阿
阿
- prefix 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 阿尔巴尼亚 (阿爾巴尼亞))
- (bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿尔及利亚 (阿爾及利亞))
- (bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷)
- also pr. [a4]
阿
- (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
Stroke order
Practice writing
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Character breakdown
Example sentences
- 阿嚏! Achoo!
- 阿弥陀佛。 Praise be to Buddha.
- 阿妈买马。 Your grandmother bought a horse.
- 阿伦是诗人。 Allan is a poet.
- 阿什兰也有水。 There's water in Ashland, too.
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