阿
an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations; prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]); (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4]); (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4]); (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2])
- Strokes
- 7
- Pinyin
- ā, ē
Parts
Built from 阿
Words with 阿
- 山阿shān ē · shanea nook in the mountains
- 巴阿bā ā · baaPakistan-Afghan
- 泰阿tài ē · taiename of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts
- 阿Qā q · aqAh Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4] ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1])
- 阿三ā sān · asan(derog.) an Indian
- 阿丹ā dān · adanAdam (name); Aden, capital of Yemen
- 阿亨ā hēng · ahengAachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Aix-la-Chapelle; also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen1]
- 阿佤ā wǎ · awaWa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
- 阿来ā lái · alaiAlai (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"
- 阿们ā men · amen(loanword) amen
- 阿伦ā lún · alunAalen, town in Germany
- 阿兄ā xiōng · axiongelder brother
- 阿公ā gōng · agong(old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather
- 阿卡ā kǎ · akaAcre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
- 阿哥ā gē · age(familiar) elder brother
- 阿嚏ā tì · ati(onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
- 阿囡ā nān · ananhoney (endearment in addressing a little girl)
- 阿土ā tǔ · atucountry bumpkin; redneck (derog)
- 阿堵ē dǔ · edu(literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liu4 Chao2]) this; (abbr. for 阿堵物[e1 du3 wu4]) money
- 阿奶ā nǎi · anaigranny
- 阿妹ā mèi · ameiyounger sister
- 阿姨ā yí · ayimaternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker
- 阿婆ā pó · apogranny; mother-in-law
- 阿妈ā mā · amagrandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse
- 阿嬷ā mā · ama(Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
- 阿宅ā zhái · azhaihomebody; geek; nerd; otaku
- 阿家ā gū · aguhusband's mother
- 阿弟ā dì · adiyounger brother
- 阿扁ā biǎn · abianA-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
- 阿拉ā lā · alaAllah (Arabic name of God); (Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our