geh kiang

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To act overly clever and end up making reckless or unwise decisions without careful consideration. Singapore,Singlish,indeclinable
    — […] Who ask you? Geh kiang lah. Think you so smart, […]
形容词 adj.
  1. Overconfident and pretending to be clever. Singapore,Singlish
    — [O]ne never knows how such unsolicited advice might be taken. The owner might just ask me not to be too ‘keh khiang’ (clever by half) and to mind my own business, just as he was so successfully minding his.

词形变化

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词源

词源 1
From Singaporean Hokkien 假勥 (ké-khiàng, literally “fake cleverness”).
词源 2
From Singaporean Hokkien 假勥 (ké-khiàng, literally “fake cleverness”).
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