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pek chek

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Singapore[ˈpek̚˦ ˌt͡sʰek̚˧˨]

pek chek adjective: frustrated, exasperated, fed up.

Adjective

pek chek (comparative more pek chek, superlative most pek chek)

  1. Frustrated, exasperated, fed up.
    • "Don't need to talk so loud lah, everybody stay at home very pek chek (frustrated) already," he added.2020 May 26, Mandy How, quoting Mark Lee, “How Mark Lee manages familial relationships when everyone is 'pek chek' from staying at home”, in Mothership.sg
  2. Frustrating.
    • Cannot imagine sia. In Singapore, you strike, you lose your job. But ya, the postal service stopped liao. Cannot agree, buay song, so liddat lor. No postal service for now. Also dunno how long some more. So pek chek.2016 September 19, James Harbeck, “The language the government tried to suppress”, in BBC

Forms of pek chek

comparativemore pek chek
superlativemost pek chek

Origin of pek chek

From Hokkien 迫促 (pek-chhek).

Questions about pek chek

What does pek chek mean?
Pek chek means frustrated, exasperated, fed up.
What part of speech is pek chek?
Pek chek is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pek chek?
Pek chek is pronounced [ˈpek̚˦ ˌt͡sʰek̚˧˨] (Singapore).

Words near pek chek in the dictionary

  1. pejorize
  2. pejorized
  3. pejorizes
  4. pejorizing
  5. pejvakin
  6. pek chek
  7. Pekala
  8. Pekalas
  9. Pekalongan
  10. Pekalski
  11. Pekalskis

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