Cantonese words starting with A

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aa3 lung4 siu1 paau3

阿聾燒炮啊聋烧炮

scattered; fizzled; to come to nothing; to fall through; to break up; to disband; to go separate ways

aa3 lung4 sung3 ban3

阿聾送殯啊聋送殡

not listening to; turning a deaf ear to; refusing to take the advice of others and doing something in one's own way

aa3 lung4 waan1

亞龍灣亚龙湾

Yalong Bay in Sanya 三亞|三亚[San1 ya4], Hainan

阿聯酋阿联酋

United Arab Emirates (abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2])

aa3 lyun4 jau4 hong4 hung1

阿聯酋航空阿联酋航空

Emirates (airline)

aa3 lyun4 jau4 hong4 hung1 gung1 si1

阿聯酋航空公司阿联酋航空公司

Emirates Airlines

aa3 lyun4 jau4 zoeng2 gwok3

阿聯酋長國阿联酋长国

United Arab Emirates (abbr. for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國|阿拉伯联合酋长国[A1 la1 bo2 Lian2 he2 Qiu2 zhang3 guo2])

mother, as called by her children

grandma (paternal) (Tw); nurse; (Manchu) father

grandmother; father's mother (spoken)

亞麻布亚麻布

亞麻酸亚麻酸

Armagh, a place in Northen Ireland [written and colloquial]; an alternative form to阿媽, mom, grandma, amah (an older female servant) [colloquial]

阿瑪尼阿玛尼

Armani (fashion designer)

亞馬遜亚马逊

阿馬遜阿马逊

aa3 maa5 seon3 ho4

亞馬遜河亚马逊河

亞馬孫亚马孙

aa3 maa5 syun1 ho4

亞馬孫河亚马孙河

aa3 maan6 waan1

阿曼灣阿曼湾

aa3 maau1 aa3 gau2

阿貓阿狗阿猫阿狗

(idiom) (coll.) any Tom, Dick or Harry; just about anyone (used dismissively)

(loanword) amoeba

aa3 mai5 baa1 beng6

aa3 mai5 baa1 jyun4 cung4

阿米巴原蟲阿米巴原虫

aa3 mai5 baa1 lei6 zat6

阿米巴痢疾

amebic dysentery

aa3 mai5 naa4 daat6

亞米拿達亚米拿达

Amminadab (son of Ram)

aa3 mai5 naap6 daat6 bou3

阿米納達布阿米纳达布

Amminadab (name)

亞文化亚文化

Alxa League, a prefecture-level subdivision of Inner Mongolia (abbr. for 阿拉善盟[A1 la1 shan4 Meng2])

阿乜人啊乜人

a way to address somebody without knowing his name, similar to saying '"so and so" ; "whatshername"

阿乜水啊乜水

a way to address someone whose name one does not know, cannot recall or does not wish; to specify; whatshisname; whatshername; so-and-so

阿物兒阿物儿

阿某某啊某某

an indefinite way of referring to someone whose name is unknown; Mr so-and-so

stupid person (spoken)

an appellation to address a foolish

aa3 mau6 zing2 beng2

阿茂整餅啊茂整饼

stupid person creating trouble for nothing (slang)

aa3 mei5 jan1 si1

Amiens (French town)

aa3 mei5 lei6 gaa1

亞美利加亚美利加

aa3 mei5 lei6 gaa1 zau1

亞美利加洲亚美利加洲

aa3 mei5 nei4 aa3

亞美尼亞亚美尼亚

aa3 mei5 nei4 aa3

阿美尼亞阿美尼亚

variant of 亞美尼亞|亚美尼亚[Ya4 mei3 ni2 ya4], Armenia

Amis or Pangcah, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan

aa3 mo1 nei4 aa3

阿摩尼亞阿摩尼亚

(loanword) ammonia

aa3 mo1 si1 syu1

阿摩司書阿摩司书

Book of Amos, one of the books of the Nevi'im and of the Christian Old Testament

aa3 mok6 sai1 lam4

(loanword) amoxicillin

(chemistry) (loanword) ammonal