阿
ā
ㄚ
- 1prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- 2used in transliteration
- 3(bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4])
- 4(bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿爾巴尼亞|阿尔巴尼亚[A1 er3 ba1 ni2 ya4])
- 5(bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4])
- 6(bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷[A1 gen1 ting2])
- 7also pr. [a4]
Example
阿彌陀佛。
EmítuóFó
Praise be to Buddha.