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"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nan",
"2": "怪𡳞",
"lit": "strange dick",
"tr": "koài-lān"
},
"expansion": "怪𡳞 (koài-lān, literally “strange dick”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from Hokkien 怪𡳞 (koài-lān, literally “strange dick”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more guai lan",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most guai lan",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
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"args": {
"nolinkhead": "1"
},
"expansion": "guai lan (comparative more guai lan, superlative most guai lan)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
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"categories": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"kind": "other",
"name": "Singapore English",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1999 May 23, “The Loanshark Look”, in The New Paper, Singapore",
"text": "I'd say it's the \"kwai lan\" (gangster) look.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003 July 21, Z-Bone, “Triple X Carsticker”, in Google Groups",
"text": "you so guai lan for wat",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005 August 3, Joleen Lim, “guai lan”, in Blogspot, archived from the original on 2017-02-02",
"text": "damn guai lan..cannot take it..",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 20, JeevS GOne, “Oppa Guai Lan Style (Oppa Gangnam Style Parady)”, in YouTube",
"text": "Tribute to my “guai lan” friend!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 September 3, The Marijuana Chronicles, Singapore",
"text": "After all these years, the bugger still had the same kwai lan air he had even when he was fifteen.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hard to please or satisfy; irritating, loathsome."
],
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"raw_glosses": [
"(Singapore, informal, colloquial) Hard to please or satisfy; irritating, loathsome."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kwai lan"
}
],
"tags": [
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"colloquial",
"informal"
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],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ lɑn/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/(ˈ)ɡwaɪ ˈlɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"word": "guai lan"
}
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"2": "怪𡳞",
"lit": "strange dick",
"tr": "koài-lān"
},
"expansion": "怪𡳞 (koài-lān, literally “strange dick”)",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from Hokkien 怪𡳞 (koài-lān, literally “strange dick”).",
"forms": [
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"form": "more guai lan",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most guai lan",
"tags": [
"superlative"
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}
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"expansion": "guai lan (comparative more guai lan, superlative most guai lan)",
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English adjectives",
"English colloquialisms",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English informal terms",
"English lemmas",
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"English terms derived from Hokkien",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with quotations",
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"examples": [
{
"ref": "1999 May 23, “The Loanshark Look”, in The New Paper, Singapore",
"text": "I'd say it's the \"kwai lan\" (gangster) look.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2003 July 21, Z-Bone, “Triple X Carsticker”, in Google Groups",
"text": "you so guai lan for wat",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2005 August 3, Joleen Lim, “guai lan”, in Blogspot, archived from the original on 2017-02-02",
"text": "damn guai lan..cannot take it..",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 March 20, JeevS GOne, “Oppa Guai Lan Style (Oppa Gangnam Style Parady)”, in YouTube",
"text": "Tribute to my “guai lan” friend!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2013 September 3, The Marijuana Chronicles, Singapore",
"text": "After all these years, the bugger still had the same kwai lan air he had even when he was fifteen.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Hard to please or satisfy; irritating, loathsome."
],
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"(Singapore, informal, colloquial) Hard to please or satisfy; irritating, loathsome."
],
"tags": [
"Singapore",
"colloquial",
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ lɑn/",
"tags": [
"Singapore"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/(ˈ)ɡwaɪ ˈlɑn/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈkwaɪ-/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kwai lan"
}
],
"word": "guai lan"
}
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