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Mandarin ā; a; ē
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Pinyin a1; a; e1
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弓中一弓口
Sijiao 7122.0
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Results for 阿
 ā prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]
 a flatter
 ē flatter
Results beginning with 阿
Q A1 Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]
 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]
 ā lā (Wu dialect) my / our / I / we / me / us
 ā fēi hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy
 A1 lún Aalen, town in Germany
 A1 lán Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
 A1 nuò Arnold (name) / refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger 阿諾·施瓦辛格|阿诺·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 · / Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
 A1 biǎn A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
 A1 míng Al-Amin
 A1 sè Arthur (name)
 ā pó granny / mother-in-law
 A1 màn Oman
 A1 kǎ Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
 ā gē (familiar) elder brother
 ā mā grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father
 ā mèi younger sister
 ā sān (derog.) an Indian
 ā mén amen (loanword)
 ā dí Ardy
 A1 dǒu A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[Liu2 Shan4] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 / (fig.) weak and inept person
 E1 nán Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
 ā bà (dialect) father
 ē jiāo donkey-hide gelatin (used in TCM) / Taiwan pr. [a1 jiao1]
 A1 bǐ Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
 ā gōng (old) grandfather / polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law / (Taiwanese) grandfather
 ā mā grandma (Tw)
 A1 lián Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 A1 sēn Assen, city in the Netherlands
 A1 dān Adam (name) / Aden, capital of Yemen
 ā diē dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man
 A1 lái Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
 ē yú to flatter / to toady
 A1 Méng Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia / abbr. for 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2]
 A1 chāng Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group)
 ā hōng (loanword from Persian) imam / ahung
 ā piàn opium (loanword)
 ā tì (onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
 ā wèi Ferula resin (used in TCM) / Resina Ferulae
  ethnic Albanian
 A1 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
 A1 bā Aba, southeast Nigerian city / Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 / word for grandfather
 A1 bí Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells / fig. hell / hell on earth
 A1 chéng Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
 ā dì younger brother
 ā gū husband's mother
 A1 hēng Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany / Aix-la-Chapelle / also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen1]
 ā hùn (dialect) idler / loafer
 A1 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 men amen (loanword)
 A1 méng Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
 ā nǎi granny
 ā nān honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
 ā nú A
 ā piāo (coll.) ghost (Tw)
 A1 Q Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The true story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[A1 Q zheng4 chuan2]
 ā shuí who
 A1 sū Aso volcano in Kyūshū / 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano
 ā tǔ country bumpkin / redneck (derog)
 A1 wǎ Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
 ā xiāng (coll.) country folk / rustic / see also 鄉下人|乡下人[xiang1 xia4 ren2]
 ā xiōng elder brother
 ē dǔ (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[Liu4 Chao2]) this / (abbr. for 阿堵物[e1 du3 wu4]) money
 ē fù to fawn (as flatterer)
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 A1 gēn tíng Argentina
 A1 lā bó Arabian / Arabic / Arab
 A1 fù hàn Afghanistan / Afghan
 A1 bō luó Apollo (loanword)
 A1 lián qiú United Arab Emirates / abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2]
 A1 fán tí Effendi, wily and fearless hero of Uighur folk tales / smart guy
 A1 bā sī Abbas (name) / Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
 ā ěr fǎ alpha (Greek letter Αα)
 A1 lā dīng Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
 A1 lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
 A1 sī lán Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
 A1 mǎ ní Armani (fashion designer)
 ā luó hàn arhat (Sanskrit) / a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
 E1 fáng Gōng Efang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 pang2 Gong1]
 E1 páng Gōng Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2] / also pr. [E1 fang2 Gong1]
 A1 lā shàn Alxa league, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
 A1 ruì sī Ares, Greek god of war / Mars
 A1 yù wáng Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2], ruled 273-232 BC
 ā tuō pǐn atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
 A1 ěr tài Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
 A1 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 mǐ bā amoeba (loanword)
 A1 lā ěr Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
 ā yà lā Ayala
 A1 kè lā Accra, capital of Ghana
 A1 bó dīng Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
 A1 sà mǔ Assam, India
