阿

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ā prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity; also pr. [à] ē (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

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1. prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
2. also pr. [à]

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Words Containing 阿

• 阿尔瓦塞特 ā ěr wǎ sè tè: Albacete, Spain
• 阿尼林 ā ní lín: (chemistry) aniline (loanword)
• 扶不起的阿斗 fú bù qǐ de ā dǒu: weak and inept person
• 锡霍特·阿林 xī huò tè · ā lín: Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 努美阿 nǔ měi ā: Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
• 阿来 ā lái: 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
• 阿克拉 ā kè lā: Accra, capital of Ghana
• 阿衣奴 ā yī nú: see 阿伊努[ā yī nǔ]
• 阿姆哈拉 ā mǔ hā lā: Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
• 三阿姨 sān ā yí: auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
• 阿拉伯茴香 ā lā bó huí xiāng: see 孜然[zī rán], cumin
• 阿什哈巴德 ā shén hā bā dé: Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
• 小阿姨 xiǎo ā yí: auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
• 锡霍特·阿林山脉 xī huò tè · ā lín shān mài: Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
• 道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè: General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
• 阿谁 ā shuí: who
• 阿法罗密欧 ā fǎ luó mì ōu: Alfa Romeo
• 阿利坎特 ā lì kǎn tè: Alicante
• 阿道司·赫胥黎 ā dào sī · hè xū lì: Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[měi lì xīn shì jiè]
• 阿华田 ā huá tián: Ovaltine (brand)
• 阿耳茨海默氏病 ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng: Alzheimer's disease
• 阿尔泰山脉 ā ěr tài shān mài: Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia
• 阿堵 ē dǔ: (literary) (colloquial term of the Six Dynasties period 六朝[liù cháo]) this
• 阿鲁巴 ā lǔ bā: Aruba, island in the Caribbean, a self-governing part of the Netherlands
• 阿马逊 ā mǎ xùn: Amazon
• 阿的平 ā dì píng: atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
• 阿拉尔 ā lā ěr: Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
• 阿姆河 ā mǔ hé: 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
• 阿巴斯 ā bā sī: Abbas (name)
• 刚正不阿 gāng zhèng bù ē: upright and plainspoken
• 阿尔及利亚人 ā ěr jí lì yà rén: Algerian
• 阿灵顿国家公墓 ā líng dùn guó jiā gōng mù: Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
• 阿月浑子树 ā yuè hún zǐ shù: pistachio tree
• 阿拉善 ā lā shàn: Alxa league, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
• 阿比让 ā bǐ ràng: Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast)
• 阿曼湾 ā màn wān: Gulf of Oman
• 阿拉伯语 ā lā bó yǔ: Arabic (language)
• 阿司匹林 ā sī pǐ lín: aspirin (loanword)
• 阿尔山市 ā ěr shān shì: Arxan, county-level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
• 阿訇 ā hōng: (loanword from Persian) imam
• 阿塞拜疆 ā sài bài jiāng: Azerbaijan
• 阿堵物 ē dǔ wù: (literary) (euphemism) money (literally, \this thing\)
• 阿爹 ā diē: dad
• 阿奇里斯 ā qí lǐ sī: Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
• 阿拉丁 ā lā dīng: Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
• 阿拉木图 ā lā mù tú: Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
• 阿拉善右旗 ā lā shàn yòu qí: 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)
• 阿克陶 ā kè táo: Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
• 阿莱曼 ā lái màn: El Alamein, town in Egypt
• 阿育魏实 ā yù wèi shí: seed of ajwain
