ā
prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
used in transliteration
also pr. [a4]
Ā
abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]
Ā lǐ bā bā
Alibaba, PRC e-commerce company
Ā lǐ Bā bā
Ali Baba, character from The Arabian Nights
Ā sài bài jiāng
Azerbaijan, former Soviet Republic and region of northwest Iran in Caucasus
Ā lǐ
Ali (proper name)
Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib (c. 600-661), cousin, aid and son-in-law of the Prophet Mohammed 穆罕默德, the fourth Caliph 哈里發|哈里发 of Islam, reigned 656-661, and the first Imam 伊瑪目|伊玛目 of Shia Islam
Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris
Ā lè tài
Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Ā mǔ sī tè dān
Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands
ā gōng
(old) grandfather
polite address for an elderly man, or a woman's father-in-law
(Taiwanese) grandfather
Ā kè sū
Aqsu wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city
ā fēi
hoodlum
hooligan
young rowdy
Ā lián qiú
United Arab Emirates
abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国
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[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
also Ngawa county
ā lā
(dialect) my
our
I
we
me
us
ā yí
maternal aunt
step-mother
childcare worker
nursemaid
woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child)
CL:個|个[ge4]
Ē mí tuó Fó
Amitabha Buddha
the Buddha of the Western paradise
may the lord Buddha preserve us!
merciful Buddha!
Ā sēn
Assen, city in the Netherlands
ē jiāo
donkey hide glue (used in TCM)
Colla Corii Asini
Ā Dǒu
A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
fig. weak and inept person
Ā lā bó shù zì
Arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
ā qí méi sù
azithromycin (macrolide antibiotic)
Zithromax
Ā Q5
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 chuán]
ā mā
grandma (paternal) (Tw)
(dialect) mother
nurse
amah
(Manchu) father
Ā bā
Aba, southeast Nigerian city
Aba, the Lisu 傈僳 word for grandfather
Ā ěr kǎ tè
Alcatel, old company name
Ā lā shàn
Alxa league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
ā bǐ
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
Ā lǐ láng
Arirang 아리랑, famous Korean song of love and tragic separation, based on folk tale from Georyo dynasty
Arirang, series of Korean earth observation space satellites
Ā lā dīng
Aladdin, character in one of the tales in the The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
Ā kǎ
Acre, city in Israel, also known as Akko
Ā lǐ shān
Alishan, mountain in Taiwan
Dōng ē
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
Ā lán
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name)
A-lan (Chinese female name)
Ā nuò
Arnold (name)
refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger 阿諾·施瓦辛格|阿诺·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
Ā xiū luó
Asura, malevolent spirits in Indian mythology
Ā lǐ shān
Alishan, mountain range in Taiwan
Ā bù Zā bǐ
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Ā lā bó Lián hé Qiú zhǎng guó
United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Ā dí dá sī
Adidas (sportswear company)
Ā lā bó rén
Arab
Arabian
Arabian people
ā tuō pǐn
atropine C17H23NO3, alkaloid drug derived from deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna)
Ā ěr sà sī
Alsace, French department
Ā lā shàn méng
Alxa league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Ā fán tí
Effendi, wily and fearless hero of Uighur folk tales
smart guy
Ā lā bó wén
Arabic (language & writing)
Ā bà
Abba (Aramaic word father)
by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
Ā lā ěr
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
Wǎ nǔ ā tú
Vanuatu in south pacific (formerly New Hebrides)
Ā bí
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells
fig. hell
hell on earth
Ā bā sī
Abbas (name)
Mahmoud Abbas (1935-), also called Abu Mazen, Palestinian leader, Chairman of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from 2005
Ā ěr bēi sī shān
Alps, mountain range bordering Switzerland
Ā chéng
Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
Ā dé lái dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Ā ěr shān
Arxan county level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
Ā tè lā sī
Atlas (Titan in Greek mythology)
Atlas mountains of north Africa
Ā mí tuó rú lái
Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
Ā lè tài dì qū
Altay prefecture in Xinjiang
Ā kè sū dì qū
Aqsu Wilayiti or Aksu prefecture in Xinjiang
Ā dān
Adam (name)
Aden, capital of Yemen
ā méng
Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò
Alois Alzheimer (1864-1915), German psychiatrist and neuropathologist
ā tǔ
country bumpkin
redneck (derog)
Ā měi zú
Amis or Pangcah, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
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[Ma3 er3 kang1 zhen4]
ā sī pǐ lín
aspirin (loanword)
also written 阿司匹林
À jī mǐ dé
Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
Ā ěr tài
Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk
Ā chāng
Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group)
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[Chen2 ai1 luo4 ding4] "Red Poppies"
xiǎo ā yí
auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family
ā xī luò wéi
aciclovir (also spelled acyclovir), antiviral drug
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò bìng
Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia
Ā kā liú sī
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
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
Ā kè sū shì
Aqsu shehiri or Aksu city in Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang
ā māo ā gǒu
any Tom, Dick or Harry
anyone (contemptuous)
Ā lǐ dì qū
Ngari prefecture in Tibet, Tibetan: Mnga' ris sa khul
ā sī lán
Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
Ā yù wáng
Ashoka (304-232 BC), Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty 孔雀王朝[Kong3 que4 Wang2 chao2], ruled 273-232 BC
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
Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
ē yú fèng chéng
flattering and fawning (idiom)
sweet-talking
Ā bó dīng
Aberdeen (city on east coast of Scotland)
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[Ya4 xi1 er3 · A1 la1 fa3 te4]
Ā sū
Aso volcano in Kyūshū 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano
Ā lián
Alien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
Ā lā ěr shì
Aral shehiri (Aral city) or Ālā'ěr subprefecture level city in west Xinjiang
ā luó hàn
arhat (Sanskrit)
a holy man who has left behind all earthly desires and concerns and attained nirvana (Buddhism)
ā yù fèi tuó
Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)
Ā lā mù tú
Almaty, previous capital of Kazakhstan
Ē nán
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
Ā róng qí
Arun banner or Arongqi county in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia
Ā chéng qū
Acheng district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] in Heilongjiang
Ā Q5 zhèng zhuàn
The true story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lǔ Xùn]
Dōng ē xiàn
Dong'e county in Liaocheng 聊城[Liao2 cheng2], Shandong
Ā lè tài shì
Altay prefecture level city in Xinjiang
Míng ní ā bō lì sī
Minneapolis, a nameplace in the USA, notably in Minnesota
Ā ěr bó tǎ
Alberta province of Canada, capital Edmonton 埃德蒙頓|埃德蒙顿[Ai1 de2 meng2 dun4]
À dé léi dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
Ā méng
Alxa league, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
abbr. for 阿拉善盟[Ā lā shàn méng]
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)
Ā ěr jí ěr
Algiers, capital of Algeria
Ā sī tǎ nà
Astana, capital of Kazakhstan
Ā wǎ tí
Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Ā lǐ shān xiāng
Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], within the Alishan Range, south-central Taiwan
Ā ruì sī
Ares, Greek god of war
Mars
Léi nuò ā
Renoir (name)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919), French impressionist painter
Ā ěr tài shān
Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia
Ā lǔ kē ěr qìn
Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Ā kè táo
Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
Ā lā sī
Arras, town in northern France
Ā sī wàng
Aswan (town in south Egypt)
Ā lǔ kē ěr qìn qí
Ar Horqin banner or Aru Khorchin khoshuu in Chifeng 赤峰[Chi4 feng1], Inner Mongolia
Ā bèi ěr
Niels Henrik Abel (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
(math.) abelian
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
Atushi city near Kashgar in Xinjiang
ā lā bó táng
arabinose (type of sugar)
Ā lián xiāng
Alien township in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县[Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
Ā ěr shān shì
Arxan county level city, Mongolian Rashaant xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟[Xing1 an1 meng2], east Inner Mongolia
Ā bā gā qí
Abag banner or Avga khoshuu in Xilin Gol league 錫林郭勒盟|锡林郭勒盟[Xi1 lin2 guo1 le4 meng2], Inner Mongolia
Ā nuò · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格
Ā bù hā zī
Abkhazia, region in Georgia
Ā bǐ ràng
Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast)
Ā nuò dé · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California since 2003
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[A1 ba4 Zang4 zu2 Qiang1 zu2 zi4 zhi4 zhou1], northwest Sichuan
ā mǐ bā lì ji
amoebic dysentery
amebic dysentery
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, Xinjiang
Ā lì yà nà
Ariane (name)
Ariane European space launch vehicle
Ā bí dì yù
Ceaseless pain (Sanskrit: Avici), one of the Buddhist hells
fig. hell
hell on earth
Ā kè táo xiàn
Aketedu county in Xinjiang (on the border with Kyrgyzstan)
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)
Ā wǎ tí xiàn
Avat nahiyisi (Awat county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 di4 qu1], west Xinjiang
Ā bù jiǎ
Abuja, capital of Nigeria
ā tì
(onom.) atchoo!
