Prefix
A prefix of Chinese origin used with a shortened form of given names to express familiarity, roughly equivalent to a nickname.
Usage- morpheme
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Ah Ming moved out of Chinatown last year.
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I was called, at about an hour's notice, to take Ah Quai (the girl rescued in the spring), and go with Mr. Gardiner to Seattle, and give evidence in the case of one of the women brought over on the same ship with Ah Quai.