"swee swee" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Hokkien 媠媠, a reduplication of 媠 (súi, “nice, pretty”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nan-hbl|媠媠}} Hokkien 媠媠, {{glossary|reduplication}} reduplication, {{zh-m|媠|t=nice, pretty|tr=súi}} 媠 (súi, “nice, pretty”) Head templates: {{head|en|adj}} swee swee
  1. (Singlish, predicative) Emphatic form of swee; perfect; neat and tidy. Tags: Singlish, emphatic, form-of, predicative Form of: swee (extra: perfect; neat and tidy)
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