to sneeze
ā diē
dad
father
(paternal) grandfather
old man
Ā duō nuò
surname Adorno
Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno 狄奧多·阿多諾|狄奥多·阿多诺[Di2 ao4 duo1 · A1 duo1 nuo4] (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
Ā sī tú lǐ yà sī
Asturias, northwest Spanish autonomous principality on the bay of Biscay
ancient Spanish kingdom from which the reconquista was based
Ā wǎ
Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia
ē dǔ
money
this, this one (archaic)
Ā bō luó jì huà
the Apollo project (1961-1975), the NASA moon landing project
Ā liú shēn qún dǎo
Aleutian islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
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
Ā lǔ nà qià ěr bāng
Arunachal Pradesh, province of northeast Indian bordering on Bhutan and Tibet
Ā bǐ xī ní yà
Abyssinia, historical name of Ethiopia
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
Ā duō ní sī
Adonis, figure in Greek mythology
Hè tú ā lā
Hetu Ala (Manchu: Yellow Rock), Nurhaci's capital at the 1619 Battle of Sarhu
dà ā yí
auntie, eldest of sisters in mother's family
Ā bā lā qì yà
Appalachian Mountains in North America
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì zhèng
Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia
Ā xī mǔ
Askim (city in Østfold, Norway)
ā tí lā
Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
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, Xinjiang
Wú xià ā Méng
General Lü Meng 呂蒙|吕蒙 of the southern state of Wu (idiom); model of self-improvement by diligent study (from unlettered soldier to top strategist of Wu)
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
formerly called Oxus by Greek and Western writers, and Gihon by medieval Islamic writers
Ā fú luò dí tè
Aphrodite, Greek goddess of beauty and love, daughter of Zeus
latin Venus
Ā pí yà
Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa
Āi niè ā sī
Aeneas, hero of Virgil's Aeneid
Ā fú jiā dé luó
Amedeo Avogadro (1776-1856), Italian scientist, noted for contributions to molecular weight and molarity, the originator of Avogadro's number 阿伏伽德羅數|阿伏伽德罗数
Ā shén hā bā dé
Ashgabat, capital of Turkmenistan
Ā ěr dōu sāi
surname Althusser
Louis Pierre Althusser 路易·皮埃爾·阿爾都塞|路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞[Lu4 yi4 · Pi2 ai1 er3 · A1 er3 dou1 sai1] (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
Ā bà fù
Abba (Aramaic word father)
by ext. God the Father in Christian gospel
Ā dé lái dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
Ā kè lún
Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
Ā kè sài xiàn
Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Ā pǔ ěr dùn
Appleton (name)
Sir Edward Appleton (1892-1965), British physicist, Nobel laureate who discovered the ionosphere
ā nān
honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)
ā lán ruò
variant of 蘭若|兰若[lán rùo], Buddhist temple (translit. of Sanskrit Aranyakah)
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò shì bìng
Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia
Ā lǐ sī tuō fēn
Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
Ā hēng
Aachen, city in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Aix-la-Chapelle
also written 亞琛|亚琛[Ya4 chen1]
Ā ěr tè mí sī
Artemis (Greek goddess of the moon)
ā shé lí
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration)
also written 阿闍梨|阿阇梨[a1 she2 li2]
Ā mǔ hā lā
Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia)
Amharic
Ethiopian
Ā kè sài Hā sà kè zú zì zhì xiàn
Aksai Kazakh autonomous county in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu
Ē nán tuó
Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple
Āi niè ā sī jì
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Ā mù ěr hé
the Amur River (the border between north east China and Russia)
same as 黑龍江|黑龙江
Ā mó sī shū
Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament
Ā bá sī wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
ā dì píng
