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

特蘭蒂斯 ā tè lán dì sī Atlantis
狄森氏病 ā dí sēn shì bìng Addison's disease
瑟县 ā sè xiàn Arthur County, Nebraska
瑟縣 ā sè xiàn Arthur County, Nebraska
瑟镇 ā sè zhèn Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
瑟鎮 ā sè zhèn Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
瑪尼 ā mǎ ní Armani (fashion designer)
瓦提 ā wǎ tí Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
瓦提县 ā wǎ tí xiàn Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
瓦提縣 ā wǎ tí xiàn Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
瓦里德 ā wǎ lǐ dé Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
瓦鲁 ā wǎ lǔ ā Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
瓦魯 ā wǎ lǔ ā Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
甘正传 ā gān zhèng zhuàn Forrest Gump
甘正傳 ā gān zhèng zhuàn Forrest Gump
留申群島 ā liú shēn qún dǎo Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
的平 ā dì píng atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
皮亞 ā pí yà Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
盟 ā méng Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia; abbr. for 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2]
卢巴 ā lú bā Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
盧巴 ā lú bā Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
穆尔州 ā mù ěr zhōu Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
穆爾州 ā mù ěr zhōu Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
穆尔河 ā mù ěr hé Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia); same as 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
穆爾河 ā mù ěr hé Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia); same as 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]