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

Q正傳 ā q zhèng zhuàn The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
三 ā sān (derog.) an Indian
不来提・不都热西提 ā bù lái tí ・ ā bù dū rè xī tí Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
不來提・不都熱西提 ā bù lái tí ・ ā bù dū rè xī tí Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
亞圖拉 ā yà tú lā ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
亨 ā hēng Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Aix-la-Chapelle; also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen1]
亨工业大学 ā hēng gōng yè dà xué RWTH Aachen University
亨工業大學 ā hēng gōng yè dà xué RWTH Aachen University
亨科技大学 ā hēng kē jì dà xué RWTH Aachen University
亨科技大學 ā hēng kē jì dà xué RWTH Aachen University
什哈巴德 ā shén hā bā dé Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
什哈巴特 ā shí hā bā tè Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan (Tw)
什拉维 ā shén lā wéi surname Ashrawi; Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist
什拉維 ā shén lā wéi surname Ashrawi; Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist
仙药 ā xiān yào gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
仙藥 ā xiān yào gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
伊努 ā yī nǔ Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
伊莎 ā yī shā Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name); Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[Mu4 han3 mo4 de2]
伏伽德罗 ā fú jiā dé luó Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
伏伽德羅 ā fú jiā dé luó Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
伏伽德罗常数 ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù Avogadro's number (chemistry)
伏伽德羅常數 ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù Avogadro's number (chemistry)
佛洛狄忒 ā fú luò dí tè Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love; Venus
佤 ā wǎ Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
来 ā lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"