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What does "kiasu", "ah beng" means? and what do they mean by "Malaysian Boleh"? |
Travel Info What does "kiasu", "ah beng" means? and what do they mean by "Malaysian Boleh"? Travel Tips Kiasu - Direct translation Kia - Afraid Su - Lose. It basically a term referring (esp singaporean) who dont want to be in last place by doing the extreme. Eg. He very Kiasu ... queued since last night to buy the concert tickets. Ah Beng - Mainly talking about chinese males usually linking to gangsters. A sterotype Ah Beng would have permed hair, speaks Hockien (A chinese Dialect). Have a comb sticking out of his back pocket with the handle end sharpen. Long fingernail on the pinky. And often heard calling each other "Oi Fan Ho Bo" Translate "How are you my friend" The female version is usually call a Ah Lian Malaysian Boleh : Translated mean Malaysian Can, Its originate from a campaign started by the former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Bin Mohamad. He wanted malaysians to show the world that they can do anything if they put their mind to it. With this campaign also sprung off the MBR - Malaysian Book of Records (a little like the Guinness World Records) Cheers Others Kiasu - in a Chinese dialect called Hokkien, kiasu means like they always want to be first. For example if there's a line to the theatre, they will push into the line when the doors are open, regardless of their late position in the queue. Malaysian Boleh - it's actually Malaysia Boleh. Boleh means "can" in Malay. Basically it means something like, "Go Malaysia!" According to Wikipedia, Ah Beng is a young, uncultured male in his 20's who speaks slang, isn't very intellectual, and is involved with crime. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ah_beng... Kiasu if I'm not wrong is a hokkien dialect. Direct translation : Kia = Scared, Su = Lose. So Kiasu is used to describe someone who's afraid to lose. Ah beng is a phrase used to descibe men in their teens or 20s who are sloppy looking, with absurd hairstyles wearing tight tucked-in shirts. It can also be used to descibe those who are not fluent in english. For females we call them Ah lian. Malaysia boleh is a Malay word. Boleh means can in English, so it literally means "Malaysia can do it". Its widely used in Malaysia as a slogan. Hope this helps. I'm a malaysian Kiasu means scared to lose. The chinese version is pa shu pa means scared, shu means lose. Ah beng refers to an uneducated person who speaks in a wierd way, at times with a slang. They sometimes dress differently too. For Malaysian Boleh, it means something like malaysia can do it. It is something like 'you can do it', except the you refers to malaysia. kiasu - scared to lose ah beng - stereotype chinese man with "golden monkey" look (blonde hair), drives over modified car with loud techno music. malaysian boleh - malaysian can (achieve everything) |
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