jiak kentang
Of a person, to be westernizedOf a person, to be westernized; to have abandoned one's own cultural traditions in favor of a westernized lifestyle.
Meaning
3 senses(Manglish, Singlish, derogatory, idiomatic, invariable, stative)Of a person, to be westernized; to have abandoned one's own cultural traditions in favor of a westernized lifestyle.
(Manglish, Singlish, derogatory, idiomatic, invariable, stative)Of an ethnically Chinese person, to be mostly monolingual in English and unable to speak Chinese well.
(Manglish, Singlish, humorous, invariable, literally, rare)To eat potatoes.
Origin
From Malaysian and Singaporean Hokkien 食kentang or 食蕳砃 /食𫈉砃 (chia̍h kan-tang), from 食 (chFrom Malaysian and Singaporean Hokkien 食kentang or 食蕳砃 /食𫈉砃 (chia̍h kan-tang), from 食 (chia̍h, “to eat”) + Malay kentang (“potatoes”). Historically, the choice of potatoes over rice as a staple food, or its inclusion in one’s diet was seen as a shift towards a more Westernized lifestyle.
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Forms
jiaks kentang, jiaking kentang, jiaked kentang, jiaked kentang| Base form | jiak kentang · to jiak kentang |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | jiaks kentang |
| Present participle | jiaking kentang |
| Past simple | jiaked kentang |
| Past participle | jiaked kentang |
irregular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
See also
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