hor
Looks for agreement (“right?”), or flags a warning or a telling-off.
“You hor, always late. Tomorrow must come early hor.”
Search the dictionary · ← ho jiak · hosay →
Hor in the Singlish dictionary: what it means, where it comes from and how it’s said.
Looks for agreement (“right?”), or flags a warning or a telling-off.
“You hor, always late. Tomorrow must come early hor.”
Search the dictionary · ← ho jiak · hosay →
Looks for agreement (“right?”), or flags a warning or a telling-off. It’s a particle, said at the end of a sentence for its tone more than its meaning.
From Hokkien. Other Singlish words from Hokkien include gong, haolian, heng and ho jiak.
“You hor, always late. Tomorrow must come early hor.”
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