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阿

ā

HSK 3 Character

What 阿 means

1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
2. used in transliteration
3. bound formAfghanistan (abbr. for {阿富汗|Ā fù hàn})
4. bound formAlbania (abbr. for {阿尔巴尼亚|Ā ěr bā ní yà})
5. bound formAlgeria (abbr. for {阿尔及利亚|Ā ěr jí lì yà})
6. bound formArgentina (abbr. for {阿根廷|Ā gēn tíng})
7. also pr. à

Other readings

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

• ēto flatter; to curry favor with

Example sentences

• 阿嚏!
  ātì!
  Achoo!
• 阿妈买马。
  āmā mǎi mǎ.
  Your grandmother bought a horse.
• 阿弥陀佛。
  ēmítuófó.
  Praise be to Buddha.
• 阿伦是诗人。
  ālún shì shīrén.
  Allan is a poet.
• 阿里是个好人。
  ālǐ shì ge hǎorén.
  Ali is a good person.
• 他写阿拉伯文。
  Tā xiě ālābówén.
  He writes Arabic.

Words starting with 阿

• 阿姨ā yímaternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker
• 阿拉伯Ā lā bóArabian; Arabic; Arab
• 阿里Ā lǐ(name) Ali; Ali (c. 600–661), the fourth caliph of Islam…
• 阿富汗Ā fù hànAfghanistan
• 阿根廷Ā gēn tíngArgentina
• 阿拉ā lā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our
• 阿拉伯人Ā lā bó rénArab; Arabian; Arabian people
• 阿里巴巴Ā lǐ Bā bāAli Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
• 阿拉伯语Ā lā bó yǔArabic (language)
• 阿伦Ā lúnAalen, town in Germany
• 阿拉法特Ā lā fǎ tèMohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian…
• 阿拉伯文Ā lā bó wénArabic (language & writing)
• 阿曼Ā mànOman
• 阿婆ā pógranny; mother-in-law
• 阿弥陀佛Ē mí tuó FóAmitabha Buddha; the Buddha of the Western paradise; may the lord Buddha preserve us!
• 阿姆斯特丹Ā mǔ sī tè dānAmsterdam, capital of Netherlands
• 阿哥ā gē(familiar) elder brother
• 阿凡提Ā fán títhe Effendi (Nasreddin), the hero of folk tales of the Muslim world, known for his wisdom…
• 阿森纳Ā sēn nàArsenal Football Club
• 阿波罗Ā bō luóApollo (loanword)
• 阿联酋Ā lián qiúUnited Arab Emirates (abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国
• 阿明Ā míngAl-Amin
• 阿尔及利亚Ā ěr jí lì yàAlgeria
• 阿巴斯Ā bā sīMahmoud Abbas (1935–), Palestinian politician, president of the Palestinian National…

Words containing 阿

• 沙特阿拉伯Shā tè Ā lā bóSaudi Arabia
• 麦克阿瑟Mài kè ā sèGeneral Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951…
• 迈阿密Mài ā mìMiami (Florida)
• 雷诺阿Léi nuò āPierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919), French Impressionist painter
• 巴阿Bā ĀPakistan-Afghan
• 何西阿书Hé xī ā shūBook of Hosea
• 努美阿Nǔ měi āNouméa, capital of New Caledonia
• 波阿斯Bō ā sīBoaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
• 明尼阿波利斯Míng ní ā bō lì sīMinneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
• 瓦努阿图Wǎ nǔ ā túVanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
• 山阿shān ēa nook in the mountains
• 刚正不阿gāng zhèng bù ēupright and plainspoken
• 图阿雷格Tú ā léi géTuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
• 雷阿尔城Léi ā ěr chéngCiudad Real
• 沙特阿拉伯人Shā tè Ā lā bó réna Saudi; Saudi Arabian person
• 守正不阿shǒu zhèng bù ēto be strictly just and impartial
• 努库阿洛法Nǔ kù ā luò fǎNuku'alofa (capital of Tonga)
• 非阿贝尔fēi ā bèi ěr(math) non-abelian
• 沙乌地阿拉伯Shā wū dì Ā lā bóSaudi Arabia (Tw)
• 泰阿Tài ēname of a famous sword mentioned in ancient texts
• 荷尼阿拉Hé ní ā lāHoniara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
• 赫图阿拉Hè tú ā lāHetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
• 倒持泰阿dào chí Tài ē(lit.) to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)…
• 东阿县Dōng ē XiànDong'e, a county in Liaocheng City 聊城市

Characters that look like 阿

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

• 何héwhat; how; why
• 附fùto add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached
• 防fángto protect; to defend; to guard against
• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 陀tuó(phonetic); declivity; steep bank
• 坷kēused in 坷垃

Sounds the same

Read ā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 啊interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh!
• 腌used in 腌臜; Taiwan pr. āng
• 吖(used in transliterating chemical names)
• 锕actinium (chemistry)
• 呵variant of 啊