阿ger

Chinese

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

Etymology

阿 (aa³, “prefix for names”) + clipping of English manager.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aa³ zoe⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aa³ zoe⁴
    • Yale: a jèuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aa³ dzoe⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: a³ zê⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aː³³ t͡sœː²¹/

Noun

阿ger

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) manager

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 經理 (“manager”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		經理
Mandarin	Taiwan	經理
Cantonese	Guangzhou	經理
	Hong Kong	經理, 阿ger
	Taishan	經理
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	經理
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	經理
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	經理
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	經理
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	經理
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	經理
Southern Min	Xiamen	經理
Wu	Shanghai	經理, 阿大, 阿大先生, 當手
	Suzhou	經理, 大先生