阿
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indica…
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Character Decomposition
阿=阝+可
Etymology
place
Meanings
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
used in transliteration
(bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗)
(bound form) Albania
(bound form) Algeria
(bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷)
also pr.
(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
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Words with 阿 799 total
Idioms with 阿 40 total
(Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells阿鼻地狱A1 bí Dì yù(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)阿猫阿狗ā māo ā gǒuAmitabha Buddha · the Buddha of the Western paradise · may the lord Buddha preserve us! · merciful Buddha!阿弥陀佛E1 mí tuó Fóto pander to sb's whims阿其所好ē qí suǒ hào