Meaning of leng zai | Babel Free

Definitions

good-looking man, pretty boy

Malaysia, Singapore

Examples

“Even hardened gangsters teasingly addressed him as leng zai or 'pretty boy' and told him to marry their daughters so they would have grandchildren as cute as he was.”

“'So, you got talk to the leng zai or not?' 'I talked to all of them. They're all —' But Auntie Fong had only one of them on her mind. 'So that leng zai, you think he's chup or not?' 'Which one ah?' 'The tall one lah! Sound like ang moh.'”

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