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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 阿妈
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 阿妈 | ā mā | - grandma (paternal) (Tw) - (dialect) mother - nurse - amah - (Manchu) father |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 85,909 | 28,030 | 11,503 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 阿 | Ā | - abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1er3ji2li4ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1fu4han4] etc |
| 阿 | ā | - prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity - used in transliteration - also pr. [a4] |
| 阿 | ē | - (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 妈 | mā | - ma - mom - mother |
Other Words Containing 阿妈
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 阿妈 | - | - | 85,909 | 28,030 | 11,503 |