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

萊曼 ā lái màn El Alamein, town in Egypt
盖达 ā gài dá al-Qaeda
蓋達 ā gài dá al-Qaeda
莲 ā lián Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
蓮 ā lián Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
莲区 ā lián qū Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
蓮區 ā lián qū Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
薩姆 ā sà mǔ Assam, India
薩德 ā sà dé Assad (Arabic name)
蘇山 ā sū shān Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan
蘭 ā lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name); A-lan (Chinese female name)
兰文 ā lán wén Aramaic
蘭文 ā lán wén Aramaic
兰若 ā lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
蘭若 ā lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
衣奴 ā yī nú see 阿伊努[A1 yi1 nu3]
西吧 ā xī ba aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)
谁 ā shuí who
誰 ā shuí who
谀 ē yú to flatter; to toady
諛 ē yú to flatter; to toady
諛奉承 ē yú fèng chéng flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking
諾 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]
诺・施瓦辛格 ā nuò ・ shī wǎ xīn gé Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011; also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
諾・施瓦辛格 ā nuò ・ shī wǎ xīn gé Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011; also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]