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Chinese name syllable

Syllable Ah

  • 亞second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)
  • 亚second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)
  • 阿prefix used in familiar terms of address
Letters
2
Syllables
1
First letter
A
Romanization
Hokkien, Cantonese
Character options
3
Category
Chinese syllable
  • Chinese characters亞亚阿
10

records of Malaysian citizens on Wikidata have the syllable Ah in their name

A count of Wikidata records, not of the population.

Ah is a common Chinese name prefix, written 亞, 亚 or 阿, and carries no meaning of its own in a name.

Possible characters for Ah

This spelling is common in Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka romanization.

  • 亞

    second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)

    Cantonese aa3 / Hokkien a / Hakka á / Mandarin yà

    attested

  • 亚

    second; name prefix (dialectal form of 阿)

    Cantonese aa3 / Hokkien a / Hakka á / Mandarin yà

    attested

  • 阿

    prefix used in familiar terms of address

    Cantonese aa3 / Hokkien a / Hakka â / Mandarin ā

One spelling can stand for several characters. The meaning of a name depends on the characters the family chose; characters marked “attested” are found in records of real names.

About the name Ah

Ah is an element placed before a name or nickname in Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka, as in Ah Seng. The characters recorded for Malaysians with this spelling are 亞 or 亚, which in the dialects serve as a form of the familiar prefix 阿. It marks a familiar form of address and carries no meaning of its own in the name.

RomanizationHokkien, Cantonese, Hakka

Character pages

Each page shows the character’s recorded meanings, dialect readings and every Malaysian spelling.

Chinese names with the syllable Ah

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: 亞 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  2. MDBG: 亞 · mdbg.net · meaning
  3. MDBG: 亚 · mdbg.net · meaning
  4. Wiktionary: 阿 · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  5. MDBG: 阿 · mdbg.net · meaning

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