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- Kiasu (simplified Chinese: 惊输; traditional Chinese: 驚輸; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-su) is a term derived from the Hokkien “kia” meaning afraid and “su” meaning...
- Lau (刘夏宗) is a Singaporean artist famous for his iconic comic series Mr Kiasu. Since the 1990s, Lau has been appointed creative director or co-producer...
- measures to avoid risk and Kiasu or Kiasu-ism means to take extreme means to achieve success. Kiasi is not as po****r as kiasu, but is widely used by Hokkien-speaking...
- Retrieved 2022-01-16. "We don't treat audiences like they're stupid: Mr Kiasu 2.0 star Jaspers Lai on the 'dark' humour in this beloved local comedy series"...
- Singaporeans had already named their own version, "kiasu". Taken from the Chinese dialect Hokkien, kiasu translates to a fear of losing out but also encomp****es...
- Chacko was Sabo Singh in Singapore for all three seasons of sitcom Mr Kiasu (2002): nominated for Best Comedy, Asian Television Awards and pla**** the...
- 2015). "Kiasu is Oxford English Dictionary's Word of the Day: Other Singlish words in the OED". The Straits Times. Retrieved 9 December 2024. "kiasu, n. &...
- including wah, sabo, lepak, shiok and hawker centre. On 11 February 2015, kiasu was chosen as OED's Word of the Day. Singlish vocabulary formally takes...
- James Chin, "The 2015 Singapore Swing: Depoliticised Polity and the Kiasi/Kiasu Voter" Archived 6 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. The Round Table, Vol...
- language code "ks") Kernowek Standard, an orthography for Revived Cornish Kiasu, Hokkien (a Chinese spoken variant) word for 'extreme fear of losing' (怕输)...