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boh koleng

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Singapore[bo²¹ kʰo²⁴ leŋ²⁴]

boh koleng adjective: impossible.

Adjective

boh koleng (comparative more boh koleng, superlative most boh koleng)

  1. (Manglish, Singlish) Impossible
    • Touch your heart and ask yourself, pirate. Do you think you can legislate $1k min wage for all sectors, "across sectors"? Bo Ko Leng, right?!2015 September 4, jetsetter, “Re: General Election 2015”, in KiasuParents
    • Yah lor...boh koleng leh.2003 April 4, Assassin, “Possible future upgrade for Lester ?”, in MyCarForum, archived from the original on 31 Dec 2019

Forms of boh koleng

comparativemore boh koleng
superlativemost boh koleng

Origin of boh koleng

Borrowed from Hokkien 無可能 /无可能 (bô-khó-lêng) in Malaysia and Singapore.

Questions about boh koleng

What does boh koleng mean?
Boh koleng means impossible.
What part of speech is boh koleng?
Boh koleng is an adjective.
How do you pronounce boh koleng?
Boh koleng is pronounced [bo²¹ kʰo²⁴ leŋ²⁴] (Singapore).

Words near boh koleng in the dictionary

  1. bogywomen
  2. Bogña
  3. boh
  4. boh bian
  5. boh chap
  6. boh koleng
  7. boh liao
  8. boh pian
  9. boh pien
  10. Bohac
  11. Bohacs

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