Meaning of sia | Babel Free

Definitions

Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.

Manglish, Singlish

Examples

“— If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?”

“[…] Really disappointed siah […] The damage is done and no explanation will be accepted...... damn stupid!”

“Wah. Really damn shag [exhausting] sia, everyday. But I'm really glad to be able to contribute😄”

“As soon as the sentence was handed down, I saw my Mum crying. I was given 5 minutes to talk to them and after that, I thought to myself what the fuck am I going to do sia! […]”

“And we fucking panic sia. We kept saying, "No no no!" And they kept shouting […]”

CEFR level