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teh lan pa chir sat

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:

teh lum pa chir sat teh lam pa zi sat teh lam pha chir sat teh lampa chir sat teh lum pa zi sat teh lam pha zi sat teh lampa zi sat teh lam pa chu sat teh lan pa chir sat

* The diacritic ◌̃ represents a nasalized vowel.

[ SSS:

tẽh lam pa chir sat ]

teh lam pa chir sat

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Hokkien:

捏𡳞脬自杀

poj:

tīⁿ/tēⁿ lām-pha chīr/chū-sat

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definitions

expression

  1. (idiom) to harshly criticize oneself or self-flagellate over a mistake, especially one particularly stupid, embarrassing, or causing one to lose face

    2. When I found out that swee char bo I had been flirting with all night was my cousin, wah I tell you, want to teh lam pa chir sat already.


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.

related:

lam pa sia suay lau khui malu maluate maluated maluating lao khui

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