Ah Beng

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan 阿炳.

Noun

Ah Beng (plural Ah Bengs)

1. (derogatory) A young Chinese man in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.

Related terms

• Ah Lian (female equivalent)

Anagrams

• behang