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 sth); during; China; Chinese; hit (the mark)
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

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• 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/

Noun

阿中

1. (Taiwanese and Singapore Hokkien, slur, derogatory) mainland Chinese person