swee

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A finch of species Coccopygia melanotis, found in sub-Saharan Africa.
形容词 adj.
  1. Great, neat, nice, excellent (often used as an interjection when something has gone smoothly). Singlish
    — When it comes to charity, Irene will make sure everything is ‘swee swee’ (Hokkien for perfect).
  2. Neat and tidy. Singlish,rare
  3. Pretty, good-looking. Singlish,rare

词形变化

swees plural more swee comparative most swee superlative swee swee reduplication

词源

词源 1
Onomatopoeia, from its call.
词源 2
From Hokkien 媠 (súi, “pretty”). Compare Tagalog yasuwi. Perhaps reinforced by sweet.
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