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亚

yà

HSK 4 Character Traditional 亞

What 亚 means

1. second
2. next to
3. inferior
4. sub-
5. Taiwan pr. yǎ

Other readings

亚 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• YàAsia; Asian; Taiwan pr. Yǎ

Example sentences

• 哈利路亚。
  Hallelujah.
• 日本在亚洲。
  Japan is situated in Asia.
• 他从热那亚来。
  Tā cóng Rènàyà lái.
  He comes from Genoa.
• 我来自赞比亚。
  Wǒ láizì Zànbǐyà.
  I'm from Zambia.
• 问亚力克斯吧。
  Ask Alex.
• 印度位于亚洲。
  India is in Asia.

Words starting with 亚

• 亚洲Yà zhōuAsia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲
• 亚军yà jūnsecond place (in a sports contest); runner-up
• 亚当Yà dāngAdam
• 亚太Yà TàiAsia-Pacific
• 亚裔Yà yìof Asian descent
• 亚太地区Yà Tài dì qūAsia-Pacific region
• 亚运村Yà yùn cūnYayuncun neighborhood of Beijing
• 亚运会Yà yùn huìAsian Games
• 亚特兰大Yà tè lán dàAtlanta
• 亚热带yà rè dàisubtropical (zone or climate)
• 亚丁Yà dīngAden
• 亚里士多德Yà lǐ shì duō déAristotle (384-322 BC), Greek philosopher
• 亚龙湾Yà lóng WānYalong Bay in Sanya 三亚
• 亚细亚Yà xì yàAsia
• 亚当斯Yà dāng sīAdams
• 亚太区Yà Tài qūAsian area; the Far East; Asia Pacific region
• 亚麻yà máflax
• 亚伯拉罕Yà bó lā hǎn(name) Abraham; Abraham, Biblical patriarch regarded as the founder of monotheism
• 亚文化yà wén huàsubculture
• 亚们Yà menAmon (son of Manasseh)
• 亚所Yà suǒAzor (son of Eliakim and father of Zadok in Matthew 1:13-14)
• 亚目yà mùsuborder (taxonomy)
• 亚该亚Yà gāi yàAchaia
• 亚种yà zhǒngsubspecies (taxonomy)

Words containing 亚

• 澳大利亚Ào dà lì yàAustralia
• 马来西亚Mǎ lái xī yàMalaysia
• 东南亚Dōng nán yàSoutheast Asia
• 诺基亚Nuò jī yàNokia (company name)
• 东亚Dōng yàEast Asia
• 叙利亚Xù lì yàSyria
• 中亚Zhōng YàCentral Asia
• 西亚Xī YàSouthwest Asia
• 维多利亚Wéi duō lì yà(name) Victoria; (place name) Victoria…
• 罗马尼亚Luó mǎ ní yàRomania
• 哥伦比亚Gē lún bǐ yàColombia (country in South America); Columbia…
• 利比亚Lì bǐ yàLibya
• 西伯利亚Xī bó lì yàSiberia
• 不亚于bù yà yúno less than; not inferior to
• 印度尼西亚Yìn dù ní xī yàIndonesia
• 南亚nán Yàsouthern Asia
• 玛利亚Mǎ lì yàMary (biblical name)
• 保加利亚Bǎo jiā lì yàBulgaria
• 阿尔及利亚Ā ěr jí lì yàAlgeria
• 邓亚萍Dèng Yà píngDeng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner
• 尼日利亚Ní rì lì yàNigeria
• 加利福尼亚Jiā lì fú ní yàCalifornia
• 肯尼亚Kěn ní yàKenya
• 埃塞俄比亚Āi sài é bǐ yàEthiopia

Characters that look like 亚

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 业yèline of business; industry; occupation
• 且qiěand; moreover; yet
• 呈chéngto present to a superior; memorial; petition
• 豆dòulegume; pulse; bean; pea (variant of 豆
• 巫wūwitch; wizard; shaman
• 匠jiàngcraftsman

Sounds the same

Read yà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 讶astounded
• 娅(literary) term of address between husbands of sisters…
• 压used in 压根儿; used in 压马路; used in 压板
• 氩argon (chemistry)
• 轧to crush; to knock sb down with a vehicle
• 砑to calender
• 揠to eradicate; to pull up
• 迓to receive (as a guest)
• 挜attach; brandish; hold
• 襾cover; radical no 146
• 铔ammonium (old)
• 齾dented; chipped; gap-toothed