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

尔及尔 ā ěr jí ěr Algiers, capital of Algeria
沙特拉伯人 shā tè ā lā bó rén a Saudi; Saudi Arabian person
基米德 ā jī mǐ dé Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
爸 ā bà Abba (Aramaic word father); by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel; (dialect) father
拉伯人 ā lā bó rén Arab; Arabian; Arabian people
拉伯文 ā lā bó wén Arabic (language & writing)
爹 ā diē dad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man
蒙 ā méng Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
里巴巴 ā lǐ bā bā Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights; Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
弟 ā dì younger brother
尔及利亚人 ā ěr jí lì yà rén Algerian
尔萨斯 ā ěr sà sī Alsace, French department
联酋 ā lián qiú United Arab Emirates; abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国
訇 ā hōng imam; ahung (loanword)
伯丁 ā bó dīng Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
克苏 ā kè sū Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang; Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city
嚏 ā tì (onom.) atchoo!; to sneeze
婆 ā pó granny; mother-in-law
明 ā míng Al-Amin
卡迪亚 ā kǎ dí yà Arcadia (loanword)
提拉 ā tí lā Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
比让 ā bǐ ràng Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast)
特拉斯 ā tè lā sī Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology); Atlas mountains of north Africa
特金斯 ā tè jīn sī Atkins (name)
米巴 ā mǐ bā amoeba (loanword)