阿 ā
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ā
prefix
prefix to names of people
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: For example, in modern Chinese 阿姨 'aunt' and in old Chinese '阿母' (ABCE '阿'; Guoyu '阿' ā; Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 1, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' p1; Unihan '阿') -
ā
verb
to groan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1) -
ā
phonetic
a
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
Notes: (Mathews 1931 '阿' b p1; Unihan '阿') -
ē
verb
to flatter
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 阿附 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1; Mathews 1931 '阿' d p1) -
ā
interjection
expresses doubt
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ā interjectio; Mathews 1931 '阿' e p1) -
ē
noun
river bank
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 2, p. 98; Mathews 1931 '阿' c p. 1) -
ē
noun
beam; pillar
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 屋檐 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 3; Mathews 1931 '阿' f p1) -
ē
noun
a hillslope; a mound
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 大土丘 (Guoyu '阿' ē n 1; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 1, p. 98) -
ē
noun
a turning point; a turn; a bend in a river
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 2; Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 3, p. 98) -
ē
proper noun
E
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '阿' ē n 4) -
ē
verb
to depend on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 倚靠 (Guoyu '阿' ē v 1) -
ā
particle
a final particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Same as 啊 (Guoyu '阿' ā particle) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: IPA: [ə]; used for the sound in mantras and Indian names (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 3, p. 98; Unihan '阿') -
ē
noun
a buttress
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 4, p. 98) -
ē
verb
be partial to
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 5, p. 98) -
ē
noun
thick silk
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ē 6, p. 98) -
ā
pronoun
this; these
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '阿' ā 2, p. 98) -
ē
foreign
e
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: a; first letter of the Sanskrit alphabet, meaning 'un-' or 'not'; a special character in esoteric chanting described in the 大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 “Vairocana Sūtra” as symbolizing 本不生 ādyanutpāda 'non-arising' (BCSD '阿', p. 1202; Ding '阿'; FGDB '阿'; MW 'a'; SH '阿', p. 285; Wikipedia '悉曇文字'; Giebel 2005, p. 42; T 848, Scroll 2, 18.0010a10)
Contained in
- 阿牟伽 Amoghavajra
- 阿湿波国(阿濕波國) Aśmakā; Aśvakā
- 跋驮木阿(跋馱木阿) Baduomua
- 阿若多 Ājñāta
- 阿尾捨 spirit possession
- 阿迦 arka
- 佛开解梵志阿颰经(佛開解梵志阿颰經) Sutra on the Buddha's Liberation of the Brahmin Āmraṣṭha; Fo Kaijie Fanzhi Aba Jing
- 阿竭禅天(阿竭禪天) Ākāśānantyāyatana Heaven
- 阿毘达磨界身足论(阿毘達磨界身足論) Dhatukaya
- 阿市多鸡舍甘跋罗(阿市多雞舍甘跋羅) Ajita Keśakambala
- 阿耆尼湿头摩(阿耆尼濕頭摩) Agnistoma
- 阿儞怛夜 Aditya
- 小乘阿毘昙(小乘阿毘曇) Abhidhamma
- 阿耨达龙王(阿耨達龍王) Anavatapta
- 阿那含果 realization of non-returner ; the fruit of Anāgāmin; the fruit of a non-returning
- 阿提目多迦花 atimuktaka
- 阿毗达磨毗婆沙论(阿毗達磨毗婆沙論) Abhidharma mahāvibhāṣā śāstra
- 佛说立世阿毘昙论(佛說立世阿毘曇論) Fo Shuo Li Shi Apitan Lun
- 讫罗摩阿迭多(訖羅摩阿迭多) Vikramaditya
- 阿噜力(阿嚕力) alolik
- 阿尼律 Aniruddha
- 阿舍棃 acarya; a religious teacher
- 阿梨树枝(阿梨樹枝) arjaka tree
- 阿支罗(阿支羅) acela; naked
- 阿夷多 Ajita
- 阿儗啰娑(阿儗囉娑) descendant of Aṅgiras; āṅgirasa
- 阿坦么(阿坦麼) atman
- 阿地瞿多 Atikuta
- 阿卢汉(阿盧漢) Arhat
- 阿閦念诵仪轨(阿閦念誦儀軌) Aksobhya Liturgy
- 阿耨达(阿耨達) Anavatapta
Also contained in
阿基米德 、 阿香 、 阿的平 、 阿尔山市 、 守正不阿 、 阿兵哥 、 阿乡 、 阿娘 、 阿房宫 、 阿尔沙克一世 、 阿堵 、 阿鲁 、 阿空加瓜山 、 阿丘 、 阿奶 、 二阿姨 、 阿尔法 、 阿兄 、 阿拉哈巴 、 阿尔泰山
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Western Dhāraṇī Matrix Vajra Amṛitakuṇḍali Ritual (Xifang Tuoluoni Cang Zhong Jingang Zu Amiliduojunzhali Fa) 西方陀羅尼藏中金剛族阿蜜哩多軍吒利法 — count: 226
- Scroll 1 Sutra of the Unsurpassed Bodhisattva who asks about All Dharmas, Enters the Boundless Dharma Gate Dharani (Zun Sheng Pusa Suo Wen Yiqie Zhu Fa Ru Wuliang Men Tuoluoni Jing) 尊勝菩薩所問一切諸法入無量門陀羅尼經 — count: 122
- Scroll 1 Dasheng Bei Fen Tuo Li Jing (Karuṇāpuṇḍarīkasūtra) 大乘悲分陀利經 — count: 108
- Scroll 1 Yaoshi Qi Fo Gongyang Yi Gui Ruyi Wang Jing (Medicine Buddha and Seven Buddhas Liturgy and Sutra) 藥師七佛供養儀軌如意王經 — count: 106
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Qian Zi Wen 梵語千字文 — count: 105
- Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 103
- Scroll 7 Miscellaneous Dhāraṇī Collection 陀羅尼雜集 — count: 101 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Fanyu Za Ming 梵語雜名 — count: 98
- Scroll 21 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 97 , has parallel version
- Scroll 1 Mahāsaṅghabhikṣuṇivinaya (Mohe Sengzhi Biqiuni Jie Ben) 摩訶僧祇比丘尼戒本 — count: 92