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阿山
阿山
Chinese
(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people
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mountain; hill | ||
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simp. and trad. (阿山) |
阿 | 山 | |
Pronunciation
Noun
阿山
- (Min Nan, Taiwan, dated) mainlander
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- 這個阿山仔，加來是加損蕩的啦 [Taiwanese, trad.]
- 这个阿山仔，加来是加损荡的啦 [Taiwanese, simp.]
- From: 2003: 公視文學大戲『家』 (Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation—Family), episode one
- chit-ê a-soaⁿ-á, ke lâi sī ke sńg-tn̄g--ê--lah [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
- These mainlanders are coming here in droves and creating more turmoil. (This episode takes place in 1949 as refugees from the Mainland are fleeing from Mao Zedong's forces to Taiwan.)
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Usage notes
This term was primarily used to describe non-Hoklo people from Mainland China, a large number of whom had emigrated to Taiwan after 1949. This term later came to be replaced by 外省人 (gōa-séng-lâng).