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

WORDS

卡貝拉 ā kǎ bèi lā a cappella (loanword)
卡迪亞 ā kǎ dí yà Arcadia (loanword)
卡迪亚大学 ā kǎ dí yà dà xué Acadia University (Canada)
卡迪亞大學 ā kǎ dí yà dà xué Acadia University (Canada)
史那骨咄禄 ā shǐ nà gǔ duō lù Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[Jie2 die1 li4 shi1 Ke4 han2]
史那骨咄祿 ā shǐ nà gǔ duō lù Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[Jie2 die1 li4 shi1 Ke4 han2]
合奇 ā hé qí Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi county in Kizilsu Kirghiz autonomous prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州, Xinjiang
合奇县 ā hé qí xiàn Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi county in Kizilsu Kirghiz autonomous prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州, Xinjiang
合奇縣 ā hé qí xiàn Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi county in Kizilsu Kirghiz autonomous prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州, Xinjiang
喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
囡 ā nān honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
图什 ā tú shí Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州; Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
圖什 ā tú shí Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州; Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
图什市 ā tú shí shì Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州; Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
圖什市 ā tú shí shì Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州; Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
图什县 ā tú shí xiàn Atush or Artux county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州
圖什縣 ā tú shí xiàn Atush or Artux county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州
土 ā tǔ country bumpkin; redneck (derog)
城 ā chéng Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
城区 ā chéng qū Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
城區 ā chéng qū Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
堵 ē dǔ (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liu4 Chao2]) this; (abbr. for 阿堵物[e1 du3 wu4]) money
堵物 ē dǔ wù (literary) (euphemism) money (literally, "this thing")
塞拜疆人 ā sài bài jiāng rén Azerbaijan (person)
坝 ā bà Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]; also Ngawa county