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buey pai seh
* 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:
buey paiseh buay pai seh buey pai seh bue paiseh be paiseh buay pai sey buay phai se buay pai se
* The diacritic ◌̃ represents a nasalized vowel.
[ SSS:
buay paĩseh ]
buay paiseh
→
Hokkien:
𫧃/袂
𣍐/袂
poj:
bōe/bē
+
歹势
歹勢
poj:
pháiⁿ-sè
definitions
adjective
- shameless; unashamed
At first I was scared to leave work before the boss pang kang, but now that I'm a few months in I buay paĩseh leave at 6:00 sharp.
synonyms:
antonyms:
interjection
- 'how shameless!'; exclamation in response to a shameless act
Wah this auntie just cut queue like that! Buay paĩseh!
usage notes
* The nasal vowel is almost always unmarked by speakers, though it is very important to the pronunciation of the term. In a dipthong or tripthong, the recommended convention is to mark the final vowel, unless it is spelled using a repeated letter, in which case the first-occurring repeated letter is marked.