单词 | kiasu |
释义 | kiasu[ kee-ah-soo, kee-uh-soo ] / kiˈɑ su, ˈki əˌsu / adjectiveself-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education. nounAlso ki·a·su·ism . a kiasu mindset. Origin of kiasuFirst recorded in 1975–80; from dialectal Chinese (Southern Min, Fujian): literally, “fear of losing or of losing out”; introduced into standard English by speakers of Singaporean English Words nearby kiasuKiangsi, Kiangsu, Kiaochow, kia ora, KIAS, kiasu, kiaugh, kiawe, kibble, kibbutz, kibbutznik Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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