阿中
Chinese
phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people |
middle; centre; within middle; centre; within; among; in; while (doing something); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark) | ||
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| simp. and trad. (阿中) |
阿 | 中 | |
Etymology
From 阿 + shortened form of Hokkien 中國 (Tiong-kok, “China”).
Pronunciation
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): a-tiong
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-tiong
- Tâi-lô: a-tiong
- Phofsit Daibuun: a'diofng
- IPA (Singapore): /a⁴⁴⁻²² tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Singapore)
Noun
阿中
- (Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien, slur, derogatory) mainland Chinese person