in this year's Winter Games.