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阿Q

Mandarin · pinyin Ā Q

Ah Q, antihero of Lu Xun's influential 1921 novella "The True Story of Ah Q" 阿Q正傳 Ā Q Zhèng zhuàn ("Q" here is typically pronounced as kiū or qiū)

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阿: ā · prefix for people's names; used in transliteration

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