MEANING/意义
    阿
      
  • ā(ē)
      
    sound for pinyin sound for pinyin
      
      
    hill; pander to; play up to; winding area; an exclamation of unpleasant surprise; used before an appellation of relative; donkey-hide glue (traditional medicine) ; prefix of a person's name (as a term of endearment) 
    Type character/汉字; particle/小品词  
        
    ē
      
    sound for pinyin
      
      
    hill; pander to; play up to; winding area; donkey-hide glue (traditional medicine) 
    Type character/汉字  
        
EXAMPLES/列句
  • 《阿Q正传》
      
      
    ā q zhèng zhuàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    “The True Story of Ah Q“ (written by Lu Xun) 

  • 阿基里斯腱
      
      
    ā jī lǐ sī jiàn
      
    sound for pinyin
    Achilles' heel; the only fatal weakness
COMBINATIONS/组合
  • 阿訇
      
    ā hōng
      
    sound for pinyin
    imam

  • 阿姨
      
    ā yí
      
    sound for pinyin
    nursemaid; step-mother; maternal aunt; childcare worker; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) 

  • 阿姨
      
    ā yí
      
    sound for pinyin
    aunt

  • 阿q
      
    ā q
      
    sound for pinyin
    Ah Q (the hero of a story) 

  • 阿妈
      
    ā mā
      
    sound for pinyin
    (dialect)  mum

  • 阿拉
      
    ā lā
      
    sound for pinyin
    we (in Shanghai dialect) ; I (humble form used in speeches) 

  • 阿长
      
    ā cháng
      
    sound for pinyin
    Ah Chang (whom Lu Xun called Chang Mama, an elderly servant in his family) 

  • 阿曼
      
    ā màn
      
    sound for pinyin
    Oman (The Sultanate of Oman) 
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