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阿
ē
1. flatter
Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

阿
ā
an initial particle, a prefix used for names; used in transliterations
HSK 3 7 丶

Compound Words (18)

东阿
Dōngē
Dong'e county in Liaocheng [[聊城<Liáochéng>]], Shandong
阿亨
Āhēng
Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
阿们
āmen
amen (loanword)
阿哥
āgē
(familiar) elder brother
阿城
Āchéng
Acheng district of Harbin [[哈爾濱|哈尔滨<Hāěrbīn>]] in Heilongjiang
阿堵
ēdǔ
money
阿妹
āmèi
younger sister
阿森
Āsēn
Assen, city in the Netherlands
阿爹
ādiē
dad
阿瑟
Āsè
Arthur (name)
阿盟
ĀMéng
Alxa League, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
阿胶
ējiāo
donkey hide glue (used in TCM)
阿蒙
Āméng
Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
阿谀
ēyú
to flatter
阿门
āmén
amen (loanword)
阿附
ēfù
to fawn (as flatterer)
阿难
Ēnán
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
阿飞
āfēi
hoodlum

Alternate Entries

阿
Ā
abbr. for Afghanistan [[阿富汗<Āfùhàn>]]
阿
ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. <à>

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
3
Character Frequency Rank
470
Word Frequency Rank
232 of 84,292

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