Meaning of tapao | Babel Free

Definitions

To order (food) as takeaway; to pack food so it can be consumed elsewhere.

Malaysia, Manglish, Singapore, Singlish, ambitransitive, invariable

Examples

“Recently, my friend ‘tapao’ (packed) 20 packets of kolo mee before she flew back to Kuala Lumpur.”

“"People don't want to go eat out every day, and whenever you tapao home it's usually from a hawker centre.”

“"My celebration begins after 11pm on the eve of CNY. After service, I tapao some yu sheng and pen cai, and try to get home before midnight.”

““Why does it happen?”,[…]and “What the Hell should I eat now?!” were some of the questions we pondered on while driving ourselves to the nearest restaurant to (physically) tapao our food… in the rain… while it was all jammed up.”

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