 A1 pí yà Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
 A1 bù jiǎ Abuja, capital of Nigeria
  ayous / obeche / wawa
  Gulf of Oman / Sea of Oman
  Adygea
  laudanum
 A1 bà fù Abba (Aramaic word father) / by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
 A1 bà xiàn Ngawa County (Tibetan: rnga ba rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
 A1 bèi ěr Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician / (math.) abelian
 ā bīng gē (coll.) soldier boy
 A1 bǐ ràng Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast)
 A1 bǐ yǎ Abijah (biblical name)
 ā bù kuān Hiroshi
 ā chāng zú the Achang nationality living in Yunnan
 A1 chéng qū Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
 ā chè xiàn Archer
 A1 chū fó erroneous variant of 阿閦佛, Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
 A1 chù fó Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
 ā dá nà Adana
 A1 dé lā Adderall (stimulant drug)
 ā dì píng atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
 A1 duō nuò surname Adorno / Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno 狄奧多·阿多諾|狄奥多·阿多诺[Di2 ao4 duo1 · / A1 duo1 nuo4] (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
 ā ěr lóng Arlon
 A1 ěr shān Arxan, county-level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
 A1 fǎ ěr Afar region of northeast Ethiopia / Afar people
 A1 fán dá Avatar (movie)
 ā fàn dá avatar (loanword)
 ā fū lú Aflou
 ā fú róng opium
 A1 Gài dá al-Qaeda
 A1 hé qí Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[Ke4 zi1 le4 su1 Ke1 er3 ke4 zi1 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
 A1 huà tián Ovaltine (brand)
 A1 huá tián Ovaltine (brand)
 A1 jiā wéi see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[A1 er3 jia1 wei2]
 A1 kǎ dī Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)
 A1 kè lún Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
 A1 kěn sè Arkansas, US state
 A1 kè sū Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang / Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city
 A1 kè táo Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
 ā kuí ěr Aguirre
 A1 kuí nà surname Aquinas / Thomas Aquinas 托馬斯·阿奎納|托马斯·阿奎纳[Tuo1 ma3 si1 · / A1 kui2 na4] (1225-1274)
 A1 lái màn El Alamein, town in Egypt
 A1 lā mó Alamo, city in United States
 ā lán rě Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
 A1 lán wén Aramaic
 A1 lā sī Arras, town in northern France
 A1 lā wǎ Araba or Álava
 A1 lè tài Altay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
 A1 lián Qū Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
 A1 lián xiāng Alien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
 ā liè fū aleph (first letter א / of Hebrew alphabet)
 A1 lǐ láng Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty / Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
 ā lì téng Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM)
 A1 lú bā Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
 A1 lǔ bā (Tw) (slang) a prank, prevalent in Chinese schools and known as "happy corner" in Hong Kong, in which several people carry a victim with his legs spread open, bringing his groin up against a pole or tree trunk
 A1 luò fēi Alofi, capital of Niue
 A1 luó yuē surname Arroyo
 ā máng ná (chemistry) ammonal (loanword)
 A1 màn Wān Gulf of Oman
 A1 mǎ xùn Amazon / also written 亞馬遜|亚马逊[Ya4 ma3 xun4]
Approximate Results for 阿
 Bā A1 Pakistan-Afghan
 Dōng ē Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
 shān ē a nook in the mountains
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 Mài ā mì Miami (Florida)
 xiǎo ā yí auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
 yī ā huà Iowa (state of US)
  tauari
 Bō ā cì Boaz (name)
 Bō ā sī Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
 dà ā yí auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
 Dōng ē xiàn Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
 èr ā yí auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
 Léi nuò ā Renoir (name) / Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French impressionist painter
 Mài ā mì variant of 邁阿密|迈阿密[Mai4 a1 mi4]
 mù zhāng ā Mujangga
 Nǔ měi ā Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
 sān ā yí auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
 gāng zhèng bù ē upright and plainspoken
 shǒu zhèng bù ē to be strictly just and impartial
 Wú xià ā Méng General Lü / Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 / of the southern state of Wu (idiom) / model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
 Aī niè ā sī Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
西 Dà xī bì ā Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
 fēi ā bèi ěr (math.) non-abelian
 Hé ní ā lā Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
 Hè tú ā lā Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
西 Hé xī ā shū Book of Hosea
 Léi ā ěr chéng Ciudad Real
 mài ā mì tān Miami Beach
 Mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
 Nà dé A1 lǐ Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
 Tú ā léi gé Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
 Wǎ nǔ ā tú Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
 Shā tè A1 lā bó Saudi Arabia
  Vanuaaku Pati
  Miami Group
  Cap Anamur
  loiasis
  Tuareg
  Sapoa Accord
 Aī niè ā sī Jì Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
 Dōng fāng A1 chù fó Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
 lú ā lā bā shěng Lualaba
 Nǔ kù ā luò fǎ Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
