abbr. for country names that begin with 阿[a1]: Algeria 阿爾及利亞|阿尔及利亚[A1 er3 ji2 li4 ya4], Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4] etc

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity

used in transliteration

also pr. [a4]

(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with