亚 (yà) — (bound form) Asia; (bound form) second, inferior, sub-
Definition
亚 is a bound form: in place names it means 'Asia' (亚洲), and as a prefix it means 'second' or 'sub-/inferior' (亚军, 亚热带). It only appears as part of a longer word.
bound form
(bound form) Asia(bound form) secondinferiorsub-
Examples
- 。Wǒ qù guò yà zhōu hěn duō cì.I have been to Asia many times.
- 。Tā zài bǐ sài zhōng huò dé le yà jūn.He won second place in the competition.
- 。yà Rè dài de qì hòu bǐ jiào shī rùn.The climate in the subtropics is relatively humid.
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