kan cheong

English

Etymology

From Singaporean Hokkien 緊張／紧张 (kán-chiong, “nervous; stressed”), from Cantonese 緊張／紧张 (gan2 zoeng1).

Pronunciation
  • (Singapore) IPA(key): [ˌkän˧ ˈt͡ʃjɔŋ˦], [- ˈt͡ɕj-]

Adjective

kan cheong (comparative more kan cheong, superlative most kan cheong)

  1. (Singlish, Manglish) Nervous, anxious, keyed up
    • 2002 August 13, Michelle Ho, quoting Diana Liaw, The Straits Times, Singapore, page L8:
      I was so ‘kancheong’ (Cantonese for worried) about his tests that I woke him up at 5:30 am to remind him not to make mistakes.
    • 2008 November 2, Colin Goh, The Sunday Times, Singapore, page 14:
      I wasn’t always this kan cheong about elections.
    • 2004, The Void Deck, soc.culture.singapore (Usenet):
      […] they will just become more kan cheong and think that all the mata and SCDF kena nuked or something […]
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