阿三

Chinese

		phonetic; (final part.); (interj.) phonetic; (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	three
simp. and trad. (阿三)		阿	三

Unknown. Possibilities include:

From 阿Sir, a respectful term of address for policemen;
From English I see, an affirmative answer often used by policemen when replying to commanding officers;
From Assam, a state in northeastern India.

阿三 (originally Shanghainese)

(historical, slang, derogatory) Sikh policeman in the Shanghai International Settlement
(ethnic slur, slang, pejorative depending on context, by extension) Indian person

Dialectal synonyms of 印度人 (“Indian person”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		印度人
Mandarin	Taiwan	印度人
Mandarin	Singapore	印度人
Cantonese	Guangzhou	阿差 †, 摩囉差 †
	Hong Kong	印度人, 印度佬, 阿差 †, 摩囉差 †, 阿星 †
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	吉靈人 †
	Ipoh (Guangfu)	印度人
	Singapore (Guangfu)	印度人, 吉靈人 †
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	印度人
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	印度人
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	印度人
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	印度人
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	印度人
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	印度人
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	印度人
	Hong Kong	摩囉差 †
	Senai (Huiyang)	吉靈人 †
Southern Min	Kaohsiung	印度番仔 †
	Yilan	烏番仔 †
	Changhua (Lukang)	印度仔
	Taichung	烏印度仔 †
	Taichung (Wuqi)	烏肚番仔 †
	Tainan	烏肚番仔 †
	Taitung	印度仔
	Hsinchu	烏儂 †
	Penghu (Magong)	印度儂
	Penang (Hokkien)	吉靈仔 †
	Singapore (Hokkien)	印度儂, 吉靈仔 †, 吉靈囝 †, ah neh †, ah pu neh neh †
	Manila (Hokkien)	印度仔, 印度儂
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	吉靈囝 †
	Singapore (Teochew)	印度儂, ah neh †, apooneh †, 吉靈囝 †
	Singapore (Hainanese)	吉靈囝 †
Wu	Shanghai	印度人, 阿三 †, 紅頭阿三 †
Note	† - derogatory/disrespectful/ethnic slur

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