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- 1. (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
Words Containing 阿
maternal aunt
Arabic (language)
auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
Book of Hosea
upright and plainspoken
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
to be strictly just and impartial
auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
a nook in the mountains
Pakistan-Afghan
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
weak and inept person
atropinemimetic drug
Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong
Saudi Arabia
a Saudi
Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
Boaz (name)
Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
Miami (Florida)
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella The True Story of Ah Q 阿Q正傳|阿Q正传[ā Q zhèng zhuàn]
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[lǔ xùn]
(derog.) an Indian
Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Adam (name)
ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name)
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
Avogadro's number (chemistry)
Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
Alai (1959-), ethnic Tibetan Chinese writer, awarded Mao Dun Literature Prize in 2000 for his novel 塵埃落定|尘埃落定[chén āi luò dìng] \Red Poppies\",2025-02-14 13:18:22,2025-02-14 13:18:22 175942,124067,Ayshe
Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[mù hǎn mò dé]
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
amen (loanword)
Aalen, town in Germany
Arendal (city in Agder, Norway)
elder brother
Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Accra, capital of Ghana
Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
Aqsu Wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city in Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang
Aksu River in Xinjiang
Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau
Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law
to pander to sb's whims
Effendi, wily and fearless hero of Uighur folk tales
Avatar (movie)
Alexis (name)
aleph (first letter א of Hebrew alphabet)
Alicante
see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[ā ěr jiā wéi]
Agatha Christie
Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
Altay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
Altay prefecture in Xinjiang
Altay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
Abdullah (name)
Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)
Acapulco, city in Mexico
a cappella (loanword)
Arcadia (loanword)
Acadia University (Canada)
Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[jié diē lì shī kè hán]
aspirin (loanword)
Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
Aqchi Nahiyisi or Aheqi County in Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu], Xinjiang
(familiar) elder brother
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
(onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
Atush or Artux city and county in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu]
Atush or Artux city in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu]
Atush or Artux County in Qizilsu Kyrgyz Autonomous Prefecture in Xinjiang 克孜勒蘇柯爾克孜自治州|克孜勒苏柯尔克孜自治州[kè zī lè sū kē ěr kè zī zì zhì zhōu]
country bumpkin
Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn] in Heilongjiang
Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn] in Heilongjiang
Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
(literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[liù cháo]) this
(literary) (euphemism) money (literally, \this thing\)
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan (person)
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[mǎ ěr kāng zhèn]
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[mǎ ěr kāng zhèn]
Ngawa County (Tibetan: rnga ba rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture 阿壩藏族羌族自治州|阿坝藏族羌族自治州[ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu], northwest Sichuan
Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture (Tibetan: rnga ba bod rigs cha'ng rigs rang skyong khul, formerly in Kham province of Tibet), northwest Sichuan, capital Barkam 馬爾康鎮|马尔康镇[mǎ ěr kāng zhèn]
Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic)
granny
younger sister
Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
Amu Darya, the biggest river of Central Asia, from Pamir to Aral sea, forming the boundary between Afghanistan and Tajikistan then flowing through Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan
granny
(dialect) mother
husband's mother
Afghanistan
Afghan (language)
(chemistry) aniline (loanword)
Aba, southeast Nigerian city
Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilingol League 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[xī lín guō lè méng], Inner Mongolia
Appalachian Mountains in North America
Abbas (name)
Abkhazia, region in Georgia
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya
Abuja, capital of Nigeria
see 阿佛洛狄忒[ā fú luò dí tè]
younger brother
Amitabha Buddha
Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
Abijah (biblical name)
Adderall (stimulant drug)
Adderall (stimulant drug)
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]
A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[chén shuǐ biǎn]
atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Allah (Arabic name of God)
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
Arabian
Arab
Arab Common Market
Arabian Peninsula
Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States
Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Arabic (language & writing)
Arabian Sea
arabinose (type of sugar)
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
gum arabic
see 孜然[zī rán], cumin
Arab Telecommunication Union
Alxa league, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[ā lā shàn méng], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Alabama, US state
Alabama, US state
Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar
Arafura Sea
Alamo, city in United States
Arras, town in northern France
Alaska, US state
University of Alaska
Alaska, US state
Alaskan malamute
Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat 亞西爾·阿拉法特|亚西尔·阿拉法特[yà xī ěr · ā lā fǎ tè]
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Araba or Álava
Aramaic (language)
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
atropinization
Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
ammonia (loanword)
ammonia solution
A-dou, nickname of Liu Shan 劉禪|刘禅[liú shàn] (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[ā sī pèi ěr gé ěr]
Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician
AstraZeneca (British-Swedish pharmaceutical company)
Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay
Astana, capital of Kazakhstan