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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 落氣/落气 (làu-khùi, “to lose face”).
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Adjective[edit]
lau kui (comparative more lau kui, superlative most lau kui)
- (colloquial, Singapore) Embarrassing, shameful
2004, Bukit Ho Sweerean, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):You think you are going for a vacation izzit? No wonder our athletes thought like this and we lost miserably. So lau kui.
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