阿剌 ālá rancid Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 阿 ā proper noun [transliteration] Used in the transliteration of foreign names; also used as an abbreviation for countries like 阿富汗 āfùhàn or 阿尔及利亚 ā'ěrjílìyà.剌 lā onomatopoeia used in descriptive phrases to mimic sound or provide phonetic emphasis