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khua simi lan jiao

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:

kua simi lan jiao khua simi lan jiao kua si mi lan jiao khoa si mi lan jiao khoa simi lan jiao

* The diacritic ◌̃ represents a nasalized vowel.

[ SSS:

khuã si mi lan jiao ]

khua si mi lan jiao

Hokkien:

poj:

khoàⁿ

+

什物

poj:

sím-mi̍h

+

𡳞鸟

poj:

lān-chiáu

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definitions

expression

  1. (vulgar, rude) 'what the hell are you looking at'

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.