阿

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What 阿 means

abbr. for country names that begin with 阿: Algeria 阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 etc; prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; used in transliteration; also pr. [a4]; (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

Pictophonetic: semantic 阝 (place), phonetic 可

Made of 阝 + 可

Words with 阿

• 阿姨ā yímaternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
• 阿拉ā lā(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our
• 阿公ā gōng(old) grandfather; polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law; (Taiwanese) grandfather
• 阿尔法ā ěr fǎalpha (Greek letter Α, α)
• 阿妈ā māgrandma (paternal) (Tw); (dialect) mother; nurse; amah; (Manchu) father
• 阿婆ā pógranny; mother-in-law
• 阿嬷ā mā(Tw) grandma (also used to refer to or address an elderly woman) (from Taiwanese 阿媽, Tai-lo pr. [a-má])
• 阿爸ā bà(dialect) father
• 阿飘ā piāo(coll.) ghost (Tw)
• 阿飞ā fēihoodlum; hooligan; young rowdy
• 阿爹ā diēdad; father; (paternal) grandfather; old man
• 阿拉伯语ā lā bó yǔArabic (language)

阿 in a sentence

• 女生喜欢阿尔法男。

  nǚ shēng xǐ huan ā ěr fǎ nán 。

  Girls like alpha males.

• 我阿姨给我带来了一些花。

  wǒ ā yí gěi wǒ dài lái le yì xiē huā 。

  My aunt brought me some flowers.

• “我的车不需要排队阿，”他提议。

  “ wǒ de chē bù xū yào pái duì ā ， ” tā tí yì 。

  "You don't have to queue for my car," he offers.

• 阿司匹林是用什么做的？

  ā sī pǐ lín shì yòng shén me zuò de ？

  What does aspirin consist of?

• 我想买点阿司匹林。

  wǒ xiǎng mǎi diǎn ā sī pǐ lín 。

  I would like to buy some aspirin.

Characters that sound like 阿

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