• 阿旺曲培 ā wàng qū péi: Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US
• 阿房宫 ē páng gōng: Epang Palace, palace complex in western Xi'an built by Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[qín shǐ huáng]
• 阿鲁科尔沁旗 ā lǔ kē ěr qìn qí: Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
• 阿尔加维 ā ěr jiā wéi: the Algarve (southern region of Portugal)
• 阿是穴 ā shì xué: (TCM) ashi point: a tender spot that is not a standard acupuncture point
• 阿伯丁 ā bó dīng: Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
• 阿伏伽德罗常数 ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù: Avogadro's number (chemistry)
• 阿阇梨 ā shé lí: Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration)
• 阿茨海默症 ā cí hǎi mò zhèng: Alzheimer's disease
• 阿尔山 ā ěr shān: Arxan, county-level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[xīng ān méng], east Inner Mongolia
• 阿提拉 ā tí lā: Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
• 阿拉伯海 ā lā bó hǎi: Arabian Sea
• 阿拉伯胶 ā lā bó jiāo: gum arabic
• 阿波罗计划 ā bō luó jì huà: the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project
• 阿苏山 ā sū shān: Mount Aso, active volcano in Kyushu, Japan
• 阿肯色大学 ā kěn sè dà xué: University of Arkansas
• 阿美族 ā měi zú: Amis or Pangcah, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
• 阿佤 ā wǎ: Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
• 阿姨 ā yí: maternal aunt
• 雷诺阿 léi nuò ā: Renoir (name)
• 阿尔茨海默氏病 ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng: Alzheimer's disease
• 阿里 ā lǐ: Ali (name)
• 阿奶 ā nǎi: granny
• 阿坝县 ā bà xiàn: 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
• 阿卡提 ā kǎ dī: Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)
• 守正不阿 shǒu zhèng bù ē: to be strictly just and impartial
• 阿克苏市 ā kè sū shì: Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city in Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang
• 阿尔伯特 ā ěr bó tè: Albert (name)
• 阿拉伯电信联盟 ā lā bó diàn xìn lián méng: Arab Telecommunication Union
• 阿梵达 ā fàn dá: avatar (loanword)
• 阿西吧 ā xī ba: aw, fuck! (loanword from Korean 아! 씨발!)
• 阿片 ā piàn: opium (loanword)
• 阿克赛钦 ā kè sài qīn: Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau
• 阿鲁科尔沁 ā lǔ kē ěr qìn: Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[chì fēng], Inner Mongolia
• 阿布沙耶夫 ā bù shā yē fū: Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya
• 阿芝特克人 ā zhī tè kè rén: Aztec (person)
• 阿得拉尔 ā dé lā ěr: Adderall (stimulant drug)
• 阿芙蓉 ā fú róng: opium
• 路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞 lù yì · pí āi ěr · ā ěr dōu sāi: Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
• 阿里斯托芬 ā lǐ sī tuō fēn: Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
• 阿拉尔市 ā lā ěr shì: Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
• 大西庇阿 dà xī bì ā: Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
• 阿萨姆 ā sà mǔ: Assam, India
• 何西阿书 hé xī ā shū: Book of Hosea
• 阿尔泰紫菀 ā ěr tài zǐ wǎn: Flos seu Herba Heteropappi altaici
• 阿拉斯加州 ā lā sī jiā zhōu: Alaska, US state
• 阿萨德 ā sà dé: Assad (Arabic name)
• 阿赫蒂萨里 ā hè dì sà lǐ: Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
• 阿閦佛 ā chù fó: Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
• 阿格尼迪 ā gé ní dí: Agnus Dei (section of Catholic mass)
• 阿拉伯 ā lā bó: Arabian
• 阿列克西斯 ā liè kè xī sī: Alexis (name)
• 阿育王 ā yù wáng: Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[kǒng què wáng cháo], ruled 273-232 BC
