阿
Meanings
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- 1.prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- 2.used in transliteration
- 3.(bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[Ā fù hàn])
- 4.(bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿尔巴尼亚[Ā ěr bā ní yà])
- 5.(bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿尔及利亚[Ā ěr jí lì yà])
- 6.(bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[Ā gēn tíng])
- 7.also pr. [à]
- 1.(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
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Wiktionary
- 1.Prefix used in front of the surname or last character of someone’s given name to express familiarity or friendliness (traditionally used in rural or southern Chinese dialects).
- 2.Prefix to rank seniority for kinship terms.
- 3.Used in transcription.
- 4.atto- (SI unit prefix)
- 5.Interrogative particle
- 6.big mound; mountain
- 7.hillside
- 8.fine silks
- 9.bend; corner
- 10.waterside
- 11.nearby; near
- 12.to flatter; to pander to
- 13.to be unfairly partial to
- 14.a surname
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qaːl): semantic 阜 + phonetic 可 (OC *kʰaːlʔ): Originally meaning a big mound. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ʔa(ŋ/k)- (noun prefix) (STEDT). Compare Burmese အ- (a.-, “idem”) (Schuessler, 2007, p. 149). ; “atto-”
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Example sentences
遊客到瑞士欣賞阿爾卑斯山。
Visitors to Switzerland admire the Alps.
喜馬拉雅山脈比阿爾卑斯山脈高。
The Himalayas are higher than the Alps.
约翰甘迺迪被安葬在阿靈頓公墓。
J.F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
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Derived terms
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Related words
阿姨 maternal aunt阿爸 (dialect) father阿兰 Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)阿爸 Abba (Aramaic word father)阿妈 grandma (paternal) (Tw)阿嬷 (Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])阿宅 homebody; geek; nerd; otaku阿蒙 Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen阿昌 Achang ethnic group阿丹 Adam (name)阿谁 who阿公 (old) grandfather