Character data

HSK 3

FREQUENCY 471st character

RADICAL ⾩ (170.5)

STROKES 7

INDEX # 913

阿 ā

prefix before names; sound in loanwords

HSK 3 #471

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

Word	Meaning
阿迪达斯 ā dí dá sī	Adidas (sportswear company)
刚正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē	upright and plainspoken
埃涅阿斯 āi niè ā sī	Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
阿克伦 ā kè lún	Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
阿多尼斯 ā duō ní sī	Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
阿巴拉契亚 ā bā lā qì yà	Appalachian Mountains in North America
阿拉木图 ā lā mù tú	Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
阿维拉 ā wéi lā	Avila, Spain
阿华田 ā huà tián	Ovaltine (brand)
阿卜杜拉 ā bǔ dù lā	Abdullah (name)
阿拉丁 ā lā dīng	Aladdin, hero with a magic lamp
阿斗 ā dǒu	a useless person; Liu Shan's nickname
阿斯塔纳 ā sī tǎ nà	Astana, capital of Kazakhstan
阿美尼亚 ā měi ní yà	variant of 亞美尼亞yà měi ní yà, Armenia
阿莫西林 ā mò xī lín	amoxicillin (loanword)
瓦努阿图 wǎ nǔ ā tú	Vanuatu in south pacific (formerly New Hebrides)
阿丹 ā dān	Adam (name); Aden, capital of Yemen
阿卡贝拉 ā kǎ bèi lā	a cappella (loanword)
阿塞拜疆 ā sài bài jiāng	Azerbaijan
阿姆哈拉 ā mǔ hā lā	Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
阿布哈兹 ā bù hā zī	Abkhazia, region in Georgia
阿布扎比 ā bù zhā bǐ	Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
阿拉伯半岛 ā lā bó bàn dǎo	Arabian Peninsula
阿拉伯海 ā lā bó hǎi	Arabian Sea
阿拉法特 ā lā fǎ tè	Yasser Arafat, Palestinian leader

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