atabrine or quinacrine, used as antimalarial drug and antibiotic against intestinal parasite giardiasis
Ā kōng jiā guā
Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
Ā fú lè ěr háo
battle cruiser Avrora (Russian: dawn) firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography
Ā fǎ ěr
Afar region of northeast Ethiopia
Afar people
Ā ěr cí hǎi mò zhèng
Alzheimer's disease
senile dementia
Ā chù fó
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
Ā jiā dí ěr
Agadir, city in southwest Morocco
Ā kǎ dí yà Dà xué
Acadia University (Canada)
Ā ěr tài shān mài
Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia
èr ā yí
auntie, second eldest of sisters in mother's family
Ā kè sài qīn
Aksai Chin, a disputed region in the Tibetan plateau
Ā líng dùn guó jiā gōng mù
Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
Bō ā sī
Boaz (son of Salmon and Rahab)
ā xiāng
(coll.) country folk
rustic
see also 鄉下人|乡下人[xiang1 xia4 ren2]
Ā lú bā
Aruba, variant of 阿魯巴|阿鲁巴[A1 lu3 ba1]
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
Ā bù Shā yē fū
Abu Sayyaf, militant Islamist separatist group also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya
Ā sī mǎ lā
Asmara, capital of Eritrea
Ā fú jiā dé luó cháng shù
Avogadro's number
the number of molecules in a mole, about 6.022 x 10^23
Pǔ mì péng · Ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
pǔ mì péng ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
Ā měi ní yà
variant of 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4], Armenia
ā yà tú lā
ayatollah (religious leader in Shia Islam)
Ā kuí nà
surname Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas 托馬斯·阿奎納|托马斯·阿奎纳[Tuo1 ma3 si1 · A1 kui2 na4] (1225-1274)
shǒu zhèng bù ē
to be strictly just and impartial
Ā sū shān
Aso volcano in Kyūshū 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano
Ā hè dì sà lǐ
Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
ā shé lí
Buddhist teacher (Sanskrit transliteration)
also written 阿闍黎|阿阇黎[a1 she2 li2]
Ā yī shā
Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name)
Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[Mu4 han3 mo4 de2]
also written 阿伊莎
sān ā yí
auntie, third eldest of sisters in mother's family
Ā lái màn
El Alamein, town in Egypt
Ā ěr kǎn tǎ lā
Alcántara, municipality in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Alcantara, Brazil space launch site
Shā tè Ā lā bó rén
a Saudi
Saudi Arabian person
Ā ěr gē sī
Argus
in Greek mythology, a monster with 100 eyes, transformed into peacock's tail
Ā ěr hàn gé ěr sī kè zhōu
Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia
Ā kōng jiā guā shān
Cerro Aconcagua, mountain in the Americas
Ā fú luó dí tè
see 阿佛洛狄忒[A1 fu2 luo4 di2 te4]
Ā fú luò dí tè
see 阿佛洛狄忒[A1 fu2 luo4 di2 te4]
Ā bù zhā bǐ shì
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Ā qí lǐ sī
Achilles (or Akhilleus or Achilleus), son of Thetis and Peleus, Greek hero central to the Iliad
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
Ā yī shā
Ayshe, Aise or Ayesha (name)
Aishah bint Abi Bakr (c. 614-678), youngest wife of prophet Mohamed 穆罕默德[Mu4 han3 mo4 de2]
ā ěr fǎ lì zǐ
alpha particle (helium nucleus)
Ā sī wàng gāo bà
the Aswan dam in south Egypt
Tú ā léi gé
Tuareg (nomadic people of the Sahara)
Ā mǎ xùn
Amazon
also written 亞馬遜|亚马逊[Ya4 ma3 xun4]
Dōng fāng Ā chù fó
Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
Ā lā mó
Alamo, city in United States
Ā jīn kù ěr
Agincourt (near Arras in north France, scene of a battle in 1415)
Ā sū huǒ shān
Aso volcano in Kyūshū 九州, Japan, a continuously active volcano
ā liè fū
aleph (first letter א of Hebrew alphabet)
Ā lái qí bīng chuān
Aletsch glacier, Switzerland
Dà xī bì ā
Scipio Africanus (235-183 BC), Roman general and statesman
Ā wǎ lǔ ā
Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands
Xià luò tè Ā mǎ lì yà
Charlotte Amalie, capital of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI)
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Ā fú jiā dé luó dìng lǜ
Avogadro's law, a gas law named after Amedeo Avogadro
