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阿布

Ābù
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Meanings

  1. 1 Abu (foreign name fragment, e.g. Roman Abramovich '阿布拉莫维奇' / shortform Abu)
  2. 2 Abu, the monkey from Disney's Aladdin
  3. 3 (colloquial) affectionate Chinese-style nickname using the 阿- prefix

Examples

球迷亲切地称切尔西老板为阿布。
Qiúmí qīnqiè de chēng Qiē'ěrxī lǎobǎn wéi Ābù.
Fans affectionately call the Chelsea owner 'Abu.'
阿布是阿拉丁的小猴子。
Ābù shì Ālādīng de xiǎo hóuzi.
Abu is Aladdin's little monkey.

Tips

culture
阿布 (Ābù) carries three live senses in Chinese media: (1) the universal nickname for Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich (full transliteration 罗曼·阿布拉莫维奇 — Chinese sports media shortened to just 阿布 during his Chelsea-owning years); (2) Abu the monkey in Disney's 《阿拉丁》 (Aladdin); (3) generic Arabic given-name fragment 'Abu' meaning 'father of'. 阿 is also the everyday Chinese diminutive prefix (阿明 'Ming-y'), which gives 阿布 a friendly feel even on top of its phonetic role.
memory
The 阿- prefix in Chinese is usually informal and warm (think English '-y' on Tommy/Jenny). That's a coincidence: Arabic 'abu' means 'father' and the Chinese 阿- means a friendly diminutive — but the resulting Chinese word feels casual either way.

Stroke Order

阿 ā
布 bù