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pai kua
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.
* 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:
pai khoa phai khua phai khoa pai koa pai kua
* The diacritic ◌̃ represents a nasalized vowel.
[ SSS:
paĩ khuã ]
pai khua
→
Hokkien:
歹看
poj:
pháiⁿ-khòaⁿ
Detailed etymology
definitions
adjective
- ugly; not good-looking; unsightly
I look so paĩ khuã in this photo leh. Why you post the one where I look so gong gong sia?
usage notes
'Pai' is pronounced with a nasal sound and aspirated p (/pʰ/), which is difficult to represent clearly in English orthography.
* 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.