"阿星" meaning in Chinese

See 阿星 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /aː³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /aː³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/ Chinese transliterations: aa³ sing¹ [Cantonese, Jyutping], a sīng [Cantonese, Yale], aa³ sing¹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], a³ xing¹ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Etymology: From 阿 (“prefix to names of people”) + Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “Singh (surname)”). Etymology templates: {{zh-l|*阿|prefix to names of people}} 阿 (“prefix to names of people”), {{der|yue|pa|ਸਿੰਘ||Singh (surname)}} Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “Singh (surname)”) Head templates: {{head|zh|noun}} 阿星
  1. (Cantonese) South Asian person, especially a Sikh Tags: Cantonese Categories (topical): People, Sikhism
    Sense id: en-阿星-zh-noun-9RPGRu9k Categories (other): Cantonese Chinese, Chinese entries with incorrect language header Synonyms: 印度人 [formal, Standard-Chinese], 印度人 [Mandarin, Taiwan], 印度人 [Mandarin, Singapore], 阿差 † [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 摩囉差 † [Cantonese, Guangzhou], 印度人 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 印度佬 [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 阿差 † [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 摩囉差 † [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 阿星 † [Cantonese, Hong-Kong], 吉靈人 † [Cantonese, Guangfu, Kuala-Lumpur], 印度人 [Cantonese, Guangfu], 印度人 [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 吉靈人 † [Cantonese, Guangfu, Singapore], 印度人 [Hakka, Sixian, Miaoli, Northern], 印度人 [Hakka, Sixian, Pingtung], 印度人 [Hakka, Hsinchu-County], 印度人 [Hakka, Taichung], 印度人 [Hakka, Yunlin], 摩囉差 † [Hakka, Hong-Kong], 吉靈人 † [Hakka, Huiyang, Senai], 印度番仔 † [Kaohsiung], 烏番仔 † [Yilan], 印度仔 [Lukang], 烏印度仔 † [Taichung], 烏肚番仔 † [Taichung], 烏肚番仔 † [Tainan], 印度仔, 烏儂 †, 印度儂, 吉靈仔 † [Hokkien, Penang], 印度儂 [Hokkien, Singapore], 吉靈仔 † [Hokkien, Singapore], 吉靈囝 † [Hokkien, Singapore], ah neh † [Hokkien, Singapore], ah pu neh neh † [Hokkien, Singapore], 印度仔 [Hokkien, Manila], 印度儂 [Hokkien, Manila], 吉靈囝 † [Johor-Bahru, Teochew], 印度儂 [Singapore, Teochew], ah neh † [Singapore, Teochew], apooneh † [Singapore, Teochew], 吉靈囝 † [Singapore, Teochew], 吉靈囝 † [Hainanese, Singapore], 印度人 [Wu, Shanghai], 阿三 † [Wu, Shanghai], 紅頭阿三 † [Wu, Shanghai], † - derogatory/disrespectful/ethnic slur [Wu]

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      },
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      "name": "zh-l"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "yue",
        "2": "pa",
        "3": "ਸਿੰਘ",
        "4": "",
        "5": "Singh (surname)"
      },
      "expansion": "Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “Singh (surname)”)",
      "name": "der"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From 阿 (“prefix to names of people”) + Punjabi ਸਿੰਘ (siṅgh, “Singh (surname)”).",
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  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "Cantonese Chinese",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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        },
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          "name": "People",
          "orig": "zh:People",
          "parents": [
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        },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "zh",
          "name": "Sikhism",
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            "Society",
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      ],
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            "Standard-Chinese"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
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            "Mandarin",
            "Taiwan"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Mandarin",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "阿差 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangzhou"
          ],
          "word": "摩囉差 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
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            "Hong-Kong"
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          "word": "印度佬"
        },
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          "tags": [
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            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "阿差 †"
        },
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "摩囉差 †"
        },
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          "word": "阿星 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Kuala-Lumpur"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈人 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cantonese",
            "Guangfu",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈人 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Miaoli",
            "Northern"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Sixian",
            "Pingtung"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hsinchu-County"
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          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Yunlin"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Hong-Kong"
          ],
          "word": "摩囉差 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hakka",
            "Huiyang",
            "Senai"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈人 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Kaohsiung"
          ],
          "word": "印度番仔 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Yilan"
          ],
          "word": "烏番仔 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Lukang"
          ],
          "word": "印度仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "烏印度仔 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Taichung"
          ],
          "word": "烏肚番仔 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Tainan"
          ],
          "word": "烏肚番仔 †"
        },
        {
          "word": "印度仔"
        },
        {
          "word": "烏儂 †"
        },
        {
          "word": "印度儂"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Penang"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈仔 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "印度儂"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈仔 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈囝 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "ah neh †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "ah pu neh neh †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
          ],
          "word": "印度仔"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien",
            "Manila"
          ],
          "word": "印度儂"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Johor-Bahru",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈囝 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "印度儂"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "ah neh †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "apooneh †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Singapore",
            "Teochew"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈囝 †"
        },
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          "tags": [
            "Hainanese",
            "Singapore"
          ],
          "word": "吉靈囝 †"
        },
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            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "印度人"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "阿三 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu",
            "Shanghai"
          ],
          "word": "紅頭阿三 †"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "Wu"
          ],
          "word": "† - derogatory/disrespectful/ethnic slur"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³ sing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a sīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³ sing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³ xing¹"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/aː³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "阿星"
}
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        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Cantonese nouns",
        "Cantonese terms derived from Punjabi",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese nouns",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³ sing¹"
    },
    {
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        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a sīng"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "aa³ sing¹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "a³ xing¹"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
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      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "/aː³³ sɪŋ⁵⁵/"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "Standard-Chinese"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Taiwan"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "阿差 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou"
      ],
      "word": "摩囉差 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "印度佬"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "阿差 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "摩囉差 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "阿星 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Kuala-Lumpur"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈人 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈人 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangfu"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Miaoli",
        "Northern"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Sixian",
        "Pingtung"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hsinchu-County"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Yunlin"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Hong-Kong"
      ],
      "word": "摩囉差 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hakka",
        "Huiyang",
        "Senai"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈人 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Kaohsiung"
      ],
      "word": "印度番仔 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Yilan"
      ],
      "word": "烏番仔 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Lukang"
      ],
      "word": "印度仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "烏印度仔 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Taichung"
      ],
      "word": "烏肚番仔 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Tainan"
      ],
      "word": "烏肚番仔 †"
    },
    {
      "word": "印度仔"
    },
    {
      "word": "烏儂 †"
    },
    {
      "word": "印度儂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Penang"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈仔 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "印度儂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈仔 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈囝 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "ah neh †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "ah pu neh neh †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "印度仔"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien",
        "Manila"
      ],
      "word": "印度儂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Johor-Bahru",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈囝 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "印度儂"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "ah neh †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "apooneh †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Singapore",
        "Teochew"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈囝 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hainanese",
        "Singapore"
      ],
      "word": "吉靈囝 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "印度人"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "阿三 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu",
        "Shanghai"
      ],
      "word": "紅頭阿三 †"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Wu"
      ],
      "word": "† - derogatory/disrespectful/ethnic slur"
    }
  ],
  "word": "阿星"
}

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