阿
Các tầng nghĩa / Phát âm
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] "Afghanistan"
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
Example Sentences
隔壁住着一个热心的阿姨。
gé bì zhù zhe yí gè rè xīn de ā yí.
The neighboring house has a very enthusiastic aunt living there.
我阿姨从日本回来来看我们。
wǒ ā yí cóng rì běn huí lái lái kàn wǒ men.
My aunt returned to visit us from Japan.
阿姨，附近有地铁站吗？
ā yí, fù jìn yǒu dì tiě zhàn ma?
Aunt, is there a subway station nearby?
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Related Words & Compounds
aunt
(loanword) amen
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(Wu dialect) I; me; my; we; us; our
Allah (Arabic name of God)
Arabian / Arabic / Arab
hoodlum / hooligan / young rowdy
Afghanistan
Oman
Argentina
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