Speakur

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pai kia

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English

Syllables
pai kia
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

gangster; hooligan

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 歹囝 (pháiⁿ-kiáⁿ).

Questions

What does pai kia mean?
gangster; hooligan
Where does pai kia come from?
Borrowed from Hokkien 歹囝 (pháiⁿ-kiáⁿ).

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