| 阿Q正传 |
Ā Q Zhèng zhuàn |
The True Story of Ah Q, influential 1921 novella by Lu Xun 鲁迅 |
| 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 |
| 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]) |
| 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 |
| 正 |
zhēng |
first month of the lunar year |
| 正 |
zhèng |
straight / upright / proper / main / principal / to correct / to rectify / exactly / just (at that time) / right (in that place) / (math.) positive |
| 正传 |
zhèng zhuàn |
main subject of long novel / true biography |
| 传 |
chuán |
to pass on / to spread / to transmit / to infect / to transfer / to circulate / to conduct (electricity) |
| 传 |
zhuàn |
biography / historical narrative / commentaries / relay station |