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): ㄚ ㄘㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ caan³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ācàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄚ ㄘㄢˋ
    • 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

1. (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]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• 港燦／港灿 (gǎngcàn)