ā

prefix before names; sound in loanwords

HSK 3 #471

Character data

HSK 3
Frequency 471st character
Radical ⾩ (170.5)
Strokes 7
Index # 913

Definitions

阿 ā
  1. 1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
  2. 2. used in transliteration
  3. 3. also pr. à
  4. 4. abbr. for Afghanistan ā fù hàn
阿 ē
  1. 1. flatter

Stroke order

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Words containing 阿

Word Meaning
El Alamein, town in Egypt
al-Qaeda
al-Qaeda
Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Assam, India
Assad (Arabic name)
Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)
Aramaic
Aramaic
Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)
who
who
to flatter; to toady
to flatter; to toady
flattering and fawning (idiom); sweet-talking
Arnold (name)
Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and politician
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011