阿差

Chinese

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Etymology

Etymology uncertain. Possibly 阿 (aa³) + clipping of 摩囉差／摩啰差 (mo¹ lo¹ caa¹) or from (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Hindi अच्छा (acchā) / Urdu اچھا‎ (acchā, “good, well, okay”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āchā

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄔㄚ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ caa¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: āchā
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄔㄚ
  - 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–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ caa¹
  - Yale: a chā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ tsaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ ca¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

Noun

阿差

(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

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印度阿三 (Yìndù āsān)
阿三 (āsān)

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