Cantonese words starting with A
1,257 entries
aai1 bou3 lo4 ho4
埃布羅河埃布罗河
Ebro River (in northeast Spain)
aai1 caat3
挨擦
to press against
aai1 ci3
挨次
in sequence; one by one
aai1 coi3 ngo4 bei2 aa3
埃塞俄比亞埃塞俄比亚
Ethiopia
aai1 daa2
挨打
to take a beating; to come under attack
aai1 dak1
埃德
Ed (name - Eduard)
aai1 dak1 gaa1
埃德加
Edgar (name)
aai1 dak1 mung4 deon6
埃德蒙頓埃德蒙顿
Edmonton, capital of Alberta, Canada
aai1 dak6 naap6 fo2 saan1
埃特納火山埃特纳火山
Mt Etna, volcano in Italy
aai1 dik6 kaa1 laai1
埃迪卡拉
Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
aai1 dik6 kaa1 laai1 gei2
埃迪卡拉紀埃迪卡拉纪
Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era
aai1 fat1 deon6
埃弗頓埃弗顿
Everton (town in northwest England)
aai1 fei1 ji5 tit3 taap3
埃菲爾鐵塔埃菲尔铁塔
Eiffel Tower
aai1 fu1 baak3 lei5
埃夫伯里
Avebury (stone circle near Stonehenge)
aai1 gaa1
挨家
from house to house, one by one
aai1 gaa1 aai1 wu6
挨家挨戶挨家挨户
to go from house to house
aai1 gaak3 ji5 cung4
埃格爾松埃格尔松
Egersund (city in Norway)
aai1 gan6
挨近
to approach; to sneak up on
aai1 geoi1
埃居
écu (French coin, discontinued by the end of the 18th century)
aai1 gin1 ji4
挨肩兒挨肩儿
in rapid succession (of children, close in age)
aai1 go3
挨個挨个
one by one
aai1 go3 ji4
挨個兒挨个儿
erhua variant of 挨個|挨个[ai1 ge4]
aai1 hak1 tok3
埃克托
Hector (name)
aai1 jaa1
哎吔
an interjection used when something undesired or unexpected happens, similar to the expression "oh no"
aai1 jaa1 jaa1
哎吔吔
Oops
aai1 jaa1 jo1
哎吔唷
an interjection to express one's dismay [colloquial]
aai1 jan1 fok3 wan1
埃因霍溫埃因霍温
Eindhoven (city in the Netherlands)
aai1 jau1
哎呦
(interjection of surprise, pain, annoyance etc); Uh-oh!; Ouch!
aai1 ji5 do1 on1
埃爾多安埃尔多安
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (1954–), Turkish politician, prime minister 2003–2014, president 2014–
aai1 ji5 fuk1 dak6
埃爾福特埃尔福特
Erfurt (German city)
aai1 ji5 gam1
埃爾金埃尔金
James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin (1811-1863), British High Commissioner to China who ordered the looting and destruction of the Old Winter Palace Yuanmingyuan 圓明園|圆明园 in 1860
aai1 ji5 gam1 daai6 lei5 sek6
埃爾金大理石埃尔金大理石
the Elgin Marbles, the Parthenon marbles stolen in 1801-1810 by Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin
aai1 ji5 long5 gan1
埃爾朗根埃尔朗根
Erlangen (town in Bavaria)
aai1 ji5 long5 gan1 gong1 ling5
埃爾朗根綱領埃尔朗根纲领
Felix Klein's Erlangen program (1872) on geometry and group theory
aai1 ji5 naam4 dak1 si1
埃爾南德斯埃尔南德斯
Hernández (name)
aai1 ji5 paak3 sok3
埃爾帕索埃尔帕索
El Paso, Texas
aai1 jo1
哎唷
interjection of pain or surprise
aai1 jo1
哎喲哎哟
(interjection) Oops
aai1 kap6
埃及
Egypt
aai1 kap6 jan4
埃及人
Egyptian
aai1 kap6 je6 jing1
埃及夜鷹埃及夜鹰
(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
aai1 kiu1 tai4
ＩＱ題ＩＱ题
IQ questions [written and colloquial]
aai1 laai1 dak6
埃拉特
Eilat, Israeli port and resort on the Red sea
aai1 lam4 naa4
埃琳娜
Elena (name)
aai1 lei5 wan1
埃里溫埃里温
Yerevan, capital of Armenia 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4]
aai1 lei6 si1 dou2
埃利斯島埃利斯岛
Ellis Island
aai1 leoi4
埃蕾
centaury herb with flowers (TCM)
aai1 maa6
挨罵挨骂
to receive a scolding
aai1 maan5
挨晚
evening
aai1 mai5 ji5
埃米爾埃米尔
(loanword) emir; amir