Meaning of bo chup | Babel Free

Definitions

Indifferent, not caring about something, unbothered.

Singapore, Singlish

Examples

“p. 17 I guess many people will just act bo chap (don’t care). Nobody wants to confront a criminal and get into trouble.”

“p. 127 People simply bo chap their looks in what was, after all, an all-male working domain. p. 135 bo chap. Simply don’t care.”

“p. 130 No class Singlish here to stay, / No big shot can have his way / With how people talk, what people say. / Rules are rules: our bo chap mouth refuse / To listen, follow or to choose!”

“2000, Clarissa Oon (quoting Jeffrey Tan), The Straits Times (Life!), 23 September p. 5 When you ask for feedback, there is a certain bo-chap-ness (apathy).”

“2000, Jessica Tan, The Straits Times (Life!), 29 December p. 8 Desperately in need of a makeover, these two not-so-gorgeous but talented damsels definitely bag the most bochap (can’t be bothered, in Hokkien) look prize.”

“H6 [A] recent Gallup poll.. found that many workers here have a bo chap (don’t care) attitude towards work.”

“2004 Dharmendra Yadav (quoting Goh Chok Tong), Today, 19 May p. 3 In March, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong reflected about the ‘bo-chap’ (can’t be bothered) attitude of young Singaporeans.”

“H9 Companies that are “boh chap” about safety face stiffer penalties.”

“2006 Elgin Teo (quoting He Shuwei), The Sunday Times, 30 July p. 10–11 ‘Bochap’? Not us, say teens [title].. [A]re Singaporean youths really so “bochap” (indifferent in Hokkien)? .. “We are not ‘bochap’. We are aware of issues concerning Singapore’s progress; it’s just that there’s nothing we can actually do at this stage,” opines Shuwei.”

CEFR level