ah beng
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Singapore/ˌɑː(˨)ˈbeŋ(˨˦)/
ah beng is the alternative form of Ah Beng.
Noun capitalized: Ah Beng
Ah Beng (plural Ah Bengs)
- A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.
- Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34
Forms of ah beng
| plural | Ah Bengs |
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Origin of ah beng
Borrowed from Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng), which is a common Chinese male name.
Questions about ah beng
- What does ah beng mean?
- Ah beng means a young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.
- What is ah beng the alternative form of?
- Ah beng is the alternative form of Ah Beng.
- What part of speech is ah beng?
- Ah beng is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ah beng?
- Ah beng is pronounced /ˌɑː(˨)ˈbeŋ(˨˦)/ (Singapore).
- What is the plural of ah beng?
- The plural of ah beng is Ah Bengs.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ah beng (page history and authors); Ah Beng (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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