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

尔及利亚 ā ěr jí lì yà Algeria
托品 ā tuō pǐn atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
修罗 ā xiū luó Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
玛尼 ā mǎ ní Armani (fashion designer)
尔伯特 ā ěr bó tè Albert (name)
斯匹林 ā sī pǐ lín aspirin (loanword); also written 阿司匹林
兰 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name)
谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking
尔巴尼亚人 ā ěr bā ní yà rén Albanian (person)
麦克瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
斯兰 ā sī lán Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
肯色 ā kěn sè Arkansas, US state
弥陀佛 ē mí tuó fó Amitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!; merciful Buddha!
兹特克 ā zī tè kè Aztec
尔茨海默 ā ěr cí hǎi mò Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
明尼波利斯 míng ní ā bō lì sī Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
比 ā bǐ Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
瑞斯 ā ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war; Mars
贝尔 ā bèi ěr Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician; (math.) abelian
德莱德 ā dé lái dé Adelaide, capital of South Australia
亚图拉 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
拉斯 ā lā sī Arras, town in northern France
拉斯加州 ā lā sī jiā zhōu Alaska, US state
哥 ā gē (familiar) elder brother
斯伯格 ā sī bó gé see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3]