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Chinese dictionary
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dial(a prefix used before kinship terms)
阿婆
grannie
阿爸
dad
阿妈
mom
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diala, (a, prefix used before a, pet na,me, monosylla,bic surna,me, or number denoting order of seniority in a, fa,mily, to ma,ke it sound more endea,ring)
Words and phrases with 阿
- 阿公[word]father-in-law; grandpa
- 阿妹[word]younger sister
- 阿尔巴尼亚人[word]Albanian
- 阿里山[word]Ali Mountain
- 阿尔及利亚[word]Algeria
- 阿魏[word]Ferula asafoetida; asafoetida
- 阿Q[word]the main character in Lu Xun's novel; person who takes comfort in interpreting their defeats as moral victories
- 阿拉伯[word]Arab
- 阿门[word]amen
- 阿猫阿狗[idiom]any common person
- 阿鼻地狱[idiom]Avīci
- 阿家阿翁[idiom]parents-in-law
Word usage
- NoteWhen pronounced as "ā", "阿" has no specific meaning but is used exclusively for affixes and transliteration (but the "阿" in "阿弥陀佛" is still pronounced as "ē"); when pronounced as "ē", it has specific meanings, such as "阿谀奉承" and "阿胶".