English Explanatory Dictionary

jialat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Sapping one’s strength; tiresome.
Terrible, disastrous; (of a person) affected by difficulties, in a dire situation.

Pronunciation

/ˌt͡s˭jɑːˈlʌt/ /ˌt͡ʃj-/ [ˌt͡s˭ja(ː)˨ˈlat̚˦] [ˌt͡ɕ˭j-]

Word forms

jialat more jialat most jialat chialat

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 食力 (chia̍h-la̍t, “to be exhausting”), with spelling influenced by Mandarin Pinyin.

Related words

jiak kentang ho kua bo ho jiak

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