| 阿Q |
Ā Q |
Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q阿Q正传 ("Q" here is typically pronounced as [kiu1] or [qiu1]) |
| 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 |
| Q |
Q |
cute (loanword) / (of food) having a pleasant chewiness (like mochi, tapioca pearls, taro balls etc – foods with a springy or gel-like mouthfeel) / (loanword) to cue sb |