lao sai

English

Etymology

From Hokkien 落屎 (làu-sái).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈlaʊ˦˨ ˈsaɪ˦˨]

Verb

lao sai (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Singapore, Singlish, intransitive) To have diarrhoea.
   • 2012, Oolong Cha, soc.culture.singapore‎^[1] (Usenet):

     It is like going to a place with no 'jamban' [toilet] but you have to 'lao sai'.

   • 2012, Alfian Sa'at, “The Stall Next Door”, in Cooling-Off Day, Singapore: Ethos Books, →ISBN, page 96:

     But they have no track record! […] How you know their food is clean or not? Wait you eat already lao sai eh?

Noun

lao sai (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, Singapore, Singlish) Diarrhoea.