阿差

Chinese

		phonetic
simp. and trad. (阿差)		阿	差
variant forms		阿叉

Etymology

Etymology uncertain. Possibly from Hindi अच्छा (acchā) / Urdu اچھا‎ (achhā, “good, well, okay”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): āchà

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: āchà
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄔㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: achah
  - IPA ^(key): /ˀa̠⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰa̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ caa¹
  - Yale: a chā
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ tsaa¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ ca¹
  - IPA ^(key): /aː³³ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/

Noun

阿差

(Cantonese, Hong Kong, ethnic slur, derogatory) a person from South Asia

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