• 阿附 ē fù: to fawn (as flatterer)
• 阿斯马拉 ā sī mǎ lā: Asmara, capital of Eritrea
• 阿尔巴尼亚 ā ěr bā ní yà: Albania
• 阿美恩斯 ā měi ēn sī: Amiens (French town)
• 阿比西尼亚 ā bǐ xī ní yà: Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
• 阿罗汉 ā luó hàn: arhat (Sanskrit)
• 阿坝藏族羌族自治州 ā bà zàng zú qiāng zú zì zhì zhōu: 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]
• 阿弟 ā dì: younger brother
• 阿留申群岛 ā liú shēn qún dǎo: Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
• 阿克苏 ā kè sū: Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
• 阿比西尼亚官话 ā bǐ xī ní yà guān huà: Amharic (language)
• 阿拉善盟 ā lā shàn méng: Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
• 阿肯色 ā kěn sè: Arkansas, US state
• 阿森松岛 ā sēn sōng dǎo: Ascension Island
• 阿里地区 ā lǐ dì qū: Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
• 阿尔茨海默症 ā ěr cí hǎi mò zhèng: Alzheimer's disease
• 阿尔茨海默氏症 ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng: Alzheimer's disease
• 二阿姨 èr ā yí: auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
• 阿斯旺 ā sī wàng: Aswan (town in south Egypt)
• 阿拉巴马州 ā lā bā mǎ zhōu: Alabama, US state
• 阿斯巴特 ā sī bā tè: aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
• 阿诺·施瓦辛格 ā nuò · shī wǎ xīn gé: also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[ā nuò dé · shī wǎ xīn gé]
• 阿拉伯人 ā lā bó rén: Arab
• 阿弥陀如来 ē mí tuó rú lái: Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
• 阿芙罗狄忒 ā fú luó dí tè: see 阿佛洛狄忒[ā fú luò dí tè]
• 阿尔茨海默 ā ěr cí hǎi mò: Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
• 阿斯兰 ā sī lán: Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
• 阿伏伽德罗 ā fú jiā dé luó: Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist
• 阿合奇县 ā hé qí xiàn: 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
• 阿尔坎塔拉 ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā: Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
• 阿普吐龙 ā pǔ tǔ lóng: apatosaurus
• 阿斗 ā dǒu: 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
• 阿伊努 ā yī nǔ: Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
• 阿喀琉斯 ā kā liú sī: Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
• 阿米巴 ā mǐ bā: amoeba (loanword)
• 阿乡 ā xiāng: (coll.) country folk
• 阿法尔沙漠 ā fǎ ěr shā mò: Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia
• 阿森斯 ā sēn sī: Athens, Ohio
• 阿瓦里德 ā wǎ lǐ dé: Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
• 阿城 ā chéng: Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn] in Heilongjiang
• 阿拉伯共同市场 ā lā bó gòng tóng shì chǎng: Arab Common Market
• 迈阿密 mài ā mì: Miami (Florida)
• 阿弥陀佛 ē mí tuó fó: Amitabha Buddha
• 阿木林 ā mù lín: dullard
• 阿荣旗 ā róng qí: Arun banner or Arongqi county in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[hū lún bèi ěr], Inner Mongolia
• 阿加迪尔 ā jiā dí ěr: Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
• 山阿 shān ē: a nook in the mountains
• 阿瑟县 ā sè xiàn: Arthur County, Nebraska
• 阿阇黎 ā shé lí: Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration)
• 阿Q ā q: 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]
• 阿芒拿 ā máng ná: (chemistry) ammonal (loanword)
• 阿甘正传 ā gān zhèng zhuàn: Forrest Gump
• 阿拉法特 ā lā fǎ tè: 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]
• 阿摩尼亚水 ā mó ní yà shuǐ: ammonia solution
• 阿拉巴马 ā lā bā mǎ: Alabama, US state
• 阿门 ā mén: amen (loanword)
• 阿芝特克语 ā zhī tè kè yǔ: Aztec language (Nahuatl)
• 阿鼻地狱 ā bí dì yù: (Buddhism) the Avici Hell, the last and most painful of the eight hot hells
• 阿特拉斯 ā tè lā sī: Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology)
• 阿拉伯数字 ā lā bó shù zì: Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
• 阿耳戈斯 ā ěr gē sī: Argus
• 阿列夫 ā liè fū: aleph (first letter א of Hebrew alphabet)
• 阿穆尔河 ā mù ěr hé: Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia)
• 赫图阿拉 hè tú ā lā: Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
• 阿德莱德 ā dé lái dé: Adelaide, capital of South Australia
• 阿囡 ā nān: honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
• 埃涅阿斯 āi niè ā sī: Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
• 阿育吠陀 ā yù fèi tuó: Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)
• 阿瑞斯 ā ruì sī: Ares, Greek god of war
• 阿丽亚娜 ā lì yà nà: Ariane (name)
• 阿波罗 ā bō luó: Apollo (loanword)
• 阿鲁纳恰尔邦 ā lǔ nà qià ěr bāng: Arunachal Pradesh, a state of India in the northeast of the country, occupying an area claimed by China in an ongoing sovereignty dispute
• 阿谀奉承 ē yú fèng chéng: flattering and fawning (idiom)
• 阿拖品化 ā tuō pǐn huà: atropinization
• 阿卡迪亚 ā kǎ dí yà: Arcadia (loanword)
• 阿狄森氏病 ā dí sēn shì bìng: Addison's disease
• 阿贝尔 ā bèi ěr: Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
• 阿尔泰 ā ěr tài: Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
• 埃涅阿斯纪 āi niè ā sī jì: Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
• 阿洛菲 ā luò fēi: Alofi, capital of Niue
• 阿嚏 ā tì: (onom.) a-choo (sound of a sneeze)
• 阿爸父 ā bà fù: Abba (Aramaic word father)
• 阿拉米语 ā lā mǐ yǔ: Aramaic (language)
• 雷阿尔城 léi ā ěr chéng: Ciudad Real
• 阿勒泰市 ā lè tài shì: Altay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
• 阿米巴原虫 ā mǐ bā yuán chóng: amoeba
• 托马斯·阿奎纳 tuō mǎ sī · ā kuí nà: Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
• 阿西莫夫 ā xī mò fū: Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
• 阿拉弗拉海 ā lā fú lā hǎi: Arafura Sea
• 阿莲 ā lián: Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• 阿卡贝拉 ā kǎ bèi lā: a cappella (loanword)
• 东阿 dōng ē: Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong
• 东方阿閦佛 dōng fāng ā chù fó: Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
• 阿尔衮琴 ā ěr gǔn qín: Algonquin (North American people)
• 阿奇霉素 ā qí méi sù: azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic)
• 阿坝 ā bà: 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]
• 阿亨工业大学 ā hēng gōng yè dà xué: RWTH Aachen University
• 阿尔泰山 ā ěr tài shān: Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia
• 阿伦 ā lún: Aalen, town in Germany
• 阿肯色州 ā kěn sè zhōu: Arkansas, US state
• 麦克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè: General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
• 阿比 ā bǐ: Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
• 阿兰若 ā lán rě: Buddhist temple (transliteration of Sanskrit \Aranyakah\)
• 阿富汗语 ā fù hàn yǔ: Afghan (language)
• 阿联酋航空 ā lián qiú háng kōng: Emirates (airline)
• 阿瑟镇 ā sè zhèn: Arthur's Town, Cat Island, The Bahamas
• 阿玛尼 ā mǎ ní: Armani (fashion designer)
• 阿尔法粒子 ā ěr fǎ lì zǐ: alpha particle (helium nucleus)
• 阿蒙 ā méng: Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
• 阿迪达斯 ā dí dá sī: Adidas (sportswear company)
• 阿尔法·罗密欧 ā ěr fǎ · luó mì ōu: Alfa Romeo
• 阿巴拉契亚 ā bā lā qì yà: Appalachian Mountains in North America
• 阿依莎 ā yī shā: Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[mù hǎn mò dé]
