阿差

阿差

Chinese

		phonetic
trad. (阿差)		阿	差
simp. #(阿差)		阿	差
alternative forms		阿叉 阿X

Etymology

Etymology uncertain. Possibly clipping of 摩囉差／摩啰差 (mo1 lo1 caa1) or from (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)Hindi अच्छा (acchā) / Urdu اچھا‎ (achhā, “good, well, okay”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āchā

  (Zhuyin): ㄚ ㄔㄚ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ caa¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āchā
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄔㄚ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: acha
    • Wade–Giles: a¹-chʻa¹
    • Yale: ā-chā
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: acha
    • Palladius: ача (ača)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰä⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ caa¹
    • Yale: a chā
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ tsaa¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ ca¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

Noun

阿差

1. (chiefly Cantonese, ethnic slur, derogatory) a person from South Asia, especially someone from India

   • 也有許多印巴人在這裡開著小店，對於這種小店許多當地的中國留學生都叫做“阿叉店” [MSC, trad.]
     也有许多印巴人在这里开著小店，对于这种小店许多当地的中国留学生都叫做“阿叉店” [MSC, simp.]

     From:

     yě yǒu xǔduō yìnbā rén zài zhèlǐ kāi zhù xiǎodiàn, duìyú zhè zhǒng xiǎodiàn xǔduō dāngdì de zhōngguó liúxuéshēng dōu jiào zuò “āchā diàn” [Pinyin]

     There are also many small business opened by the Indian and Pakistani people, which was referred as "Accha store" by a lot of Chinese international students.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 印度人 (“Indian person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		印度人
Mandarin	Taiwan	印度人
	Singapore	印度人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿差, 摩囉差
	Hong Kong	印度人, 印度佬, 阿差, 摩囉差, 阿星
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	吉靈人
	Singapore (Guangfu)	印度人, 吉靈人
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	印度人
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	印度人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	印度人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	印度人
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	印度人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	印度人
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	印度人
	Senai (Huiyang)	吉靈人
Min Nan	Kaohsiung	印度番仔
	Yilan	烏番仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	印度仔
	Taichung	烏印度仔
	Taichung (Wuqi)	烏肚番仔
	Tainan	烏肚番仔
	Taitung	印度仔
	Hsinchu	烏儂
	Penghu (Magong)	印度儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	吉靈仔
	Singapore (Hokkien)	吉靈仔, 吉靈囝, Ah neh, Ah pu neh neh
	Manila (Hokkien)	印度仔, 印度儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	吉靈囝
	Singapore (Teochew)	印度儂, Ah Neh, Apooneh, 吉靈囝
	Singapore (Hainanese)	吉靈囝

• 印度阿三 (Yìndù āsān)
• 阿三 (āsān)