English
- prefix for people's names
- prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
- (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with
- used before names and kinship terms, denoting informality and familiarity; commonly translated as Ah (when added in front of a name, the subsequent name may be changed to Tone1 or Tone 2)
- used in transliteration
- (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] "Afghanistan"
- to cater to; to be partial to and side with
粵語
- 通常放喺人名、親戚嘅稱呼前面，用嚟顯得親切啲（加喺人名前面嘅話，後字可能會變做第①聲或者第②聲）
- 迎合、偏袒
As a component in · 25
Variants
Words containing 阿
- 阿公aa3 gung1
(old) grandfather
- 阿婆aa3 po4
granny
- 阿二aa3 ji2
the second wife or mistress of a man
- 阿姨aa3 ji1
maternal aunt
- 阿四aa3 sei3
servant
- 阿頭aa3 tau2
the leader; the boss
- 阿大aa3 daai2
eldest; boss; gangster boss (spoken)
- 阿一aa3 jat1
the top boss [colloquial]
- 阿曼aa3 maan6
Oman
- 阿三aa3 saam1
(derog.) an Indian
- 阿差aa3 caa1
Indian (spoken)
- 阿太aa3 taai2
an appellation to address one's great grandmother
- 阿女aa3 neoi2
the appellation for one's daughter
- 阿生aa3 saang1
Mister [colloquial]
- 阿們aa3 mun4
(loanword) amen
- 阿豬aa3 zyu1
the appellation to refer to someone who is stupid
- 阿星aa3 sing1
Indian (spoken)
- 阿媽aa3 maa1
grandma (paternal) (Tw)
- 阿毛aa3 mou4
an old woman [colloquial]
- 阿門aa3 mun4
(loanword) amen
- 阿麗aa3 lai6
nightclub hostess
- 阿蛇aa3 se4
name for calling policemen (slang)
- 阿福aa3 fuk1
stupid person (spoken)
- 阿哥aa3 go1
(familiar) elder brother