ù ▁ ā ▁s ā n ▁( <0xE5> <0x8D> <0xB0> 度 阿 三 ) ▁— ▁A ▁eu ph em ism ▁to ▁Indians . ▁It ▁means ▁" Ind ian , ▁Hass an ". ▁▁ ā ▁ch ā ▁( 阿 <0xE5> <0xB7> <0xAE> ) ▁— ▁A ▁popular ▁term ▁common ▁among ▁the ▁C anton ese ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁Indians . ▁The ▁term ▁der ives ▁from ▁the ▁frequent ▁utter ing ▁of ▁ ā c ch ā ▁' good , ▁fine ' ▁by ▁( N or thern ) ▁Indians ▁( cf . ▁H indi ▁ अ च ् <0xE0> <0xA4> <0x9B> ा ) ▁Origin ally ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁P un j abi ▁" sing hs " ▁security ▁force ▁who ▁used ▁to ▁work ▁for ▁the ▁British ▁government ▁during ▁colonial ▁era . ▁Now ad ays , ▁any ▁South ▁Asian ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" ā ▁ch ā ". ▁In ▁C anton ese , ▁" Ah " ▁means ▁" D ude ", ▁so ▁" Ah ▁Cha " ▁means ▁the ▁du de ▁called ▁" Ch a ". ▁It ▁is ▁not ▁an ▁eth nic ▁sl ur , ▁it ▁is ▁used ▁because ▁C anton ese ▁cannot ▁pron ounce ▁" Ind ian " ▁as ▁it ▁der ives ▁from ▁a ▁Mand arin ▁term ▁that ▁sounds ▁too ▁formal . ▁ ▁g ā l í ▁r én ▁( <0xE5> <0x92> <0x96> <0xE5> <0x96> <0xB1> 人 ) ▁- ▁A ▁much ▁more ▁common ▁contemporary ▁term ▁used ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁Indians , ▁derived ▁from ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁cur ry ▁in ▁Indian ▁cu is ine ▁and ▁the ▁per ception