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sia.

Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.

3 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

particle/sjɑː˧/Singapore/-˨˧/Singapore/sjɐ/Singapore/sjə/Singapore
  1. Tagged at the end of a sentence to express discontent, shock, surprise, exhaustion or exasperation.

    Manglish · Singlish
    — If you can’t find your pencils, maybe someone stole them. — For what sia?
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Malay sial. The omission of /l/ may have been motivated by Chinese phonology.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.