阿	547B10   32A.00-3	部居	畫數  7	ㄜ [e1]  (*ㄚ [a1] , *ㄚˇ [a3] , *ㄚˋ [a4] ).
Fin	See 啊 40A.00.
N	(1)  (AC) Hillock. (2)  (AC) Swamp, recess corner. (3)  A surname. (4)  (*[a4]) Used in translit. of foreign names: as 阿剌伯 Arabia, 阿根廷 Argentina, etc., (see Appendix E, geographical Names); in translit. of Buddhist terms, 阿 represents Sanskr. “a” sound, although commonly read in Peking as [e1] (Wade: [e4]), as 阿彌陀佛，阿難 Amita, Ananda.
Pron	(*[a4]) (Also in varying accents) prefix to familiar address (to father, mother, sister, etc.) in gen., a mother oft. employs term of address used by her child, as addressing husband's father as 阿翁 grandfather (from point of view of family), see compp.↓.
V	(1)  To flatter, gain favor, side with: 阿諂，阿諛，阿私，阿附 [e1chan3], [e1yU2], [e1si1], [e1fu4]↓. (2)  U.f. 屙 52A.00, in 阿尿 to urinate.
Excl	(1)  (*[a4]) U.f. 啊 40A.00. (2)  (*[a3]) Excl. of unpleasant surprise: 阿，他死了嗎 oh, is he dead?
Words	1.阿阿 *[a1a1], adj., as in 阿阿大笑 laugh out loud, guffaw, “aha!”  2.阿保 [a1bao3], (1)  v.t., (AC) to nurse (a child); (2)  n., (AC) a nurse.  3.阿鼻 *[a1bi2], n., (Budd.) the hell of uninterrupted torture, last and deepest of eight hot hells (from Sanskr. avici).  4.阿伯 *[a4bo2], n., uncle (familiar address and self-reference).  5.阿諂 [e1chan3], v.t., (LL) to flatter.  6.阿黨 [e1dang3], v.i., (AC) to be partial.  7.阿爹 *[a4die1], n., daddy (familiar address and self-reference).  8.阿弟 *[a4di4], n., younger brother (familiar address).  9.阿堵物 *[a4du3wu4], n., (1)  (anc. coll., contempt.) that thing; n., (2)  (LL allu.) money.  10.阿父 *[a4fu4], n., (anc. coll.) father, also (AC) uncle (＝伯父,叔父).  11.阿附 [e1fu4], v.t., to attach oneself to (some authority): 阿附權貴 to curry favor with those in power.  12.阿芙蓉 [e1fu2rong2], n., (LL) opium.  13.阿哥 *[a4ge1], n., (1)  elder brother (familiar address and self-reference); (2)  Manchu word for crown prince: 大阿哥.  14.阿閣 [e1ge2], n., (AC) a pavilion surrounded with courtyards.  15.阿姑 *[a4gu1]1, n., (1)  auntie; (2)  (AC, MC) husband's mother.  16.阿家 *[a4gu1]2, n., (MC) see [a4gu1]1↑; 阿家翁 husband's parents; 阿家阿翁 husband’s father and mother: 不癡不聾，不作阿家 (阿) 翁 unless one pretends to know nothing and hear nothing, don't be a father-in-law or mother-in-law.  17.阿公 *[a4gong1], n., (1)  husband's father; (2)  grandfather; (3)  gen. address of an elderly person, see [a4weng4]↓.  18.阿嗄 *[a1ha2], excl., aha! I see! You don't say! (exc. of surprise).  19.阿好 [e1hao4], v.i., to curry favor, to assent to one party: 阿好之言 statement to please one side.  20.阿訇 *[a4hong1], n., Moslem mullah.  21.阿監 *[a4jian4], n., (MC) eunuch officer.  22.阿膠 [e1jiao1], n., glue made from cowhide, produced in 阿縣 ([e1] county) in Shantung.  23.阿姐 *[a4jie3], n., elder sister (familiiar address and self-reference).  24.阿舅 *[a4jiu4], n., mother's brother.  25.阿拉 *[a4la1], (1)  n., (Mohammedan) Allah; *[a1la1], (2)  (Ningpo dial., self-reference) me, I.  26.阿拉伯 [a4la1bo2], n., Arabia; 阿拉伯數字 Arabic numerals: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0; 阿拉伯文 Arabic language.  27.阿蘭若 e1lan2re3, n., a Buddhist retreat, quiet abode (from Sanskr. aranya).   28.阿羅漢 [e1luo2han4], n., [a2han1], arhat or [luo1han1] (羅漢) (from Sanskr. arhat).  29.阿媽 *[a4ma1], n., (1)  mamma; (2)  (MC) also grandma.  30.阿嘛 *[a4ma0], n., (Manchu) papa.  31.阿妹 *[a4mei4], n., little sister.  32.阿門 *[a4men0], n., (Christian) amen.  33.阿米巴 *[a4mi2ba1], n., amoeba.  34.阿彌陀佛 [e1mi2tou2fo0], n., Amitabha, Buddha of boundless light, or eternal life (from Sanskr. amitabha); 南無阿彌陀佛 Namo -- Blessed be, glory to Amitabha!  35.阿摩尼亞 *[a4mo2ni2ya4], n., (chem.) ammonia.  36.阿木林 *[a4mu4lin2], n., (Shang-hai, contempt.) a nitwit, dullard.  37.阿母 *[a4mu3], n., (1)  mamma; (2)  (AC) also wet nurse.  38.阿嬭（奶） *[a4nai3], n., (term of respect for elderly woman) mother, grandmother or wet nurse.  39.阿難 [e1nan2], n, (Budd.) Ananda, the most learned disciple of Buddha.  40.阿娘 *[a4nian2], n., mother, much used in MC literature.  41.阿尼林 *[a4ni2lin2], n., aniline dye.  42.阿奴 *[a4nu2], n., (MC) term of endearment for little child or younger brother, like “little rascal” (lit. “little slave”).  43.阿儂 *[a4nong2], n., (Shang-hai) I, myself.  44.阿旁 [e1pang2], n., (Budd.) ox-head torturers in Hades.  45.阿片 *[a4pian4], n., opium (usu. wr. 鴉片).  46.阿婆 *[a4po2], n., term of respect for elderly woman.  47.阿闍梨 [e1she2li2], n., spiritual teacher, master, perceptor (from Snaskr. acarya).  48.阿香 *[a4xiang1], n., (myth.) girl driver of the chariot of God of Thunder: 阿香車 such chariot.  49.阿咸 [a4xian2], n., (LL) nephew (allu. to 阮咸, nephew of 阮藉).  50.阿修羅 [e1xiu1luo2], n., (Budd.) a frightful demon (from Sanskr. asura).  51.阿誰 *[a4shui2], pron., (LL & modn.) who: 阿誰之過 whose fault is it?  52.阿叔 *[a4shu2], n., uncle (familiar address and self-reference).  53.阿兄 *[a4xiong1], n., elder brother (familiar address and self-reference).  54.阿私 [e1si1], v.i., to be partial to one's own.  55.阿司匹靈 *[a4si1pi1lin2], n., (translit.) aspirin.  56.阿嚏 *[a1ti4], n., (sound of) sneeze: 打阿嚏 to sneeze.  57.阿姊 *[a4zi3], n., elder sister (familiar address and self-reference), (also pr. [a4jie3], and wr. 阿姐).  58.阿魏 [e1wei4], n., (bot.) Ferula scorodosma.  59.阿翁 *[a4weng1], n., see [a4gong1]↑.  60.阿物兒 *[a4wu4er0], n., (familiar, facet.) “this thing,”meaning a person.  61.阿呀 *[a1ya1], excl., oh! oh! (cry of pain or surprise).  62.阿耶 (爺) *[a4ye2], n., (AC, coll.) papa, also grandpa.  63.阿姨 *[a4yi2], n., (familiar address or self-refeernce) mother’s sister, wife's sister, auntie or nursemaid.  64.阿喲 *[a1yo1], oh! oh! --a groan.  65.阿諛 [e1yU2] v.i., to flatter, toady.