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  aa3 o1   jyutping
  a1 e1   pinyin
[] aa3 | [] ai1
[1] [n] prefix to a name or term of address | [variant]
[2] [n] used in transliteration

[] o1 | [] e1
[v] curry favour with; flatter; pander to

Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: verb
Stroke count: 8
Level: 2
Radical: (#170)

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

This word has been viewed 23367 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 29th Jul 2013 06:02

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detail  aa3 baak3   = uncle (father's older brother); polite way of addressing an older person
detail  aa3 suk1   = uncle (father's younger brother)
detail  aa3 po4   = grandmother (maternal); polite way of addressing an old lady
detail  aa3 sam2   = aunt (wife of father's younger brother); polite way of addressing wife of 阿叔 (uncle)
detail  aa3 sou2   = sister-in-law (brother's wife); polite way of addressing a friend's wife
detail  aa3 go1  a1 ge1 = older brother
detail  aa3 mui6*2; aa3 mui6*1  a1 mei4 = younger sister; an unmarried girl
detail  aa3 je4   = grandfather (paternal)
detail  aa3 ji4*1  a1 yi2 = aunt (mother's younger sister); honorary auntie
detail  aa3 maa4   = grandmother (paternal)
See all 181 compounds (CantoDict reports 187 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 10 examples containing 阿
detail audio 阿爸阿媽日日晨運
Papa and mama go exercising every morning.
detail audio 阿媽今日
Mum has cooked soup today.
detail audio 屋企阿爸阿媽阿哥
My home has father, mother, brother and me.
detail 阿媽今晚煮飯自己
Mum is not going to cook tongiht, so we/I have to have dinner on our/my own.
[Usually mother cooks at home every night. If she does not cook, it implies that she is out at night, so the entire family has to think about the dinner stuff.]
detail 阿媽超級市場買嘢
Mum has gone shopping in a supermarket.
detail audio 唔知阿蓮
Not sure whether Ah Lin wants to go or not.
detail 阿媽女朋友投契
My mom and girlfriend are having such a kindred conversation.
detail 阿媽鬧人中氣十足
Mum can scold people very loudly
detail 如果阿明真係一個超人⋯⋯唔會米田共返嚟屋企重要走廊地板都係死人⋯⋯
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
detail 阿妹首都膾炙人口
A-mei's songs are all widely known.

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