ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
used in transliteration
also pr. [a4]
Ā
abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
Ā lǐ bā bā
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
Ā lǐ Bā bā
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
Ā sài bài jiāng
Azerbaijan, former Soviet Republic and region of northwest Iran in Caucasus
Ā lǐ
Ali (proper name)
Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam
Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris
Ā lè tài
Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Ā mǔ sī tè dān
Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
ā gōng
(old) grandfather
polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law
(Taiwanese) grandfather
Ā kè sū
Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city
ā fēi
hoodlum
hooligan
young rowdy
Ā lián qiú
United Arab Emirates
abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国
Ā bà
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
also Ngawa county
ā lā
(dialect) my
our
I
we
me
us
ā yí
maternal aunt
step-mother
childcare worker
nursemaid
woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
CL:個|个[ge4]
Ē mí tuó Fó
Amitabha Buddha
the Buddha of the Western paradise
may the lord Buddha preserve us!
merciful Buddha!
Ā sēn
Assen, city in the Netherlands
ē jiāo
donkey hide glue (used in TCM)
Colla Corii Asini
Ā Dǒu
A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
fig. weak and inept person
Ā lā bó shù zì
Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Ā bà zhōu
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
ā qí méi sù
azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic)
Zithromax
Ā Q5
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Ｑ正傳|阿Ｑ正传[Ā Q zhèng chuán]
ā mā
grandma (paternal) (Tw)
(dialect) mother
nurse
amah
(Manchu) father
Ā ěr kǎ tè
Alcatel, old company name
Ā bā
Aba, southeast Nigerian city
Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather
Ā lā shàn
Alxa league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
ā bǐ
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
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