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What does “jiak liao bee” mean?

Jiak liao bee in the Singlish dictionary: what it means, where it comes from and how it’s said.

jiak liao bee

phraseHokkien

Someone who eats but does no work: a freeloader, a slacker.

“The whole project I do, he jiak liao bee.”

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What does “jiak liao bee” mean in Singlish?

Someone who eats but does no work: a freeloader, a slacker. It’s a phrase.

Where does “jiak liao bee” come from?

From Hokkien. Other Singlish words from Hokkien include hor, hosay, huat and jiak.

How do you use “jiak liao bee” in a sentence?

“The whole project I do, he jiak liao bee.”

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