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lao sai

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Singapore[ˈlaʊ˦˨ ˈsaɪ˦˨]

lao sai verb: to have diarrhoea.

Verb

lao sai (invariable)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, colloquial, intransitive, invariable) To have diarrhoea.
    • It is like going to a place with no 'jamban' [toilet] but you have to 'lao sai'.2012, Oolong Cha, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)
    • But they have no track record! […] How you know their food is clean or not? Wait you eat already lao sai eh?2012, Alfian Sa'at, “The Stall Next Door”, in Cooling-Off Day, Singapore: Ethos Books, →ISBN, page 96

Noun

lao sai (uncountable)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish, colloquial) Diarrhoea.

Origin of lao sai

From Hokkien 落屎 (làu-sái).

Questions about lao sai

What does lao sai mean?
Lao sai means to have diarrhoea.
What part of speech is lao sai?
Lao sai can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce lao sai?
Lao sai is pronounced [ˈlaʊ˦˨ ˈsaɪ˦˨] (Singapore).

Words near lao sai in the dictionary

  1. lao hong
  2. lao khao
  3. lao kui
  4. Lao PDR
  5. Lao People's Democratic Republic
  6. lao sai
  7. Lao Tse
  8. Lao Tu
  9. Lao Zi
  10. Lao-ho-k'ou
  11. Lao-Tsu

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