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kan cheong

kan cheong

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English

Etymology

From Singaporean Hokkien 緊張／紧张 (kán-chiong, “nervous; stressed”), from Cantonese 緊張／紧张 (gan² zoeng¹).

Pronunciation

(Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˌkän˧ ˈt͡ʃjɔŋ˦], [- ˈt͡ɕj-]

Adjective

kan cheong (comparative more kan cheong, superlative most kan cheong)

(Singlish, Manglish) Nervous, anxious, keyed up
- 2002 August 13, Michelle Ho, quoting Diana Liaw, The Straits Times, Singapore, page L8:
  I was so ‘kancheong’ (Cantonese for worried) about his tests that I woke him up at 5:30 am to remind him not to make mistakes.
- 2008 November 2, Colin Goh, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 14:
  I wasn’t always this kan cheong about elections.
- 2004, The Void Deck, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
  […] they will just become more kan cheong and think that all the mata and SCDF kena nuked or something […]

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