Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ah pui

/ˌɑː(˨)ˈpui(˨˦)/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: ah pui
IPA: /ˌɑː(˨)ˈpui(˨˦)/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

fatty (a fat person)

Derogatory; Informal

Example Sentences

"The comic duo [Wang Sha and Ye Feng] were Singapore’s own Laurel and Hardy, and their Ah Pui and Ah San (The Fat and the Thin) show was enjoyed by young and old alike."
"Melinda, diagnosed with anorexia and bulimia, remembered her uncle and aunt calling her “Ah Pui”- meaning “stupid, fat girl”."
"She treated the cries of “Ah pui ah!” and “Fatty bombom!” as cosmic background radiation, and learned to drift quietly into sharp imaginings when her classmates babbled in the impassably alien tones of Mandarin as though she was not there."
"Lim was also called Ah Pui ("fatty" in Hokkien) by his friends, encouraging him to do something about how others perceived him."

Etymology

From Hokkien 阿肥 (a-pûi), from 阿 (a, “particle placed before names to express familiarity”) + 肥 (pûi, “fat”).

Word Breakdown

Root: 阿肥

Usage

Inflected Forms

ah puis (plural)

Phrases

Ah Beng Ah Huay ah kua Ah Lian Ah Long Ah Seng Ah Tiong

Frequently Paired Words

Ah Beng Ah Huay ah kua Ah Lian Ah Long Ah Seng Ah Tiong

Questions

How do you pronounce ah pui?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɑː(˨)ˈpui(˨˦)/.
What does ah pui mean?: fatty (a fat person)
Where does ah pui come from?: From Hokkien 阿肥 (a-pûi), from 阿 (a, “particle placed before names to express familiarity”) + 肥 (pûi, “fat”).

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