阿舍

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	residence
simp. and trad. (阿舍)		阿	舍

Etymology

Short for 舍人 (shèrén, “children of nobles”).

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Pronunciation

Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): a¹ sia⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): a-sià

(Teochew, Peng'im): a¹ sia³

Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: a¹ sia⁴ [Phonetic: a² lia⁴]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: a-sia̍
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵³³⁻¹³ ^(ɬ-)lia⁴²/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: a¹ sia⁴ [Phonetic: a² lia⁴]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a⁵⁴⁴⁻²⁴ ^(ɬ-)lia⁴²/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-sià
  - Tâi-lô: a-sià
  - Phofsit Daibuun: asiax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² sia²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /a³³ sia⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² sia²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sia¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ sia²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: a¹ sia³
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: a sià
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /a³³⁻²³ sia²¹³/

Noun

阿舍

(Southern and Puxian Min) profligate son of rich parents; fop; dandy; playboy
- 1959, 李永明, 《潮州方言》, Beijing: 中華書局, page 274:
  
  大頭伊是公子阿舍出身，全個唔曉世情，特別好惹事。照生住鬧出一大堆笑話。 [Teochew, trad.]
  大头伊是公子阿舍出身，全个唔晓世情，特别好惹事。照生住闹出一大堆笑话。 [Teochew, simp.]
  dua⁷ tao⁵ i¹ si⁶ gong¹ ze² a¹ sia³ cug⁴ sing¹, cuêng⁵ gai⁵ m⁶ hiou² si³ cêng⁵, dêg⁸ biêg⁸ haon³ ria² se⁷. ziên³ sên¹ zu⁶ nao⁶ cug⁴ zêg⁸ dua⁷ du¹ ciê³ uê⁷. [Peng'im]
  Big Head was born a profligate son of rich parents, entirely naive of worldly matters, and especially fond of causing problems. As a result of his actions [he] was the butt of many jokes.

Synonyms

紈絝子弟／纨绔子弟 (wánkùzǐdì)
(Hokkien) 阿舍囝
(Hakka) 公子阿舍, 阿舍子, 阿舍公子

Verb

阿舍

(Zhangzhou Hokkien) to squander freely other people's money

References

小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿舍”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “阿舍”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “阿舍”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 2.