"bo chup" meaning in English

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          "text": "1991, Tan Ooi Boon, The Straits Times, 15 April\np. 17 I guess many people will just act bo chap (don’t care). Nobody wants to confront a criminal and get into trouble."
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        {
          "text": "1994, C.S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story\np. 127 People simply bo chap their looks in what was, after all, an all-male working domain.\np. 135 bo chap. Simply don’t care."
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          "text": "2000, Leong Liew Geok, “Forever Singlish” in Women without Men\np. 130 No class Singlish here to stay, / No big shot can have his way / With how people talk, what people say. / Rules are rules: our bo chap mouth refuse / To listen, follow or to choose!"
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          "text": "2000, Clarissa Oon (quoting Jeffrey Tan), The Straits Times (Life!), 23 September\np. 5 When you ask for feedback, there is a certain bo-chap-ness (apathy)."
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          "text": "2000, Jessica Tan, The Straits Times (Life!), 29 December\np. 8 Desperately in need of a makeover, these two not-so-gorgeous but talented damsels definitely bag the most bochap (can’t be bothered, in Hokkien) look prize."
        },
        {
          "text": "2003, The Straits Times, 17 October\nH6 [A] recent Gallup poll.. found that many workers here have a bo chap (don’t care) attitude towards work."
        },
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          "text": "2004 Dharmendra Yadav (quoting Goh Chok Tong), Today, 19 May\np. 3 In March, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong reflected about the ‘bo-chap’ (can’t be bothered) attitude of young Singaporeans."
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          "text": "2005 Sue-Ann Chia, The Straits Times, 11 March\nH9 Companies that are “boh chap” about safety face stiffer penalties."
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          "text": "2006 Elgin Teo (quoting He Shuwei), The Sunday Times, 30 July\np. 10–11 ‘Bochap’? Not us, say teens [title].. [A]re Singaporean youths really so “bochap” (indifferent in Hokkien)? .. “We are not ‘bochap’. We are aware of issues concerning Singapore’s progress; it’s just that there’s nothing we can actually do at this stage,” opines Shuwei."
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        "indifferent; not caring about something; unbothered."
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        "(Singapore, informal) indifferent; not caring about something; unbothered."
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        {
          "word": "bo chap"
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        {
          "word": "bochup"
        },
        {
          "word": "bo-chup"
        },
        {
          "word": "bo-chap"
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        {
          "word": "bochap"
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        {
          "word": "boh chap"
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      "ipa": "/bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰap̚³²/",
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      "ipa": "[bo˨ t͡sʰap̚˧]",
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        "Singapore"
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        },
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          "text": "2000, Leong Liew Geok, “Forever Singlish” in Women without Men\np. 130 No class Singlish here to stay, / No big shot can have his way / With how people talk, what people say. / Rules are rules: our bo chap mouth refuse / To listen, follow or to choose!"
        },
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          "text": "2000, Clarissa Oon (quoting Jeffrey Tan), The Straits Times (Life!), 23 September\np. 5 When you ask for feedback, there is a certain bo-chap-ness (apathy)."
        },
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          "text": "2000, Jessica Tan, The Straits Times (Life!), 29 December\np. 8 Desperately in need of a makeover, these two not-so-gorgeous but talented damsels definitely bag the most bochap (can’t be bothered, in Hokkien) look prize."
        },
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          "text": "2003, The Straits Times, 17 October\nH6 [A] recent Gallup poll.. found that many workers here have a bo chap (don’t care) attitude towards work."
        },
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          "text": "2004 Dharmendra Yadav (quoting Goh Chok Tong), Today, 19 May\np. 3 In March, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong reflected about the ‘bo-chap’ (can’t be bothered) attitude of young Singaporeans."
        },
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          "text": "2005 Sue-Ann Chia, The Straits Times, 11 March\nH9 Companies that are “boh chap” about safety face stiffer penalties."
        },
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          "text": "2006 Elgin Teo (quoting He Shuwei), The Sunday Times, 30 July\np. 10–11 ‘Bochap’? Not us, say teens [title].. [A]re Singaporean youths really so “bochap” (indifferent in Hokkien)? .. “We are not ‘bochap’. We are aware of issues concerning Singapore’s progress; it’s just that there’s nothing we can actually do at this stage,” opines Shuwei."
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    {
      "word": "bo chap"
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    {
      "word": "bochup"
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      "word": "bo-chap"
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