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kiasi

English

Etymology

From Hokkien ????? (kia?-sí, “afraid to die”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?k????sî?/
  • Hyphenation: kia?si

Adjective

kiasi (comparative more kiasi, superlative most kiasi)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, mildly derogatory) Unwilling to take a chance for fear that something bad or unfavourable will happen; cowardly.
    Why are you so kiasi? You won't die from getting a small cut on the finger.
    If everyone dares to bungee jump, why can't you do the same? Are you kiasi or what?

Synonyms

  • See Thesaurus:cowardly.

Noun

kiasi (plural kiasi or kiasis)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, mildly derogatory) A kiasi person.

See also

  • kiasu

Anagrams

  • Saiki, kiais

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ??????? (qiy?s).

Pronunciation

Noun

kiasi (ki-vi class, plural viasi)

  1. amount, measure, quantity
  2. price
    Synonym: bei
  3. (firearms) cartridge

Adverb

kiasi

  1. a little, somewhat
  2. moderately
  3. approximately

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