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leceh

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Singapore/ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/

leceh adjective: troublesome.

Adjective

leceh (comparative more leceh, superlative most leceh)

  1. (Singapore, Singlish) Troublesome
    • Some of the hawkers are not very cooperative. When it comes to paying the salary, they find it ‘leceh’ (troublesome).1978 October 4, Mohamed Shariff, The Straits Times, page 7
    • [A friend] was puzzled as to why the [Central Provident Fund] Board with its marvellous computerised accounting facilities couldn’t design a less lecheh (convoluted, troublesome) way of dealing with savers who already have enough to take care of rainy flat-on-their-back days.1987 February 28, Tan Sai Siong, The Straits Times, page 21
    Synonyms:
    ma fan, lor sor, susah

Synonyms of leceh

Forms of leceh

comparativemore leceh
superlativemost leceh
alternative formleh chey
alternative formlecheh

Origin of leceh

Unadapted borrowing from Malay leceh.

Questions about leceh

What does leceh mean?
Leceh means troublesome.
What part of speech is leceh?
Leceh is an adjective.
How do you pronounce leceh?
Leceh is pronounced /ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/ (Singapore).

Words near leceh in the dictionary

  1. Lecce
  2. Leccino
  3. leccinoid
  4. Lecco
  5. leccy
  6. leceh
  7. lech
  8. lechaim
  9. lechatelierite
  10. lechatelierites
  11. lechayim

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