ā

prefix for people's names; used in transliteration

HSK 3 #471

DEFINITIONS

阿 ā
  • abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
  • prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
  • used in transliteration
  • also pr. [a4]
阿 ē
  • flatter

STROKES

阿 stroke order diagram
阿 stroke order animation

WORDS

姨 ā yí maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child); CL:個|个[ge4]
密 mài ā mì Miami (Florida)
门 ā mén amen (loanword)
曼 ā màn Oman
富汗 ā fù hàn Afghanistan; Afghan
拉伯 ā lā bó Arabian; Arabic; Arab
拉 ā lā Allah (Arabic name of God); (Wu dialect) my; our; I; we; me; us
姆斯特丹 ā mǔ sī tè dān Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
根廷 ā gēn tíng Argentina
拉斯加 ā lā sī jiā Alaska, US state
姆斯特朗 ā mǔ sī tè lǎng surname Armstrong
里 ā lǐ Ali (proper name); Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam; Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris
尔巴尼亚 ā ěr bā ní yà Albania
司匹林 ā sī pǐ lín aspirin (loanword)
萨德 ā sà dé Assad (Arabic name)
波罗 ā bō luó Apollo (loanword)
尔法 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα)
飞 ā fēi hoodlum; hooligan; young rowdy
瑟 ā sè Arthur (name)
沙特拉伯 shā tè ā lā bó Saudi Arabia
诺 ā nuò Arnold (name); refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger 阿諾·施瓦辛格|阿诺·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
拉伯语 ā lā bó yǔ Arabic (language)
肯色州 ā kěn sè zhōu Arkansas, US state
伦 ā lún Aalen, town in Germany
森纳 ā sēn nà Arsenal Football Club
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