Tuō mǎ sī · Ā kuí nà
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
Ā lā tǎ sī
surname Alatas
Ali Alatas (1932-2008), Indonesian foreign minister (1988-1999)
Ā lún dá ěr
Arendal (city in Agder, Norway)
ā lián qiú zhǎng guó
United Arab Emirates
abbr. for 阿拉伯联合酋长国
Ā kǎ dī
Arcadia (Greek prefecture on the Peloponnese)
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
ā pǔ tǔ lóng
apatosaurus
former name: brontosaurus
also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2]
Ā ěr gǔn qín
Algonquin (North American people)
Ā dào sī · Hè xū lí
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave new world 美麗新世界|美丽新世界
ā wù r
thing
(you) useless thing
Ā hēi mén ní dé wáng cháo
Achaemenid empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Ā fú jiā dé luó shù
Avogadro's number
the number of molecules in a mole, about 6.022 x 10^23
Nà dé Ā lǐ
Nad Ali, town in Helmand province, Afghanistan
Ā lā gān shān mài
Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma)
Xī huò tè · Ā lín
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
ā sī bā tè
aspartame C14H18N2O (artificial sweetener)
ā bù shū chún
albuterol, chemical used in treating asthma
Ā shén lā wéi
surname Ashrawi
Hanan Daoud Khalil Ashrawi (1946-), Palestinian scholar and political activist
À jiā wéi
the Algarve (southern province of Portugal)
Dí ào duō · Ā duō nuò
Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
ā fǎ ěr shā mò
the Afar desert in Southern Ethiopia
Lù yì · Pí āi ěr · Ā ěr dōu sāi
Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
Ā kè lún hé
Acheron river in Epirus, northwest Greece
Ā dá bǐ ěr
Ardabil in Azerbaijan region of Iran
Ā sè zhèn
Arthur's Town, Cat Island
Ā chū fó
erroneous variant of 阿閦佛, Aksobhya, the imperturbable ruler of Eastern Paradise, Abhirati
Ā wàng qǔ pèi
Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)
Ā wàng Qū péi
Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US
Xī huò tè · Ā lín shān mài
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Ā lā bó Diàn xìn Lián méng
Arab Telecommunication Union
Ā lǐ sī tuō fāng
Aristophanes (c. 448-380 BC), Greek comic playwright
ā gé ní dí
Agnus Dei (section of Catholic mass)
Ā wǎ lǐ dé
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia
Ā liú shēn Qún dǎo
Aleutian islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka)
Ā Méng
Alxa League, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
abbr. for 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2]
Ā mù ěr Zhōu
Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia
Ā mù ěr Hé
Amur River (the border between north east China and Russia)
same as 黑龍江|黑龙江[Hei1 long2 jiang1]
Ā kōng jiā guā Shān
Mount Aconcagua, Argentina, the highest point in the Western Hemisphere
Ā Lián Qiú zhǎng guó
United Arab Emirates
abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2]
Ā yù fèi tuó
Ayurveda (ancient Indian system and health care philosophy)
Ā mǎ ní
Armani (fashion designer)
Ā ěr tài xuě jī
(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)
Ā bǐ
Abby or Abi (name, sometimes short for Abigail)
ā shā lì
variant of 阿莎力[a1 sha1 li4]
Ā fǎ ěr Shā mò
Afar Desert, Southern Ethiopia
Ā ěr jiā wéi
the Algarve (southern region of Portugal)
Ā ěr tài Shān
Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia
ā ěr tài zǐ wǎn
flower or herb of Heteropappus altaicus (used in TCM)
Flos seu Herba Heteropappi altaici
ā yù wèi shí
seed of ajwain
Semen Trachyspermi coptici
ā máng ná
(chemistry) ammonal (loanword)
Ā hè dì sà lǐ
Martti Ahtisaari (1937-), Finnish diplomat and politician, veteran peace negotiator and 2008 Nobel peace laureate
Ā dí sī Ā bèi bā
Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia (Tw)
Ā dào sī · Hè xū lí
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), British novelist and author of Brave New World 美麗新世界|美丽新世界[Mei3 li4 Xin1 Shi4 jie4]
Ā lǐ Shān
Alishan township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan
Ā líng dùn Guó jiā Gōng mù
