Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leceh

/ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leceh
IPA: /ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Some of the hawkers are not very cooperative. When it comes to paying the salary, they find it ‘leceh’ (troublesome)."
"[A friend] was puzzled as to why the [Central Provident Fund] Board with its marvellous computerised accounting facilities couldn’t design a less lecheh (convoluted, troublesome) way of dealing with savers who already have enough to take care of rainy flat-on-their-back days."
"Thank you ah, Mabel. But I think now don’t need already lah, make you come all the way to Braddell so leceh."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Malay leceh.

Inflected Forms

more leceh (comparative) most leceh (superlative) leh chey (alternative) lecheh (alternative)

Synonyms

ma fan lor sor susah

Questions

How do you pronounce leceh?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/.
What does leceh mean?: Troublesome
Where does leceh come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Malay leceh.

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