kiasi
Meanings
adj
- Unwilling to take a risk for fear that something bad or unfavorable will happen; cowardly, overly cautious and risk-averse.
noun
- A kiasi person.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 驚死／惊死 (kiaⁿ-sí, “afraid to die”).
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