ā

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Letter 2 Japanese 2.1 Prefix 2.1.1 See also 2.2 Interjection 3 Mandarin 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Interjection 3.3 Usage notes 3.4 Noun 3.5 Pinyin 3.6 References

[edit] Translingual

The Latin script
Aa	Bb	Cc	Dd	Ee	Ff	Gg	Hh	Ii	Jj	Kk	Ll	Mm	Nn	Oo	Pp	Qq	Rr	Ss	Tt	Uu	Vv	Ww	Xx	Yy	Zz
Variations of letter A Áá Àà Ââ Ǎǎ Ăă Ãã Ảả Ȧȧ Ạạ Ää Åå Ḁḁ Āā Ąą ᶏ Ⱥⱥ Ȁȁ Ấấ Ầầ Ẫẫ Ẩẩ Ậậ Ắắ Ằằ Ẵẵ Ẳẳ Ặặ Ǻǻ Ǡǡ Ǟǟ Ȁȁ Ȃȃ Ɑɑ ᴀ Ɐɐ ɒ Ａａ Ææ Ǽǽ Ǣǣ Letters using macron sign or underline sign Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḡḡ Īī Ōō Ūū Ȳȳ Ǣǣ

[edit] Letter

ā lower case (upper case Ā)

1. The letter a with a macron.

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[edit] Prefix

ā (hiragana ああ)

1. in that (other) manner, in that other way

[edit] See also

Japanese demonstratives (edit)
	ko-	so-	a-	do-
Pronoun	これ	それ	あれ	どれ
Determiner	この	その	あの	どの
Kind	こんな	そんな	あんな	どんな
Place	ここ	そこ	あそこ*	どこ
Direction	こちら	そちら	あちら	どちら
Manner	こう	そう	ああ	どう
* irregular

[edit] Interjection

ā (hiragana ああ)

1. ああ: oh!, ah Ah!

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[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: [ a˥˥ ]
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• IPA: [ a ]

[edit] Interjection

ā (Pinyin, traditional and simplified 啊)

1. (Beginning Mandarin) ah; oh

[edit] Usage notes

• placed at the end of a sentence, or used by itself to express surprise.

[edit] Noun

ā (Pinyin, traditional 錒, simplified 锕)

1. actinium

[edit] Pinyin

ā (form of a1 with diacritic)

1. 吖: (used in translation)
2. 腌: to salt, to pickle; to be dirty
3. 阿: prefix in names; transliteration of /a/

[edit] References

• Shao, Jingmin (ed.) (2000). HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English). Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers. ISBN 7561720785.