Word.ws English Dictionary

mai tu liao

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

Singapore[ˈmaɪ˦˨ tʰuː˨˦ ˈljaʊ˦˨]

mai tu liao verb: do not hesitate; take action immediately.

Verb

mai tu liao

  1. (Singapore, colloquial, imperative) Do not hesitate; take action immediately.
    • So "mai tu liao"! Come and write news stories about Singapore once more, we promise not to gazette your publication and limit your circulation too often!2002, 6 January, Dionne, Google Groups: soc.culture.singapore [internet]
    • What’s amazing right from the start of this mail is that, we don’t have to provide any account no, or mailing address and the money or cheque will reach you eventually. Quick before I take all the money. So send to as many as you can! Mai tu liao!2006, 25 September, Huu Vinh Nyugen, Google Groups: Dien - Dien Tu K96 [internet]

Origin of mai tu liao

From Hokkien 莫躇了 (mài thû liáu, “don't hesitate”).

Questions about mai tu liao

What does mai tu liao mean?
Mai tu liao means do not hesitate; take action immediately.
What part of speech is mai tu liao?
Mai tu liao is a verb.
How do you pronounce mai tu liao?
Mai tu liao is pronounced [ˈmaɪ˦˨ tʰuː˨˦ ˈljaʊ˦˨] (Singapore).

Words near mai tu liao in the dictionary

  1. Mahāsthāmaprāpta
  2. mai
  3. mai fun
  4. mai tai
  5. mai tais
  6. mai tu liao
  7. mai-baap
  8. Mai-kai-t'i
  9. Mai-Tini
  10. Mai-Tinis
  11. Maia

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: mai tu liao (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “mai tu liao.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/mai_tu_liao. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.