• 拟阿拖品药物 nǐ ā tuō pǐn yào wù: atropinemimetic drug
• 纳德阿里 nà dé ā lǐ: Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
• 阿拉伯文 ā lā bó wén: Arabic (language & writing)
• 阿莲区 ā lián qū: Alian District, a rural district in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• 阿莫西林 ā mò xī lín: amoxicillin (loanword)
• 阿妹 ā mèi: younger sister
• 阿皮亚 ā pí yà: Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
• 非阿贝尔 fēi ā bèi ěr: (math.) non-abelian
• 阿布哈兹 ā bù hā zī: Abkhazia, region in Georgia
• 阿图什 ā tú shí: 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]
• 阿拉斯 ā lā sī: Arras, town in northern France
• 阿哥 ā gē: (familiar) elder brother
• 阿图什市 ā tú shí shì: 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]
• 阿弗洛狄忒 ā fú luò dí tè: see 阿佛洛狄忒[ā fú luò dí tè]
• 阿黑门尼德王朝 ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo: Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
• 阿胶 ē jiāo: Taiwan pr. [ā jiāo]
• 阿城区 ā chéng qū: Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[hā ěr bīn] in Heilongjiang
• 阿拉伯国家联盟 ā lā bó guó jiā lián méng: Arab League, regional organization of Arab states in Southwest Asia, and North and Northeast Africa, officially called the League of Arab States
• 阿布贾 ā bù jiǎ: Abuja, capital of Nigeria
• 阿卜杜拉 ā bǔ dù lā: Abdullah (name)
• 阿普尔顿 ā pǔ ěr dùn: Appleton (name)
• 阿拉伯联合酋长国 ā lā bó lián hé qiú zhǎng guó: United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• 阿拉 ā lā: Allah (Arabic name of God)
• 阿曼 ā màn: Oman
• 阿三 ā sān: (derog.) an Indian
• 阿斯佩尔格尔 ā sī pèi ěr gé ěr: Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician
• 阿彼雅 ā bǐ yǎ: Abijah (biblical name)
• 阿们 ā men: amen (loanword)
• 阿坝州 ā bà zhōu: 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]
• 阿爸 ā bà: Abba (Aramaic word father)
• 阿不来提·阿不都热西提 ā bù lái tí · ā bù dū rè xī tí: 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
• 狄奥多·阿多诺 dí ào duō · ā duō nuò: Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
• 阿里郎 ā lǐ láng: Arirang, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty
• 阿亨科技大学 ā hēng kē jì dà xué: RWTH Aachen University
• 阿瓦提 ā wǎ tí: Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang
• 阿森 ā sēn: Assen, city in the Netherlands
• 阿森纳 ā sēn nà: Arsenal Football Club
• 阿斯伯格 ā sī bó gé: see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[ā sī pèi ěr gé ěr]
• 阿金库尔 ā jīn kù ěr: Agincourt (near Arras in north France, scene of a battle in 1415)
• 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]
• 阿富汗 ā fù hàn: Afghanistan
• 阿摩尼亚 ā mó ní yà: ammonia (loanword)
• 阿得拉 ā dé lā: Adderall (stimulant drug)
• 阿瑟 ā sè: Arthur (name)
• 阿拉斯加 ā lā sī jiā: Alaska, US state
• 阿尔卑斯 ā ěr bēi sī: alps (mountain range)
• 阿米纳达布 ā mǐ nà dá bù: Amminadab (name)
• 阿兰 ā lán: Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)
• 阿家 ā gū: husband's mother
• 阿尔斯通公司 ā ěr sī tōng gōng sī: Alstom (company name)
• 阿斯图里亚斯 ā sī tú lǐ yà sī: Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay
• 阿斯利康 ā sī lì kāng: AstraZeneca (British-Swedish pharmaceutical company)
• 阿尔及利亚 ā ěr jí lì yà: Algeria
• 阿姆斯特丹 ā mǔ sī tè dān: Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
• 阿法尔 ā fǎ ěr: Afar region of northeast Ethiopia
• 阿尔伯塔 ā ěr bó tǎ: Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[āi dé méng dùn]
• 巴阿 bā ā: Pakistan-Afghan
• 阿谀 ē yú: to flatter
• 阿丹 ā dān: Adam (name)
• 阿魏 ā wèi: Resina Ferulae
