Crazy in Penang Hokkien
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Penang Hokkien has a rich repertoire of words to mean crazy. Here's a list of them. All of these can be used as interjections, though each may have its own, more precise meaning, which you can look up in the Penang Hokkien Dictionary.
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- ciak3 cho1 iok1 [tsiak-tsho-iok]
Literally: taken the wrong medicine - ciak3 mm33 tiok3 iok1 [tsiak-m-tioʔ-ioʔ] Literally: taken the wrong medicine
- khi1hong1 [khi-hɔŋ] Literally: goes upwind
- khong3kham4 [khɔŋ-kham] Crazy
- loh1mor3 [lo-mɔ] Demented
- mor3sin2 [mɔ-sin] Mad
- sam3pat3 [sam-pat] Literally: three eighth
- siau4 [siau] Crazy
- snar3 su3ku4 [sã-su-ku] Literally: three quarters
- sort1 [sɔt] Crazy
- sort1-sort1tay2 [sɔt-sɔt-te] Crazy
- teng3ngah1gi2 [təŋ-ŋa-gi] Literally: half crazy (from Malay "setengah gila"
- thau3hong1 [thau-hɔŋ] Literally: wind in head
- ting3tong1 [tiŋ-tɔŋ] Crazy
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