阿尔泰

Altai republic in Russian central Asia, capital Gorno-Altaysk

abbr. for Afghanistan 阿富汗[A1 fu4 han4]

prefix used before monosyllabic names, kinship terms etc to indicate familiarity / used in transliteration / also pr. [a4]

flatter

(literary) to flatter; to curry favor with

variant of 爾|尔[er3]

thus / so / like that / you / thou

Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong / abbr. for Thailand

safe / peaceful / most / grand

flower or herb of Heteropappus altaicus (used in TCM) / Flos seu Herba Heteropappi altaici

Altai mountain chain on the border of Russia and Mongolia

Altai mountain range in Xinjiang and Siberia

(bird species of China) Altai snowcock (Tetraogallus altaicus)

Altaic language