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单词 Ah Beng
释义

Ah Beng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿明 (a-bêng), which is a common Chinese male name.

Noun

Ah Beng (plural Ah Bengs)

  1. (Singapore, derogatory) A young Chinese man in Singapore, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.
    • 2012 April 15, Neil Humphreys, “From Cool Dude to Sad Old Man”, in The New Paper, page 34:
      Among the ah bengs and ah lians, the mats and the minahs, the young expats and the backpackers, he stood out like a dozen guys on a male-only dance floor singing Dancing Queen (I'll never forgive Blur for ruining my 21st birthday).
  • Ah Seng
  • Ah Lian (female equivalent)
  • Ah Huay (female equivalent)

Anagrams

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