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

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Words containing 阿

Word Meaning
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
once-ignorant person now much improved
ignorant person before study; one’s old self
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Charlotte Amalie, capital of US Virgin Islands
Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
to be strictly just and impartial
auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
a nook in the mountains
Pakistan-Afghan
Thomas Aquinas, medieval Catholic thinker
Thomas Aquinas, medieval Catholic thinker
hopeless case; weak and inept person
atropinemimetic drug
atropinemimetic drug
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016
Aksobhya, Buddha of the East
Aksobhya, Buddha of the East
Dong'e county in Liaocheng liáo chéng, Shandong