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吖

ā

Character

What 吖 means

1. (used in transliterating chemical names)

Example sentences

• 我载你去机场吖。
  Wǒ zài nǐ qù jīchǎng ā.
  I'll drive you to the airport.

Words starting with 吖

• 吖啶ā dìngacridine (antiseptic and disinfectant)
• 吖丁啶ā dīng dìngazetidine (chemistry) (loanword)
• 吖嗪ā qín-azine; heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen in their ring such as pyridine 吡啶

Words containing 吖

• 氨吖啶ān ā dìngaminoacridine or aminacrine (antiseptic and disinfectant)

Characters that look like 吖

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

• 吓xiàto frighten; to scare
• 叮dīngto sting or bite (of mosquito, bee etc); to say repeatedly; to urge insistently

Sounds the same

Read ā, tone for tone, but written differently.

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• 腌used in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. āng
• 锕actinium (chemistry)
• 呵variant of 啊