Captain Min from Putian came to answer.
"A Shao" can also be "A Sao", which is an adjective, not a noun.
It is derogatory for a person to say that someone is "coquettish" discontentedly: it means that someone is naughty and cunning, loves to make trouble with others and is very annoying.
If you say someone's "coquettish" in a joking tone, it is a compliment: it means that someone is lively and lovely, which will make people happy.
Therefore, the question asked by a topic owner named A Shao in Putian is wrong. Just a guy who is more "A Sao" than others. There are "A Sao" guys in every region.
Outsiders call Putian "A Shao", which is a derogatory term in a strict sense. "A Shao" is a common word in Putian vocabulary, which is used to describe a person who is glib, extremely clever and not serious enough.
Literally speaking, every place has "A Shao", which is not unique to Putian people.
Therefore, it is inaccurate and unfair to call Putian people "A Shao".
I hope everyone will abandon their prejudice against Putian people, live in harmony, and don't blame others.
As Putian people, this problem should be called Putian people's humble opinion, not humble opinion. I think the above answer is a bit biased. Why is Putian called Sao in other places? First of all, we Putian people's mantra is Sao, you nest and I Sao, sweet potato Sao, and so on, so foreigners will collectively refer to Putian as Sao.
Shao, it should be Sao, which comes from the vulgar language of sweet potato Sao. Similarly, Fuzhou people say Sannini, and Minnan people say Sainingm. Because the s pronounced by Putian people is a tongue sound (Xianyou people use inarticulate pronunciation), it sounds very special. In addition, such rude words are always used orally, and they must be used once every two or three sentences. People from other places gave Putian people a nickname called Sister-in-law.
The word Sister-in-law was mainly used by Quanzhou people (mainly Jinjiang people and Shishi people) to belittle Putian people a long time ago. They think that Putian people are country people, Putian people are poor and Putian people have no quality. In the past ten years, the urban construction of Putian has developed rapidly, and the rural areas of Putian have developed rapidly. Luxury homes and luxury cars are not lost to Jinjiang Shishi. In recent years, Quanzhou people have a particularly good impression of Putian people, and the younger generation has almost no nickname for aunt Putian people. Moreover, people over the age of 40 and 50 and Putian people have a stubborn impression of being poor!
Ah Sao is a derogatory term, but people in China speak according to the occasion. When good friends chat privately, they make jokes about their humble opinions, which shows that they are very close. When I was young, I worked in an office in Fuzhou. My ancestral home is Putian, so I am often called Sister-in-law, and Fuqing is called Brother Fuqing (Gun). I didn't mean to belittle it. But Shanghainese say that Su Beiren is from Jiangbei, which is full of contempt. If it is the whole river (steel), that is, both parents are from Su Beiren, it is even difficult to find a partner. Putian people were not discriminated against in Shanghai in the past, because Putian people studied well, worked as teachers in Shanghai University, worked as researchers in scientific research institutes and worked as doctors in high-level hospitals. Now, hehehe
Sister-in-law in Putian is a derogatory term specially created by Quanzhou people (especially Jinjiang and Shishi) for Putian people, which means that Putian is economically backward, Putian people are poor, Putian people have no quality and so on!
It means slick in Putian dialect.
This is Putian dialect, and A Shao refers to a young man who is not married. Putian is a little, which means Putian handsome boy.