tio bo
(Singlish) Right?, is that right?
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(Singlish) Right?, is that right? ().
You can drive tio bo?
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Tag question meaning "the best, isn't it?" or "best, right?". A compound of English "best" plus the Hokkien tag "tio bo" (是否 / 著無 — literally "right or not"). Tacked onto the end of a statement to invite agreement, just like English "isn't it?" or "right?". Common in Penang and across Malaysia. Examples: "This char kway teow best tio bo?" "Got aircon, got wifi, best tio bo?" Captures the bilingual code-switching style of Malaysian English perfectly — an English adjective bolted onto a Hokkien grammatical tag.
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(Singapore, colloquial) Boring.
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(Singapore, Singlish) , not caring about something, unbothered.
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(Singapore, informal) An expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so?.