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单词 kiasu
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kiasu

[ kee-ah-soo, kee-uh-soo ]
/ kiˈɑ su, ˈki əˌsu /

adjective

self-serving, competitive, or greedy: parents who are kiasu about their children’s education.

noun

Also ki·a·su·ism . a kiasu mindset.

Origin of kiasu

First 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 kiasu

Kiangsi, Kiangsu, Kiaochow, kia ora, KIAS, kiasu, kiaugh, kiawe, kibble, kibbutz, kibbutznik
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