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| 阿 | |
aa3 o1 aa2 aa1
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(1) [1] [v] favour; toady; assent; pander to; play up to [2] [v] rely on [3] [n] riverbank [4] [n] corner; edge [5] [n] pillar [6] slender and beautiful [7] [v] discharge (night soil, urine, etc.) [8] a Chinese family name (2) [1] a prefix to a name or term of address [2] used in transliteration [3] [Wu] [Min] [Cantonese] [Hakka] a prefix to a name or term of address Stroke count: 8
Level: 2
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| This character was last edited on 1st Jul 2008 | |
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阿伯
aa3 baak3 = uncle (father's older brother); polite way of addressing an older person粵
阿叔
aa3 suk1 = uncle (father's younger brother); polite way to address a man younger than your father粵
阿婆
aa3 po4 = grandmother (maternal); polite way of addressing an old lady粵
阿嬸
aa3 sam2 = aunt (wife of father's younger brother); polite way of addressing wife of 阿叔 (uncle)粵
阿嫂
aa3 sou2 = sister-in-law (brother's wife); polite way of addressing a friend's wife粵
阿哥
aa3 go1 = older brother粵
阿妹
aa3 mui6*2; aa3 mui6*1 = younger sister (妹2); an unmarried girl (妹1)粵
阿爺
aa3 je4 = grandfather (paternal)粵
阿姨
aa3 ji4*1 = aunt (mother's younger sister); honorary auntie
阿嫲
aa3 maa4 = grandmother (paternal)粵See all 149 compounds |
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Showing all 3 examples containing 阿
唔知阿蓮要去唔去。 粵
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Not sure whether Ah Lin wants to go or not.
阿妈同我女朋友傾到好投契 粵
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My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.
阿嬸唔該借歪下 粵
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Excuse me madam. Legend 國 : Written Chinese only 粵 : Spoken Cantonese only |
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Decimal representation of this word: 阿
Unicode code for this character: U+963F (off-site link)
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Decimal representation of this word: 阿
Unicode code for this character: U+963F (off-site link)
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