食kentang

Chinese
 
eat; food; to feed
eat; food; to feed; animal feed
trad. (食kentang) 食 kentang
simp. #(食kentang) 食 kentang
alternative forms 食kantang
Literally: “to eat potatoes”.

Verb

食kentang

  1. (Malaysia and Singapore Min Nan, of a person) to be westernized; to not speak any Chinese (of an ethnic Chinese)
    看人食西餐　學人食干冬 [Teochew, trad.]
    看人食西餐　学人食干冬 [Teochew, simp.]
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • (Can we date this quote?), “阿兄唐山人”‎performed by 牛馬丁:

Descendants
  • → English: jiak kentang

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