阿
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to…
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Character Decomposition
阿=阝+可
Etymology
place
Meanings2 pronunciations
ā
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
(bound form) Algeria
(bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷)
also pr. à
ē
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
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Words with 阿 799 total
Abba (Aramaic word father) · by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel阿爸A1 bàCeaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells · fig. hell · hell on earth阿鼻A1 bí(name) Abby; Abi阿比A1 bǐyounger brother阿弟ā dìdad · father · (paternal) grandfather · old man阿爹ā diēA-dou, nickname of Liu Shan (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263 · (fig.) weak and inept person阿斗A1 dǒu(literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝) this · (abbr. for 阿堵物 ē dǔ wù) money阿堵ē dǔhoodlum · hooligan · young rowdy阿飞ā fēito fawn (as flatterer)阿附ē fù(old) grandfather · polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law · (Taiwanese) grandfather阿公ā gōng
Idioms with 阿 40 total Chain
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells阿鼻地狱A1 bí Dì yù(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)阿猫阿狗ā māo ā gǒuAmitabha Buddha · the Buddha of the Western paradise · may the lord Buddha preserve us! · merciful Buddha!阿弥陀佛E1 mí tuó Fóto pander to sb's whims阿其所好ē qí suǒ hào
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