阿

ā

HSK 43 readings

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Meaning

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
bound formAfghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4])
bound formAlbania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4])

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bound formAlgeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4])
bound formArgentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2])
used in transliteration
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

Example

结婚前，我管女朋友的妈妈叫“阿姨”，结婚后，我就改叫“妈”了。

Before getting married, I called my girlfriend's mother "Auntie". After marriage, I started calling her "Mom" instead.

From 阿姨 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

āprefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / (bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗) / (bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚) / (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚) / (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷)
ē(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

Stroke Order

7 strokes

Words containing 阿

阿姨āyímaternal auntHSK 4 阿拉伯语ĀlābóyǔArabic (language)HSK 7-9

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