HAN NA!: (somehow...I thought of Ah Pat using this phrase a few times...hmm..)
(hahn- nah)Local exclamation meaning "Enough already!", often said in exasperation.Beng: "You know hor.. your shirt berry ugly leh..."Seng: "HAN NA!!!"
HANTAM:
(hun-tahm)A Malay word meaning to beat or hit."Don't go and disturb him while he so busy. He sure hantam you one."
HEONG(hyong):
Hokkien for "strong" or "fierce"."Wah lau, his B.O. is damn heong."
EH SAI/EH SAI BO?:
Hokkien phrase meaning, "Is it possible?", or as it's locally anglicized, "Can or not?"Beng: "Eh, lend me your car, eh sai bo?"Seng: "Eh saaaaaiiii!" (Of couuuuurse!)
KIA SI LANG(kee-ah see lahng):
A Hokkien term which could be translated as either "to scare even the dead" or "to scare people to death". Either way, it is used when one has been given a fright."Why your make up like that one? Kia si lang!"
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