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• 阿嬡 — a1 ai5: mother
• 阿爸 — a1 ba1: father, dad
• 阿壩 — a1 ba3: Ngawa (Aba) Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan, Ngawa County
• 阿米巴 — a1 bhi2 ba1: amoeba
• 阿母 — a1 bho2: mother
• 猶未 — a1 bhuê7: not yet
• 阿父 — a1 bê6: father
• 阿伯 — a1 bêh4: paternal uncle (father's elder brother), old man; uncle (term of address)
• 阿嗤 — a1 ci1: achoo (sound of a sneeze)
• 亞答厝 — a1 dab4 cu3: thatched-roof house
• 亞答 — a1 dab4: thatched roof (of nipa palm leaves), Nypa fruticans (nipa palm)
• 阿弟 — a1 di6: younger brother
• 阿爹 — a1 dia1: dad; papa
• 阿丈 — a1 dion6: uncle (husband of one's father's or mother's sister)
• 阿根廷 — a1 geng1 têng5: Argentina
• 阿魏 — a1 ghui7: asafoetida, Ferula (plant)
• 阿妗 — a1 gim6: maternal aunt (wife of mother's brother), sister-in-law (younger brother's wife)
• 阿公 — a1 gong1: grandfather, grandpa
• 阿姑 — a1 gou1: paternal aunt, sister-in-law (husband's sister)
• 阿舅 — a1 gu6: maternal uncle, brother-in-law (wife's brother)
• 亞軍 — a1 gung1: runner-up, second place, silver medal
• 阿兄 — a1 hian1: elder brother, big brother
• 阿姨 — a1 i5: maternal aunt, auntie (term of address)
• 亞鉛 — a1 ing5: zinc, galvanized iron, iron wire (Teochew)
• 阿老 — a1 lao6: spouse
• 阿里巴巴 — a1 li2 ba1 ba1: Ali Baba (folklore character), Alibaba Group (company)
• 阿窿 — a1 long1: loan shark
• 阿姆 — a1 m2: mother, aunt (wife of father's elder brother)
• 阿媽 — a1 ma2: grandmother
• 阿妹 — a1 muê7: younger sister
• 阿郎 — a1 neng5: son-in-law, brother-in-law (elder sister's husband)
• 阿娘 — a1 nia5: beautiful young woman (slang), mistress; female master (dated)
• 阿娘 — a1 niê5: mother
• 阿孥 — a1 nou5: child, son
• 阿姈 — a1 nê1: mother, mum
• 鴉片 — a1 piêng3: opium
• 阿爾茨海默病 — a1 re2 ce5 hai2 mig8 bên7: Alzheimer's disease
• 阿兒 — a1 ri5: Hajji (a Muslim who has made the pilgrimage to Mecca)
• 抑是 — a1 si6: or
• 猶是 — a1 si6: still
• 阿舍 — a1 sia3: profligate rich man's son, playboy, dandy
• 阿嬸 — a1 sim2: paternal aunt (father's younger brother's wife), auntie (middle-aged woman), co-sister-in-law
• 阿嫂 — a1 so2: sister-in-law (elder brother's wife)
• 亞太 — a1 tai3: Asia-Pacific
• 亞洲 — a1 ziu1: Asia
• 阿姐 — a1 zê2: elder sister
• 阿叔 — a1 zêg4: paternal uncle (father's younger brother), term of address for a middle-aged man
• 抑 — a1: or (linking alternatives)
• 椏 — a1: forking branch of a tree (variant form of 丫)
• 阿 — a1: prefix used before kinship terms, names, or surnames to express familiarity
• 阿 — a1: hillside; mound; slope
• 鴉 — a1: crow, raven
• 亞文化 — a3 bhung5 huê3: subculture
• 亞麻 — a3 mua5: flax, linen
• 䛩 — a3: to argue, to dispute, to quarrel
• 亞 — a3: kinship/name prefix (used before a name, like 阿)
• 詏 — a3: to argue, to contend, to dispute, to quarrel
• R — a5: the Latin letter R (as used in Chinese)
• 啊 — a7: ah, oh, ha
• 匣 — ab8: box, case
• 盒 — ab8: box, case
• 惡毒 — ag4 dag8: malicious, vicious, venomous
• 沃雨 — ag4 hou6: to get wet in the rain, to be caught in the rain
• 沃花 — ag4 huê1: to water flowers
• 惡化 — ag4 huê3: to worsen, to deteriorate, to exacerbate
• 惡意 — ag4 i3: malice, ill will, bad intention
• 惡劣 — ag4 luag4: bad, inferior, nasty
• 惡俗 — ag4 sog8: vulgar, coarse, tacky
• 抑鬱症 — ag4 ug4 zêng3: depression (illness)
• 抑鬱 — ag4 ug4: depressed, melancholy, downcast
• 惡作劇 — ag4 zag4 giah8: prank, practical joke, trick
• 抑制 — ag4 zi3: to suppress, to restrain, to inhibit
• 沃水 — ag4 zui2: to water (plants or crops), to irrigate
• 惡 — ag4: evil; wicked; bad, fierce; harsh; overbearing
• 揠 — ag4: to pull up, to force (growth); to promote hastily
• 沃 — ag4: to drench; to soak; to get wet (by rain), fertile; rich (soil)
• 軋 — ag4: to crush by weight, to oust; to squeeze out
• 鴨咪 — ah4 bhi6: duckling, duck (childish term)
• 鴨母跤 — ah4 bho2 ka1: flatfoot, pes planus
• 鴨母捻 — ah4 bho2 nim3: tangyuan (glutinous rice balls with filling, served in sweet soup)
• 鴨母 — ah4 bho2: female duck
• 鴨嘴獸 — ah4 cui3 siu3: platypus, duck-billed platypus
• 鴨仔鋪 — ah4 gian2 pou1: bunkbed
• 鴨囝 — ah4 gian2: duckling
• 押金 — ah4 gim1: deposit, security deposit
• 鴨牯 — ah4 gou2: drake
• 鴨雄 — ah4 hêng5: drake, immature male duckling
• 鴨卵 — ah4 neng6: duck egg, (fig.) zero, goose egg
• 鴨伲 — ah4 ni6: duckling
• 鴉片鬼 — ah4 piêng3 gui2: opium addict
• 押韻 — ah4 ung7: to rhyme
• 鴨舌 — ah4 zih8: duck's tongue (as food), necktie (Teochew slang)
• 呷 — ah4: to sip; to drink, to eat (Hokkien)
• 押 — ah4: to detain; to escort into custody, to pawn; to mortgage
• 鴨 — ah4: duck
• 哀的美敦書 — ai1 di1 mui2 dung1 ze1: ultimatum (dated)
• 哀家 — ai1 gia1: I; this widow (self-referential pronoun used by a widowed empress dowager)
• 埃及 — ai1 gib8: Egypt
• 哀歌 — ai1 go1: elegy, mournful song
• 哀鴻遍野 — ai1 hong5 biang3 ia2: land of wailing and despair, disaster victims everywhere
• 哀求 — ai1 kiu5: to implore, to entreat, to beg
• 哀思 — ai1 se1: grief; sad memories of the deceased
• 埃提阿伯 — ai1 ti5 o1 bêg4: Ethiopia (dated term)
• 哀怨 — ai1 uêng3: plaintive and aggrieved, grief and resentment
• 哀悼 — ai1 zao6: to mourn; to grieve; to lament (a death)
• 哀 — ai1: sad; mournful; sorrowful, to grieve; to mourn
• 埃 — ai1: fine dust, dirt
• 藹 — ai2: amiable; kind; nice
• 靉 — ai2: hazy; cloud-covered (bound form, as in 靉靆)
• 愛 — ai3: to want, to need
• I — ai5: the Latin letter I (as used in Chinese)
• 嬡 — ai5: mother (indirect reference, not used to address her directly)
• 愛情 — ain3 cêng5: love (romantic), passion
• 愛豆 — ain3 dao7: idol (celebrity)
• 愛國主義 — ain3 gog4 zu2 ngi6: patriotism
• 愛國 — ain3 gog4: to love one's country, to be patriotic
• 愛好者 — ain3 haon3 zia2: enthusiast, hobbyist, amateur
• 愛護 — ain3 hu6: to take care of, to cherish, to protect
• 曖昧 — ain3 muê6: ambiguous, vague, flirtatious
• 愛便，愛鮮，愛大粒奶 — ain3 pin1: to have unrealistic expectations; to want to have one's cake and eat it too
• 愛爾蘭 — ain3 re2 lang5: Ireland
• 愛人 — ain3 ring5: spouse, sweetheart; lover
• 愛心 — ain3 sim1: compassion, kindness, loving heart
• 愛惜 — ain3 sioh4: to cherish, to treasure
• 愛滋病 — ain3 ze1 bên7: AIDS
• 艾滋病 — ain3 ze1 bên7: AIDS
• 愛上 — ain3 ziên6: to fall in love with, to grow to love
• 曖 — ain3: dim, hazy, obscure
• 欲 — ain3: to want; to need to (alternative form of 愛)
• 艾 — ain3: AIDS (short for 艾滋病)
• 閒行 — ain5 gian5: to take a walk; to go for a stroll
• 庵埠 — am1 bou1: Anbu (a town in Chao'an district, Chaozhou)