Arlington National Cemetery in Washington DC, USA
Ā fēi lì jiā Zhōu
Africa
abbr. to 非洲[Fei1 zhou1]
ā wèi
Ferula resin (used in TCM)
Resina Ferulae
Ā hēi mén ní dé Wáng cháo
Achaemenid Empire of Persian (559-330 BC)
Ā nuò dé · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
Ā nuò · Shī wǎ xīn gé
Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947-), US actor and politician, governor of California 2003-2011
also written 阿諾德·施瓦辛格|阿诺德·施瓦辛格[A1 nuo4 de2 · Shi1 wa3 xin1 ge2]
Ā fú lè ěr Hào
Russian cruiser Aurora, firing the shot signaling the 1917 revolution, a favorite of communist iconography
ā shā lì
(coll.) straightforward
unreserved
openhearted (Tw) (loanword from Japanese "assari")
Ā méng
Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen
ā lán rě
Buddhist temple (translit. of Sanskrit "Aranyakah")
Ā xī mò fū
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
Mài ā mì
variant of 邁阿密|迈阿密[Mai4 a1 mi4]
Ā gé ní Dí
Agnus Dei (section of Catholic mass)
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
Ā Q Zhèng zhuàn
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lu3 Xun4]
ā xiān yào
gambier extract (from Uncaria gambir), used in TCM
Ā yī nǔ
Ainu (ethnic group of Japan's north and Russia's east)
Ā fú luò dí tè
Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love
Venus
Ā kè lún Hé
Acheron River in Epirus, northwest Greece
ā lì téng
Alyxia root and herb (used in TCM)
Ā jiā wéi
see 阿爾加維|阿尔加维[A1 er3 jia1 wei2]
Ā shǐ nà Gǔ duō lù
Ashina Qutlugh, personal name of 頡跌利施可汗|颉跌利施可汗[Jie2 die1 li4 shi1 Ke4 han2]
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[A1 Q Zheng4 zhuan4]
Xī huò tè · Ā lín shān mài
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Xī huò tè · Ā lín
Sichote-Alin mountain range in Russian far east opposite Sakhalin Island
Nǔ kù ā luò fǎ
Nuku'alofa, capital of Tonga
Nǔ měi ā
Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia
Āi niè ā sī Jì
Virgil's Aeneid (epic about the foundation of Rome)
Tuō mǎ sī · Ā kuí nà
Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274), Italian Catholic priest in the Dominican Order, philosopher and theologian in the scholastic tradition
fú bù qǐ de Ā dǒu
weak and inept person
hopeless case
Pǔ mì péng · Ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
Pǔ mì péng Ā dù dé
Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927-), King of Thailand (reigned 1945-)
Dí ào duō · Ā duō nuò
Theodor Ludwig Wiesengrund Adorno (1903-1969), German sociologist, philosopher, musicologist, and composer
Hé ní ā lā
Honiara, capital of Solomon Islands (Tw)
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
Ā jī mǐ dé
Archimedes (c. 287-212 BC)
Ā lā shàn Méng
Alxa League, a prefecture level subdivision of Inner Mongolia
Ā bá sī Wáng cháo
Abbasid Empire (750-1258), successor of the Umayyad caliphate
Ā tí lā
Attila (406-453), Hun emperor, known as the scourge of God
Ā dǒu
A-dou, nickname of Liu Chan 劉禪|刘禅 (207-271), son of Liu Bei, reigned as Shu Han emperor 233-263
fig. weak and inept person
Ā sī bó gé
see 阿斯佩爾格爾|阿斯佩尔格尔[A1 si1 pei4 er3 ge2 er3]
Ā sī pèi ěr gé ěr
Hans Asperger (1906-1980), Austrian pediatrician
Ā sī lán
Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
ā shì xué
painful point (in acupuncture)
ashi point
tender spot
Ā lā shàn Zuǒ qí
Alxa Left Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Züün khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Ā lā shàn Yòu qí
Alxa Right Banner, Mongolian Alshaa Baruun khoshuu, in Alxa League 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2], Inner Mongolia (formerly in Gansu 1969-1979)
Ā fù hàn yǔ
Afghan (language)
Pashto language
ā ní lín
(chemistry) aniline (loanword)
Ā bù Dá bǐ
Abu Dhabi, capital of United Arab Emirates (Tw)
Ē mí tuó rú lái
Amitabha, Buddha of infinite light
Ā dé léi dé
Adelaide, capital of South Australia
also written 阿德萊德|阿德莱德
Ā biǎn
A-bian, nickname of Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3]
Ā lā
Allah (Arabic name of God)
Ā lā bó Lián hé Dà gōng guó
United Arab Emirates (Tw)