食kentang

Chinese

		eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (食kentang)		食	kentang
simp. #(食kentang)		食	kentang
alternative forms		食kantang
Literally: “to eat potatoes”.

Verb

食kentang

1. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, of a person) to be westernized; to not speak any Chinese (of an ethnic Chinese)
   • (Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人”‎^[1]performed by 牛馬丁:

     看人食西餐　學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
     看人食西餐　学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Descendants

• → English: jiak kentang

See also

• 蕳砃／𫈉砃 (“potato”)
• English: banana