• 庵螺 — am1 lo1: snail
• 鵪鶉 — am1 sung5: quail
• 厂 — am1: hermitage; nunnery (used in place names)
• 庵 — am1: nunnery; small Buddhist temple, hut
• 鵪 — am1: quail (unspotted feathers)
• 飲糜 — am2 muê5: watery congee, rice gruel
• 暗牌 — am3 bai5: detective, plainclothes police officer
• 暗中 — am3 dang1: secretly, in secret, surreptitiously
• 暗槓 — am3 gang3: concealed kong (mahjong), hidden meld
• 暗巷 — am3 hang7: dark alley, unlit lane
• 暗囥 — am3 keng3: to hide, to conceal
• 暗示 — am3 si7: to hint, to imply, to drop a hint
• 暗頭 — am3 tao5: evening, early night
• 暗靜 — am3 zên6: secretly, privately, on the sly
• 暗 — am3: dark; dim, night; evening
• 黯 — am3: dim; dark
• 頷布 — am6 bou3: bib (for a baby)
• 頷砧 — am6 diam1: bib (for a baby)
• 頷鏈 — am6 liêng7: necklace
• 頷領 — am6 nian2: collar (of a shirt)
• 頷盤 — am6 puêng5: scarf, neckerchief
• 頷 — am6: neck
• 揞 — an1: to cover with the hands, to dab medicine onto a wound with the fingers
• 餡 — an7: filling (for dumplings, buns, etc.)
• 安卓 — ang1 doh4: Android (operating system)
• 安居樂業 — ang1 ge1 lag8 ngiab8: to live in peace and work happily, content with one's lot
• 安格斯 — ang1 gêh4 su1: Angus (Scotland), Angus cattle
• 安更 — ang1 gên1: first night watch (7-9pm)
• 安徽 — ang1 hui1: Anhui (province in China)
• 安陽 — ang1 iang5: Anyang (city in Henan, China)
• 安康 — ang1 kang1: in good health, safe and sound
• 安寧 — ang1 lêng5: peaceful, tranquil, calm
• 安南人 — ang1 nam5 nang5: Annamese
• 安南話 — ang1 nam5 uê7: Vietnamese language, Annamese language (dated)
• 安南 — ang1 nam5: Annam, Vietnam (historical name)
• 安危 — ang1 nguin5: safety and danger, welfare
• 翁姐 — ang1 zia2: husband and wife (referring to someone else's couple)
• 安 — ang1: calm; peaceful, safe; secure
• 翁 — ang1: husband
• 骯 — ang1: dirty (bound morpheme, occurs only in 骯髒 'dirty')
• 案件 — ang3 gian6: case (legal matter), lawsuit
• 按摩 — ang3 mo5: to massage
• 按照 — ang3 ziou3: according to; in accordance with
• 宴 — ang3: banquet, feast
• 按 — ang3: to push, to press
• 紅包 — ang5 bao1: red envelope; red packet (monetary gift), bonus payment, bribe
• 紅菜頭 — ang5 cai3 tao5: beetroot; beet, carrot
• 紅豆 — ang5 dao7: red bean, azuki bean
• 紅塵 — ang5 ding5: the mortal world, hustle and bustle, worldly affairs
• 紅茶 — ang5 dê5: black tea
• 紅外線 — ang5 ghua7 suan3: infrared ray
• 紅旗 — ang5 gi5: red flag, red banner
• 紅轎 — ang5 gio7: bridal sedan chair
• 紅哥鯉 — ang5 go1 li2: golden threadfin bream
• 紅龜粿 — ang5 gu1 guê2: red tortoise cake (traditional rice cake)
• 紅軍 — ang5 gung1: Red Army
• 紅火蟻 — ang5 huê2 hia6: red imported fire ant, fire ant
• 洪陽 — ang5 iang5: Hongyang (a town in Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong)
• 紅藥水 — ang5 ioh8 zui2: merbromin, mercurochrome (red antiseptic)
• 紅梨 — ang5 lai5: pineapple
• 紅綠燈 — ang5 lêg8 dêng1: traffic light, traffic signal
• 紅目呆 — ang5 mag8 dai1: barracuda
• 紅毛丹 — ang5 mo5 dang1: rambutan
• 紅毛囝 — ang5 mo5 gian2: Caucasian person, white person, ang moh
• 紅毛茄 — ang5 mo5 gio5: tomato
• 紅毛鬼 — ang5 mo5 gui2: red-haired devil (derogatory term for a Western foreigner)
• 紅毛灰 — ang5 mo5 huê1: cement
• 紅毛人 — ang5 mo5 nang5: Westerner, white person