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Meaning of geh kiang | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2

/[k˭e˨˦ kʰjaŋ˨˩]/

Definitions

Overconfident and pretending to be clever.

Singapore, Singlish

Examples

“[O]ne never knows how such unsolicited advice might be taken. The owner might just ask me not to be too ‘keh khiang’ (clever by half) and to mind my own business, just as he was so successfully minding his.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

geic geisothermal geitonogamous Gekkoesque gekkonine gelable