| 阿 |
ā mā | grandma (paternal) (Tw) / (dialect) mother / nurse / amah / (Manchu) father |
| 阿 |
ā | prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / (bound form) abbreviation for country names beginning with 阿, e.g. 阿富汗 "Afghanistan" |
| 阿 |
ē | (literary) to flatter; to curry favor with |
| 妈 |
mā | ma / mom / mother |