亞 (aa3 | ya4) : second; Asia

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亞

aa3

ya4

[1] second; inferior [2] Asia

Stroke count: 8

Level: 2

Radical: 二 (#7)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

亞 / 亚

This character was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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馬來西亞 maa5 loi4 sai1 aa3 ma3 lai2 xi1 ya3 (Taiwan), ma3 lai2 xi1 ya4 (PRC) = Malaysia

亞太 aa3 taai3 ya3 tai4 (Taiwan), ya4 tai4 (PRC) = Asia Pacific

南亞 naam4 aa3 nan2 ya3 (Taiwan), nan2 ya4 (PRC) = southern Asia

澳大利亞 ou3 daai6 lei6 aa3 ao4 da4 li4 ya3 (Taiwan), ao4 da4 li4 ya4 (PRC) = Australia (also 澳洲)

亞洲 aa3 zau1 ya3 zhou1 (Taiwan), ya4 zhou1 (PRC) = Asia

亞軍 aa3 gwan1 ya3 jun1 (Taiwan), ya4 jun1 (PRC) = runners-up; second place

尼日利亞 nei4 jat6 lei6 aa3 ni2 ri4 li4 ya3 (Taiwan), ni2 ri4 li4 ya4 (PRC) = Nigeria

愛沙尼亞 oi3 saa1 nei4 aa3 ai4 sha1 ni2 ya3 (Taiwan), ai4 sha1 ni2 ya4 (PRC) = Estonia

幾內亞 gei1 noi6 aa3 ji3 nei4 ya3 (Taiwan), ji1 nei4 ya4 (PRC) = Guinea

東亞 dung1 aa3 dong1 ya3 (Taiwan), dong1 ya4 (PRC) = East Asia
See all 211 compounds (CantoDict reports 226 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 5 examples containing 亞

喺馬來西亞，未滿17歲嘅人唔准揸車。粵
In Malaysia, those who have not reached the age of 17 cannot (legally) drive.

個仔成日去賭錢，做亞媽嘅都好激氣粵
As a mother, she is very upset with her son gambling.

亞蓮隔離周不時都打通宵麻雀，令到佢同屋企人受滋擾粵
Ah Lin's neighbour often play mahjong right through the night thereby disturbing her and her family.

亞雄成晚喺度捵床捵蓆，隻手紮到豬蹄噉，佢重喺度考慮好唔好請假粵
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
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大家都知道亞雄吹水功夫一流，佢可以將一件簡單嘅事講到天花龍鳳嚟吸引人。粵
Everyone knows Ah Hung is really good at talking. He can capture his audience by making a simple matter so sophisticated.

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Decimal representation of this word: 亞
Unicode code for this character: U+4e9e (off-site link)

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