sia
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Singapore/sjɑː˧/
sia particle: tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.
Particle
sia
- Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.
- — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them.
— For what sia? - […] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!2004, joshley, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet)
- — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Sia
Sia
- An ancient Egyptian god, the personification of perception.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Sia
Sia
- A surname from Hokkien
Proper noun (3) capitalized: Sia
Sia
- A female given name.
Noun capitalized: SIA
SIA (uncountable)
- Initialism of Social Impact Assessment.
sia meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
sia in Hindi
- सिया
sia in Tamil
- சியா
sia in Marathi
- सिया
sia in Urdu
- سیا, سیہ
More languagesFewer languages
- sia in Bengali
- সিয়া
- sia in Telugu
- సియా
- sia in Malayalam
- സിയാ, സിയ
- sia in Kannada
- ಸಿಯಾ
- sia in Punjabi
- ਸਿਆ, ਸੀਆ
- sia in Gujarati
- સિયા
- sia in Odia
- ସିଆ, ସିଯ଼ା
- sia in Nepali
- सिया
Examples of sia in a sentence
- Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday.2015 May 14, @lawyizhuan, Twitter:
- I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]2020 January 14, Justin Vanderstraaten, quoting Moon, “Drugs, Cash, and Prison. When Does Enough Become Enough?”, in ricemedia.co, archived...
Forms of sia
| Particle | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | siah |
| alternative form | sial |
| alternative form | siol |
| Proper noun | |
| alternative form | Cheah |
| alternative form | Chia |
Origin of sia
Borrowed from Malay sial. The omission of /l/ may have been motivated by Chinese phonology.
Borrowed from Egyptian sjꜣ (“Sia, perception”).
Borrowed from Hokkien 謝 /谢 (Siā).
Questions about sia
- What does sia mean?
- Sia means tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.
- What is sia in Hindi?
- Sia in Hindi is सिया. See Sia meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use sia in a sentence?
- Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday.
- What part of speech is sia?
- Sia can be a particle, a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce sia?
- Sia is pronounced /sjɑː˧/ (Singapore).
Words near sia in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sia (page history and authors); Sia (page history and authors); SIA (page history and authors); sia (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sia (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
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