阿差

Chinese

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

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): 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–Hong Kong)⁺
    • 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
Northeastern 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 †
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	印度人
	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
	Hong Kong	摩囉差 †
	Senai (Huiyang)	吉靈人 †
Southern Min	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)	印度儂, 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 †
Wu	Shanghai	印度人, 阿三 †, 紅頭阿三 †
Note	† - derogatory/disrespectful/ethnic slur

• 印度阿三 (Yìndù āsān)
• 阿三 (āsān)

Descendants

• → Macanese: ach'á