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sibo

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Singapore/siː˨ boː˨˦/

sibo interjection: an expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so?

Interjection

  1. (Singapore, informal) An expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so?
    • u dun understand english sibo?2009 December 29, GMAudition, “Gamerz Planet”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)
    • Ka ni na, ask stupid question sibo?2010 September 26, Ang Shi Na, “Sheena’s101”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Noun (1) capitalized: SIBO

SIBO

  1. (abbreviation, acronym) Acronym of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth.

Noun (2) capitalized: Sibo

Sibo pl (plural only)

  1. (alternative, plural, plural-only) Alternative form of Sibe (“a Tungusic people living mostly in Xinjiang, Jilin (bordering North Korea) and Shenyang in Liaoning, China”)

Origin of sibo

Derived from Hokkien 是無／是无 (sī-bô, “is not”).

Questions about sibo

What does sibo mean?
Sibo means an expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so?
What part of speech is sibo?
Sibo can be an interjection or a noun.
How do you pronounce sibo?
Sibo is pronounced /siː˨ boː˨˦/ (Singapore).

Words near sibo in the dictionary

  1. sibmate
  2. sibmated
  3. sibmates
  4. sibmating
  5. sibness
  6. sibo
  7. Siboga
  8. siboglinid
  9. siboglinids
  10. siboglonid
  11. Sibolga

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sibo (page history and authors); SIBO (page history and authors); Sibo (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.

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