Meaning

1 senses

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, informal)Be quiet.

Origin

Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as

Unadapted borrowing from Malay diam. For some Chinese speakers, this word is reanalysed as a loan from Hokkien 恬 (tiām, “silent”) or Teochew 恬 (diam⁷, “silent”).

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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diam — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto