(ā) - ah, used in names or address (phonetic) in Mandarin
āTraditional: 阿
Translation
ah, used in names or address (phonetic)
Word origin
阿 combines the mound or hill radical 阝 (a form of 阜) with 可 (kě) as the phonetic element. Its original sense was a large mound or bend in a hill; in modern use it serves chiefly as a familiar prefix in names and as a phonetic sound.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 阝 (阜, mound radical) + 可 (kě, phonetic)
Stroke order
阿
Examples
，！
Ah, I understand!
！
Hello, Auntie!
，。
Ah, that's good then.
，！
Oh, so it's you!
，。
Ah, I remember now.
阿 (ā) means ah, used in names or address (phonetic). It is used as an interjection in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 阿.
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