cheem
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from either Hokkien 深 (chhim, “deep”) or Teochew 深 (cim1, “deep”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
cheem (comparative more cheem, superlative most cheem)
- (Singapore, informal) Deep; profound; complex.
- 2014 June 23, Jonathan Lim, “17 Singlish words that offer so much more than their English equivalents”, in Mothership.SG[3], archived from the original on 25 June 2014:
- You know what’s cheem? Our CPF is cheem.
Further reading[edit]
- Singlish vocabulary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia