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swee swee

swee swee is the emphatic form of swee.

Meaning of swee

Adjective

swee (comparative more swee, superlative most swee, reduplicated swee swee)

  1. (Singlish) Great, neat, nice, excellent (often used as an interjection when something has gone smoothly).
    • When it comes to charity, Irene will make sure everything is ‘swee swee’ (Hokkien for perfect).2011 April 3, Yeoh Wee Teck, quoting Harry Yew, The New Paper, Singapore: Singapore Press Holdings Limited, pages 10–11
  2. (Singlish, rare) Neat and tidy.
  3. (Singlish, rare) Pretty, good-looking.

See all 4 meanings of swee

Origin of swee swee

From Hokkien 媠媠, a reduplication of 媠 (súi, “nice, pretty”).

Questions about swee swee

What is swee swee the emphatic form of?
Swee swee is the emphatic form of swee.

Words near swee swee in the dictionary

  1. Swedophobe
  2. Swedophobes
  3. Swedophone
  4. Swedophones
  5. swee
  6. swee swee
  7. Sweeden
  8. Sweedens
  9. sweedie
  10. Sweedy
  11. Sweek

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