used in transliteration

prefix to a name or term of address | [variant] 亞

Alps, mountain range bordering Switzerland

a loudmouth cursing gossiping male

every Tom, Dick, and Harry [syn.]張三李四；阿貓阿狗

'every Tom, Dick and Harry'

a merchant that accepts and sells stolen loot

amoeba

"trolley girl" in Chinese restaurant 茶樓 or 酒樓

sister (elder)

a capable woman

auntie (spoken)

a thin and small person (generally a child); an emaciated, feeble person

someone who is thin, small and feeble

amoebic dysentery

an indefinite person, "anyone", "whoever"

United Arab Emirates, abbreviation for 阿拉伯聯合酋長國

a stupid person (also 阿茂)

an appellation to address a foolish / muddle-headed person

aunt (paternal)

aunt (spoken)

referring to a

hoodlum,

juvenile delinquent,

hooligan

Aberdeen, Scotland (and places in the U.S. with the same name)

grandfather (paternal)

grandpa (paternal); the government; the country

"The Simpsons" (also 辛普森一家), a famous American animated cartoon sitcom

the Simpsons

uncle (father's older brother); polite way of addressing an older person | [普]: 伯父

an old man

Mr So-and-So

second wife's tasty soup (also occasionally used as the name for a restaurant)

a fool (lit., "Mister Lucky")

stupid person (spoken)

Asura; the lowest ranks of the deities or demigods (半神半人 , 小神)

Syn.: 修羅

a stupid person

A man with hare-lip calls a dog

not listen to others; go one's way; disobedient; unable to restrain sb; do sth with opposite effect

literally: ' the more you ask someone to come, the further they run'; to describe when something is done with despair, with the opposite outcome to what one has instructed; to describe a situation when one is unable to restrain somebody else or get them to follow their instructions; to describe what it is like to try and persuade a dogmatic person who is set in having their own way

the boss's boss (in underworld societies)

grandfather (maternal)

belongs to the public/one of seniority