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亞
简 亚 · 繁 亞Characters in this entry
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4 · ya4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
aa3
Cantonese word readings for 亞. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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character · Etymology 1
- second; inferior
- (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 婭 /娅
- a surname
character · Etymology 2
- Used in transcription.
- Used in transcription. — (～洲) short for 亞細亞／亚细亚 (Yàxìyà): Asia (the largest continent, located between Europe and the Pacific Ocean)
character · Etymology 3
- (chiefly dialectal) alternative form of 阿 (“kinship prefix”)
character · Etymology 4
- (Nanning Pinghua) this
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