• 阿扁 ā biǎn: A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[chén shuǐ biǎn]
• 沙特阿拉伯人 shā tè ā lā bó rén: a Saudi
• 阿斯顿·马丁 ā sī dùn · mǎ dīng: Aston Martin
• 阿兰文 ā lán wén: Aramaic
• 阿克塞哈萨克族自治县 ā kè sài hā sà kè zú zì zhì xiàn: Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
• 阿勒泰地区 ā lè tài dì qū: Altay prefecture in Xinjiang
• 阿难陀 ē nán tuó: Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
• 阿旺曲沛 ā wàng qǔ pèi: Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
• 阿卡普尔科 ā kǎ pǔ ěr kē: Acapulco, city in Mexico
• 阿比西尼亚人 ā bǐ xī ní yà rén: Abyssinian (person)
• 阿拉斯加雪橇犬 ā lā sī jiā xuě qiāo quǎn: Alaskan malamute
• 阿里巴巴 ā lǐ bā bā: Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
• 阿土 ā tǔ: country bumpkin
• 阿明 ā míng: Al-Amin
• 阿空加瓜山 ā kōng jiā guā shān: Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
• 阿公 ā gōng: polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law
• 阿特兰蒂斯 ā tè lán dì sī: Atlantis
• 阿松森岛 ā sōng sēn dǎo: Ascension Island
• 波阿斯 bō ā sī: Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
• 阿难 ē nán: Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
• 阿混 ā hùn: (dialect) idler
• 沙特阿拉伯 shā tè ā lā bó: Saudi Arabia
• 阿维拉 ā wéi lā: Avila, Spain
• 阿兄 ā xiōng: elder brother
• 阿克陶县 ā kè táo xiàn: Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
• 阿尔泰雪鸡 ā ěr tài xuě jī: (bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
• 阿斯塔纳 ā sī tǎ nà: Astana, capital of Kazakhstan
• 阿勒泰 ā lè tài: Altay prefecture-level city in Xinjiang
• 阿尔及尔 ā ěr jí ěr: Algiers, capital of Algeria
• 阿空加瓜 ā kōng jiā guā: Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
• 阿莎力 ā shā lì: (coll.) straightforward
• 阿伊莎 ā yī shā: Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name)
• 阿克伦 ā kè lún: Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
• 阿尔巴尼亚人 ā ěr bā ní yà rén: Albanian (person)
• 阿穆尔州 ā mù ěr zhōu: Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
• 阿特金斯 ā tè jīn sī: Atkins (name)
• 阿根廷 ā gēn tíng: Argentina
• 阿昌 ā chāng: Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group)
• 明尼阿波利斯 míng ní ā bō lì sī: Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
• 阿芙乐尔号 ā fú lè ěr hào: Russian cruiser Aurora, firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography
• 阿米巴病 ā mǐ bā bìng: amebiasis
• 阿尔泰语 ā ěr tài yǔ: Altaic language
• 阿昔洛韦 ā xī luò wéi: aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
• 阿图什县 ā tú shí xiàn: 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]
• 普密蓬·阿杜德 pǔ mì péng · ā dù dé: Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-2016), king of Thailand 1946-2016
• 阿托品 ā tuō pǐn: atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
• 阿克塞县 ā kè sài xiàn: Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
• 阿耳忒弥斯 ā ěr tè mí sī: Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon)
• 阿尔梅里亚 ā ěr méi lǐ yà: Almería
• 阿达比尔 ā dá bǐ ěr: Ardabil in Azerbaijan region of Iran
• 阿拉干山脉 ā lā gān shān mài: Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar
• 阿克苏地区 ā kè sū dì qū: Aqsu Wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
• 阿塞拜疆人 ā sài bài jiāng rén: Azerbaijan (person)
• 阿巴嘎旗 ā bā gā qí: 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
• 波阿次 bō ā cì: Boaz (name)
• 阿猫阿狗 ā māo ā gǒu: any Tom, Dick or Harry
• 阿拔斯王朝 ā bá sī wáng cháo: Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
• 阿瓦鲁阿 ā wǎ lǔ ā: Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
