摩囉差

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Chinese[edit]

phonetic police officer
trad. (摩囉差)
simp. (摩啰差)
alternative forms 嚤囉差嚤啰差
摩羅差摩罗差
摩囉叉摩啰叉
嚤囉叉嚤啰叉
摩羅叉摩罗叉
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Etymology[edit]

摩囉 may be from Portuguese mouro (Moor) (Thompson, 1966).

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Noun[edit]

摩囉差

摩囉差 are standing on the left in this picture.
  1. (Cantonese, historical) Indian policeman
  2. (Cantonese, ethnic slur, derogatory) a person from South Asia, especially someone from India (Classifier: c)

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