摩囉差
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Chinese
| phonetic | police officer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (摩囉差) | 摩囉 | 差 | |
| simp. (摩啰差) | 摩啰 | 差 | |
| alternative forms | 嚤囉差／嚤啰差 摩羅差／摩罗差 摩囉叉／摩啰叉 嚤囉叉／嚤啰叉 摩羅叉／摩罗叉 | ||
Etymology
摩囉 may be from Portuguese mouro (“Moor”) (Thompson, 1966).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: mo1 lo1 caa1
- Yale: mō lō chā
- Cantonese Pinyin: mo1 lo1 tsaa1
- Guangdong Romanization: mo1 lo1 ca1
- Sinological IPA (key): /mɔː⁵⁵ lɔː⁵⁵ t͡sʰaː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
摩囉差
- (Cantonese, historical) Indian policeman
- (Cantonese, ethnic slur, derogatory) a person from South Asia, especially someone from India (Classifier: 個／个 c)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 印度人 (“Indian person”)
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |