| 阿 | ā diē | dad / father / (paternal) grandfather / old man | 
| 阿 | Ā | abbr. for country names that begin with 阿: Algeria 阿尔及利亚, Afghanistan 阿富汗 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 | 
| 爹 | diē | dad |