• 努库阿洛法 nǔ kù ā luò fǎ: Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
• 阿非利加 ā fēi lì jiā: Africa
• 阿凡提 ā fán tí: Effendi, wily and fearless hero of Uighur folk tales
• 阿修罗 ā xiū luó: Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
• 阿亚图拉 ā yà tú lā: ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
• 阿莱奇冰川 ā lái qí bīng chuān: Aletsch glacier, Switzerland
• 阿斯旺高坝 ā sī wàng gāo bà: the Aswan dam in south Egypt
• 阿其所好 ē qí suǒ hào: to pander to sb's whims
• 阿妈 ā mā: (dialect) mother
• 夏洛特阿马利亚 xià luò tè ā mǎ lì yà: Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
• 阿加维 ā jiā wéi: see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[ā ěr jiā wéi]
• 阿伦达尔 ā lún dá ěr: Arendal (city in Agder, Norway)
• 亚西尔·阿拉法特 yà xī ěr · ā lā fǎ tè: Mohammed Abdel Rahman Abdel Raouf Arafat al-Qudwa al-Husseini (1929-2004), Palestinian leader, popularly known as Yasser Arafat
• 瓦努阿图 wǎ nǔ ā tú: Vanuatu, country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean
• 阿德雷德 ā dé léi dé: Adelaide, capital of South Australia
• 阿佛洛狄忒 ā fú luò dí tè: Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love
• 阿斯巴甜 ā sī bā tián: aspartame (loanword)
• 阿合奇 ā hé qí: 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
• 阿尔萨斯 ā ěr sà sī: Alsace, French department
• 阿里山乡 ā lǐ shān xiāng: Alishan Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan
• 阿尔汉格尔斯克州 ā ěr hàn gé ěr sī kè zhōu: Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
• 图阿雷格 tú ā léi gé: Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
• 阿克伦河 ā kè lún hé: Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
• 阿里山 ā lǐ shān: Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan
• 阿拉摩 ā lā mó: Alamo, city in United States
• 阿巴 ā bā: Aba, southeast Nigerian city
• 阿拉伯糖 ā lā bó táng: arabinose (type of sugar)
• 阿飞 ā fēi: hoodlum
• 阿尔法 ā ěr fǎ: alpha (Greek letter Αα)
• 阿盖达 ā gài dá: al-Qaeda
• 阿月浑子 ā yuè hún zi: pistachio
• 阿拉伯半岛 ā lā bó bàn dǎo: Arabian Peninsula
• 阿得莱德 ā dé lái dé: Adelaide, capital of South Australia
• 阿史那骨咄禄 ā shǐ nà gǔ duō lù: Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[jié diē lì shī kè hán]
• 阿多尼斯 ā duō ní sī: Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
• 阿瓦提县 ā wǎ tí xiàn: Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[ā kè sū dì qū], west Xinjiang
• 阿基米德 ā jī mǐ dé: Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
• 阿兹特克 ā zī tè kè: Aztec
• 阿卡迪亚大学 ā kǎ dí yà dà xué: Acadia University (Canada)
• 阿米巴痢疾 ā mǐ bā lì ji: amebic dysentery
• 阿尔盖达 ā ěr gài dá: al-Qaeda
• 阿布扎比 ā bù zhā bǐ: Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
• 东阿县 dōng ē xiàn: Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[liáo chéng], Shandong
• 阿尔茨海默病 ā ěr cí hǎi mò bìng: Alzheimer's disease
• 阿婆 ā pó: granny
• 阿加莎·克里斯蒂 ā jiā shā · kè lǐ sī dì: Agatha Christie
• 阿月浑子实 ā yuè hún zǐ shí: pistachio nut
• 阿卡 ā kǎ: Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
• 大阿姨 dà ā yí: auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
• 阿拉瓦 ā lā wǎ: Araba or Álava
• 阿拉斯加大学 ā lā sī jiā dà xué: University of Alaska
• 阿亨 ā hēng: Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• 阿克苏河 ā kè sū hé: Aksu River in Xinjiang
• 阿拉善左旗 ā lā shàn zuǒ qí: 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)
• 阿鼻 ā bí: Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells
• 阿凡达 ā fán dá: Avatar (movie)