阿
ā
Meaning
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] "Afghanistan"
Other reading: ē
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
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阿姨 ā yí maternal aunt阿拉伯语 Ā lā bó yǔ Arabic阿富汗 Ā fù hàn Afghanistan阿拉伯 Ā lā bó Arabian阿拉伯文 Ā lā bó wén Arabic阿司匹林 ā sī pǐ lín aspirin沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó Saudi Arabia阿Q Ā Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]阿坝 Ā bà see 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1]阿鼻 Ā bí Ceaseless pain, one of the Buddhist hells阿比 Ā bǐ Abby阿扁 Ā biǎn A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]阿昌 Ā chāng Achang ethnic group阿城 Ā chéng see 阿城區|阿城区[A1 cheng2 Qu1]阿丹 Ā dān Adam阿斗 Ā dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4], son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263阿亨 Ā hēng Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany阿卡 Ā kǎ Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko阿来 Ā lái Alai, ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"阿兰 Ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc阿里 Ā lǐ Ali阿莲 Ā lián see 阿蓮區|阿莲区[A1 lian2 Qu1]阿伦 Ā lún Aalen, town in Germany