Cantonese words starting with A

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(dialect) idler

亞運村亚运村

Yayuncun neighborhood of Beijing

亞運會亚运会

阿榮旗阿荣旗

Arun banner or Arongqi county in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔[Hu1 lun2 bei4 er3], Inner Mongolia

aa3 wong6 kuk1 pui3

Ngawang Choepel (Tibetan, Fulbright scholar)

aa3 wong6 kuk1 pui4

Ngawang Choephel (1966-), Tibetan musicologist and dissident, Fullbright scholar (1993-1994), jailed 1995-2002 then released to US

Son; Little boy

an appellation to address one's son

Asia (abbr. for 亞細亞洲|亚细亚洲[Ya4 xi4 ya4 Zhou1])

亞洲杯亚洲杯

亞洲盃亚洲杯

aa3 zau1 din6 si6

亞洲電視亚洲电视

Asia Television Network, a television station in Hong Kong

aa3 zau1 din6 si6 bun2 gong2 toi4

亞洲電視本港台亚洲电视本港台

ATV Home, one of the channels in Asia Television Network in Hong Kong

aa3 zau1 din6 si6 gwok3 zai3 toi4

亞洲電視國際台亚洲电视国际台

ATV World, one of the channels in Asia Television Network in Hong Kong

aa3 zau1 din6 si6 jau5 haan6 gung1 si1

亞洲電視有限公司亚洲电视有限公司

Asia Television Co.,Limited, Television Station in Hong Kong

aa3 zau1 dyun2 zi2 baak3 ling4

亞洲短趾百靈亚洲短趾百灵

(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)

aa3 zau1 gwok3 zai3 bok3 laam5 gun2

亞洲國際博覽館亚洲国际博览馆

Asia World-Expo

aa3 zau1 hoi1 faat3 ngan4 hong4

亞洲開發銀行亚洲开发银行

Asian Development Bank

aa3 zau1 mok6 dei6 lam4 ang1

亞洲漠地林鶯亚洲漠地林莺

(bird species of China) Asian desert warbler (Curruca nana)

aa3 zau1 sei3 siu2 lung4

亞洲四小龍亚洲四小龙

Four Asian Tigers: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea

亞洲式亚洲式

asian style [written and colloquial]

aa3 zau1 taai3 ping4 joeng4 ging1 zai3 hap6 zok3 zou2 zik1

亞洲太平洋經濟合作組織亚洲太平洋经济合作组织

APEC(Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation)

亞洲台亚洲台

ATV Asia, one of the channels in Asia Television Network in Hong Kong

aa3 zau1 wan6 dung6 wui2

亞洲運動會亚洲运动会

The Asian Games

aa3 zau1 zau1 hon2

亞洲周刊亚洲周刊

Asiaweek (Asian current affairs magazine, 1975–2001)

aa3 zau1 zuk1 kau4 lyun4 hap6 wui2

亞洲足球聯合會亚洲足球联合会

Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the governing body of football (soccer) in Asia

auntie (spoken)

aa3 zi1 aa3 zo1

阿吱阿咗啊吱啊咗

aa3 zi1 aa3 zo1

阿支阿左啊支啊左

aa3 zi1 dak6 hak1

阿茲特克阿兹特克

亞足聯亚足联

Asian Football Confederation (abbr. for 亞洲足球聯合會|亚洲足球联合会[Ya4 zhou1 Zu2 qiu2 Lian2 he2 hui4])

subspecies (taxonomy)

the appellation to refer to someone who is stupid

aa3 zyu1 aa3 gau2

阿豬阿狗啊猪阿狗

strangers; nobody (spoken)

aa3 zyu6 go3 wai2

掗住個位挜住个位

to save that space ; seat; to take up that space

to comfort (Cantonese)

(interj. of disapproval)

dust; Angstrom or Ångström, unit of length equal to 10^-10 meters; abbr. for Egypt 埃及Āijí [埃及]

(Cantonese); to bear or endure

interjection of wonder, shock or admiration

(onom.) sighing voice

to lean on, against; the backrest of a chair

aai1 bat1 soeng5

to be irrelevant

to keep close to the edge; close to (the true figure)

挨邊兒挨边儿

erhua variant of 挨邊|挨边[ai1 bian1]

aai1 bok3 laai1

aai1 bok3 laai1 beng6 duk6

埃博拉病毒

埃布羅埃布罗

Ebro river (in northeast Spain)