阿

阿

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity
used in transliteration
(bound form) Afghanistan (abbr. for 阿富汗 Ā fù hàn)
(bound form) Albania (abbr. for 阿尔巴尼亚 Ā ěr bā ní yà)
(bound form) Algeria (abbr. for 阿尔及利亚 Ā ěr jí lì yà)
(bound form) Argentina (abbr. for 阿根廷 Ā gēn tíng)
also pr. à

阿

(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with