Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

also can:

boh

bo

简 繁

→

Hokkien:

无

poj:

bô

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definitions

particle

  1. (interrogative) or not?

    2. Sunday want go karaoke?
    → Sunday want go karaoke bo?

    synonyms:

    anot pe
  2. used at the end of a verb to indicate that it or some other action is unable to be done

    3. - Oei, khoa si mi khoa?
    - Brudder, I pah jiao lah. Ai khoa also khoa bo.

  3. a negative response to a question; no

    4. - Got find anything anot?
    - Bo.


adverb

  1. used to negate a verb

determiner

  1. (usually in phrases) no; not any; none

    2. If he really still liah bo kiu, then bo pian lor.


related:

bo beh zao bo cheng hu bo chi bo chup bo eng1 bo eng2 bo gay bo he hae ma ho no fish, prawns also can bo hiu bo hua bo idea bo jio bo lang bo lang ai bo liao bo lin chu bo lui bo pakeh bo rasa bo peng yau si bo pian bo seh bo sui bo ta bo lam pa bo tao bo beh bo tua bo suey jiak pa bo sai pang bo tioh tioh bo mm tioh si1 si m si bo kho leng zhun bo kong wu kong bo no head no tail sui sui bo zao zui bo lat

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