·  Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
  Mt. Abu Declaration
  amodiaquine hydrochloride
  anileridine phosphate
 fú bù qǐ de A1 dǒu weak and inept person / hopeless case
 Míng ní ā bō lì sī Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
 nǐ ā tuō pǐn yào wù atropinemimetic drug
 Pǔ mì péng A1 dù dé Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
 Shā tè A1 lā bó rén a Saudi / Saudi Arabian person
 Shā wū dì A1 lā bó Saudi Arabia (Tw)
 Xī huò tè ˇ A1 lín Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
· Xī huò tè ˇ A1 lín Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
·  Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
·  Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
  cerejeira
  alphaprodine hydrochloride
绿  Green Afghanistan Initiative
  Call upon Afghanistan
 Aì hǎ mài dé ā bā dé Ahmedabad
 Dí ào duō ˇ A1 duō nuò Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
· Dí ào duō ˇ A1 duō nuò Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
 dù ā lā guó jì jī cháng Douala
 Pǔ mì péng ˇ A1 dù dé Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
· Pǔ mì péng ˇ A1 dù dé Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016
 shā tè ā lā bó wáng guó the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
 Tuō mǎ sī ˇ A1 kuí nà Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
· Tuō mǎ sī ˇ A1 kuí nà Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
 wǎ nǔ ā tú gòng hé guó the Republic of Vanuatu
 Xià luò tè A1 mǎ lì yà Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
西 xī dí bèi lè ā bā sī Sidi
·  Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
  Mt. Abu Summit
  Goa Guidelines on International Equity
  Antioch Christian Centre
  KATTUK countries
 Xī huò tè ˇ A1 lín shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
· Xī huò tè ˇ A1 lín shān mài Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
西 Yà xī ěr ˇ A1 lā fǎ tè Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
西· Yà xī ěr ˇ A1 lā fǎ tè Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
-阿  North Ossetia-Alania
-阿  Afro-Arab Business Week
-鲁-贾  Bahn-Ruam-Jai Project
·  General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
  Greater Arab Free Trade Area
  United Nations Arabic Language Centre
  United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan
  Naif Arab University for Security Sciences
  International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
  Plan for the Development of Arab Culture
  International Arab Narcotics Bureau
  Altai Declaration of Urumqi
  acetyl-alpha-methylfentanyl
  Combined Forces Command - Afghanistan / Combined Forces Command
  United Nations Investigation Team for Afghanistan
  International and Arab Child Day
  Division for Asia / Pacific and Arab States
  alpha-methylfentanyl hydrochloride
  Afghanis
  United Nations Special Mission to Afghanistan
 Dào gé lā sī ˇ Mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
· Dào gé lā sī ˇ Mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
  Translation and Arabization Project
  UN Talks on Afghanistan
  Pan Arab Project for Child Development
  United Nations Operations Centre in Afghanistan
  United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan Support Office / UNAMA Support Office
  EU NAVFOR Atalanta / Operation Atalanta
  Office of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan
  International Confederation of Arab Trade Unions
  Annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean
  Organization for mine clearance and Afghan rehabilitation
·  SLM-Abdul Shafi
  Pan Arab Project for Family Health
  Pan Arab Organization for Social Defense
  Declaration on the Situation in Afghanistan
  Abuja Statement on South Africa
  alphacetylmethadol hydrochloride
  GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development / GUAM
 kē bù léi luó ā tǐ yù jù lè bù Cobreloa
-阿  Afro-Arab Trade Fair
·  Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amarú
  Declaration of the International Conference in Support of Afghanistan
  Abuja Declaration to Roll Back Malaria in Africa
  Committee on Assistance to Disabled Afghans
  Tokyo Conference on Consolidation of Peace in Afghanistan
  General Administration for Palestine Arab Refugees
  Pan-Arab Bureau for Narcotic Affairs
  UNICEF Afghan Programme Office
  Arusha Declaration on African Commodities
  Afro-Arab Preferential Trade Area
  International Conference on Reconstruction Assistance to Afghanistan
  International Convention for the Protection of the Alps / Alpine Convention
  Arab Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions
  Declaration and Programme of Action on Afro-Arab Cooperation
  Pan-Arab Conference on Population and Development
 Lù yì ˇ Pí āi ěr ˇ A1 ěr dōu sāi Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
·· Lù yì ˇ Pí āi ěr ˇ A1 ěr dōu sāi Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
-阿  Afro-Arab Financial Investment Institution
  Al Ezediah Movement for Progress and Reform
  General Association for Palestinian Arab Refugees
  United Nations Needs Assessment Mission to Abkhazia
西  Division for Western Asia, Arab States and Europe
  Parliamentary Association for Euro-Arab Cooperation
  Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan Refugees
  Joint Afro-Arab Conference of Ministers
  Standing Commission for Afro-Arab Cooperation
  occupied Syrian Golan / occupied Syrian Arab Golan
Chinese Tones