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Meaning of 阿

Pinyin ā、 ē

Radical

阝

Strokes

Definition

an initial particle / prefix to names of people, (phonetic character), (final part.) / (interj.), flatter

Usage

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阿 [ē] 名 1. 加在称呼上的词头。 (Words added as prefixes in titles) 例：阿大，阿爷，阿爹，阿罗汉，阿毛，阿婆，阿弟，阿姊。 (Examples: A-Da, A-Ye, A-Daddy, A-Lohan, A-Mao, A-Grandma, A-Brother, A-Sister.) 2. 迎合，偏袒。 (To pander to; be partial) 例：阿附，阿其所好，阿谀逢迎。 (Examples: pander; indulge preferences; flattery and ingratiation.) 3. 凹曲处。 (Concave area) 例：山阿。 (Example: mountain corner.) 动 1. 曲从；迎合。 (To pander to; play up to.) 例：阿奉，阿世，阿邑，阿意。 (Examples: pander to; indulge in social customs; to fawn upon.) 2. 偏袒。 (To be unfairly partial to.) 例：阿好，阿私，阿党。 (Examples: be partial to favorites; protect; favoritism.) 3. (方) 通 “屙”。拉，排泄大小便。 (Dialect; to excrete.) 例：阿金溺银。 (Example: refers to ways of making money.) 叹 1. 用于表示各种感情(如惊讶)。 (Used to express various emotions, like surprise.) 例：阿，你怎的这样客气起来！ (Example: Ah, why are you being so polite!) 副 1. (方) 可，是否。 (Dialect; may; can; whether or not.) 用在问句中，加强语气。 (Used in questions to strengthen tone.) 例：阿晓得(可晓得)？阿去(可去)？ (Examples: Can I know? Can I go?) （*引自繁体辞典解释）（二）之又音。 (Note: The above is taken from explanations in traditional Chinese dictionaries. Another pronunciation of the character.)

阿尔及利亚 Ā ěr jí lì yà

Algeria

阿囡 ā nān

honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)

阿哥 ā gē

(familiar) elder brother

阿坝 Ā bà

Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4] / also Ngawa county

阿塞拜疆 Ā sài bài jiāng

Azerbaijan, former Soviet Republic and region of northwest Iran in Caucasus

阿巴拉契亚 Ā bā lā qì yà

Appalachian Mountains in North America

阿契劳斯 ā qì láo sī

Achilles

阿契劳 ā qì láo

Acila

阿姆斯特朗 Ā mǔ sī tè lǎng

surname Armstrong

阿姆 ā mǔ

Eminem

阿尔卑斯山 ā ěr bēi sī shān

Alps

阿尔卑斯 Ā ěr bēi sī

Alps (mountain range)

阿尔卑斯山脉 ā ěr bēi sī shān mài

the alps

阿尔卑斯山区 ā ěr bēi sī shān qū

Alps

阿卜杜拉 Ā bǔ dù lā

Abdullah (name)

阿尔卡特 Ā ěr kǎ tè

Alcatel, old company name

阿卡 Ā kǎ

Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko

阿尼玛卿山 ā ní mǎ qīng shān

Animaqin Mountain

阿卜杜勒 ā bo dù lēi

Abudul / Abdual / Abdus / Abdur / Abdoul / Abdil / Abdul / Abdel

阿尔巴尼亚 Ā ěr bā ní yà

Albania

阿尔弗雷 ā ěr fú léi

Alfre

瓦努阿图 Wǎ nǔ ā tú

Vanuatu in south pacific (formerly New Hebrides)

努美阿 Nǔ měi ā

Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia

努库阿洛法 Nǔ kù ā luò fǎ

Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga

阿努维尔 ā nǔ wéi ěr

Anouville

阿布扎比 Ā bù zhā bǐ

Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)

阿拉 ā lā

(dialect) my / our / I / we / me / us

阿旃陀 ā zhān tuó

Ajanta

阿布哈兹 Ā bù hā zī

Abkhazia, region in Georgia

阿尔泰山 Ā ěr tài Shān

Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia

沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó

Saudi Arabia

阿拉伯半岛 Ā lā bó Bàn dǎo

Arabian Peninsula

阿拉伯海 Ā lā bó Hǎi

Arabian Sea

阿尔布佐 ā ěr bù zuǒ

Albuzo

阿弥陀佛 Ē mí tuó Fó

Amitabha Buddha / the Buddha of the Western paradise / may the lord Buddha preserve us! / merciful Buddha!

阿爸 ā bà

(dialect) father

阿琳 ā lín

Arlene

麦克阿瑟 Mài kè ā sè

General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war

阿瑟 Ā sè

Arthur (name)

阿什 ā shén

Ash / Asche

阿仑 ā lún

Allen

阿穆尔河 Ā mù ěr Hé

Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia) / same as 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]

阿斯特拉罕 ā sī tè lā hǎn

Astrakhan

阿坝藏族羌族自治州 Ā bà Zàng zú Qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu

阿维尼翁 ā wéi ní wēng

Avignon

阿卡耶夫 ā kǎ yé fū

Akayev

阿肯色州 Ā kěn sè zhōu

Arkansas, US state

阿肯色河 ā kěn sè hé

Arkansas River

阿姆斯特丹 Ā mǔ sī tè dān

Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands

阿拉伯人 Ā lā bó rén

Arab / Arabian / Arabian people

阿克苏 Ā kè sū

Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang / Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city

阿尔萨斯 Ā ěr sà sī

Alsace, French department

阿里斯蒂德 ā lǐ sī dì dé

Aristide / Aristides

阿訇 ā hōng

imam / ahung (loanword)

阿谀 ē yú

to flatter / to toady

阿谀逢迎 ē yú féng yíng

curry favour with sb. / flatter and fawn on ... / flatter and toady / go out of one's way to curry favour

阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng

flattering and fawning (idiom) / sweet-talking

迈阿密 Mài ā mì

Miami (Florida)

阿赫迈德 ā hè mài dé

Ahmed

阿迪达斯 Ā dí dá sī

Adidas (sportswear company)

阿拉伯联合酋长国 Ā lā bó Lián hé Qiú zhǎng guó

United Arab Emirates (UAE)

阿联酋 Ā lián qiú

United Arab Emirates / abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国

阿里 Ā lǐ

Ali (proper name) / Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam / Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris

阿拉斯加 Ā lā sī jiā

Alaska, US state

阿拉法特 Ā lā fǎ tè

Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4]

阿霉素 ā méi sù

adriamycin amycinadriacin doxorubicin

阿勒颇 ā lēi pǒ

ancient city of aleppo