Etymology

ah pui

Today it means: fatty (a fat person) Full definition →

Hokkien 阿肥
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  1. Hokkien · borrowed from阿肥
  2. English todayah pui

From Hokkien 阿肥 (a-pûi), from 阿 (a, “particle placed before names to express familiarity”) + 肥 (pûi, “fat”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.