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

努庫洛法 nǔ kù ā luò fǎ Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
努美 nǔ měi ā Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
吴下蒙 wú xià ā méng General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
吳下蒙 wú xià ā méng General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
雷格 tú ā léi gé Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
雷格 tú ā léi gé Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
埃涅斯纪 āi niè ā sī jì Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
埃涅斯紀 āi niè ā sī jì Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
夏洛特马利亚 xià luò tè ā mǎ lì yà Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
夏洛特馬利亞 xià luò tè ā mǎ lì yà Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
大西庇 dà xī bì ā Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
姨 dà ā yí auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
守正不 shǒu zhèng bù ē to be strictly just and impartial
姨 xiǎo ā yí auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
shān ē a nook in the mountains
bā ā Pakistan-Afghan
托马斯・奎纳 tuō mǎ sī ・ ā kuí nà Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
托馬斯・奎納 tuō mǎ sī ・ ā kuí nà Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
扶不起的斗 fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu weak and inept person; hopeless case
拖品药物 nǐ ā tuō pǐn yào wù atropinemimetic drug
拖品藥物 nǐ ā tuō pǐn yào wù atropinemimetic drug
普密蓬・杜德 pǔ mì péng ・ ā dù dé Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016
东方閦佛 dōng fāng ā chù fó Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
東方閦佛 dōng fāng ā chù fó Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
dōng ē Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong