Cantonese words starting with A

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an old woman [colloquial]

aa3 mou5 haa1 laai1

Amhara (province, language and ethnic group of Ethiopia); Ethiopian

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

aa3 mou5 si1 dak6 daan1

阿姆斯特丹

Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands

aa3 mou5 si1 dak6 long5

阿姆斯特朗

surname Armstrong

Little sister;little girl

suborder (taxonomy)

aa3 muk6 ji5 ho4

阿穆爾河阿穆尔河

Amur River (the border between northeast China and Russia)

aa3 muk6 ji5 zau1

阿穆爾州阿穆尔州

Amur Oblast, in far eastern Russia

aa3 muk6 sou1 hak1 lo4

亞穆蘇克羅亚穆苏克罗

Yamoussoukro (city in the Ivory Coast)

Amon (son of Manasseh)

(biology) subphylum (in zoological taxonomy); subdivision (in the taxonomy of plants or fungi)

(loanword) amen

(loanword) amen

Amun, deity in Egyptian mythology, also spelled Amon, Amoun, Amen, and rarely Imen

honey (endearment in addressing a little girl)

Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple

阿難陀阿难陀

Prince Ananda, cousin of the Buddha and his closest disciple

(chemistry) (loanword) aniline

the appellation for one's daughter

daughter, as called by her mother

Wa, Kawa or Va ethnic group of Myanmar, south China and southeast Asia

aa3 ngaa5 lei5 dak1

Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia

aa3 ngaa5 lou5 aa3

阿瓦魯阿阿瓦鲁阿

Avarua, capital of the Cook Islands

see 阿瓦提縣|阿瓦提县[A1 wa3 ti2 Xian4]

aa3 ngaa5 tai4 jyun6

阿瓦提縣阿瓦提县

Awat, a county in Aksu Prefecture 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区[A1 ke4 su1 Di4 qu1], Xinjiang

Ferula resin (used in TCM)

Thin little boy

someone who is thin, small and feeble

呀諾達呀诺达

Yanoda, a rainforest in southern Hainan

aa3 nok6 syu1 waa4 san1 lik6 gaa1

阿諾舒華辛力加阿诺舒华辛力加

Arnold Schwarzenegger, an American actor, politician

aa3 nou5 fo1 wai4 kei4

亞努科維奇亚努科维奇

Viktor Feyedov Yanukovych (1950-) Ukrainian politician

Ah Lung, a famous children books writer in Hong Kong [written and colloquial]

阿皮亞阿皮亚

Apia, capital of the Independent State of Samoa

(loanword) opium

aa3 ping4 ning4

亞平寧亚平宁

Apennine (Mountains)

(coll.) ghost (Tw)

Grandma; Old lady

mother's mother; grandmother

aa3 po4 coi3 paau2

阿婆賽跑阿婆赛跑

one must quickly escape in any event [colloquial]

a place in Guangdong, China; an old woman's top knot

aa3 pou2 ji5 deon6

阿普爾頓阿普尔顿

Appleton (name)

aa3 pou2 tou3 lung4

阿普吐龍阿普吐龙

apatosaurus; also called 雷龍|雷龙[lei2 long2]

(coll.) straightforward; openhearted (Tw) (loanword from Japanese "assari")