阿燦

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	glorious; bright; brilliant glorious; bright; brilliant; lustrous; resplendent
trad. (阿燦)		阿	燦
simp. (阿灿)		阿	灿
alternative forms		亞燦／亚灿

Etymology

From a character in the 1979 TV series The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, portrayed by Liu Wai-hung. (Bolton & Hutton, 2005).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): ācàn

(Zhuyin): ㄚㄘㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ caan³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: ācàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄚㄘㄢˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: acàn
  - Wade–Giles: a¹-tsʻan⁴
  - Yale: ā-tsàn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: atsann
  - Palladius: ацань (acanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀä⁵⁵ t͡sʰän⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: aa³ caan³
  - Yale: a chaan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ tsaan³
  - Guangdong Romanization: a³ can³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ t͡sʰaːn³³/

Noun

阿燦

(Hong Kong, derogatory) (uncouth) mainland China immigrant
- 1989, “又到聖誕”, in 黃霑 (lyrics), 香港 X'mas:
  
  伴你歎吓　撇甩咗阿燦 [Hong Kong Cantonese, trad.]
  伴你叹吓　撇甩咗阿灿 [Hong Kong Cantonese, simp.]
  bun⁶ nei⁵ taan³ haa², pit³ lat¹ zo² aa³ caan³ [Jyutping]
  Let's enjoy it with you, because I left the Mainlander

See also

港燦／港灿 (gǎngcàn)