The story
- Hokkien · borrowed from哭爸“to cry as if one has lost their father”
- English todaykaopeh
From Hokkien 哭爸 (khàu-pē, “to cry as if one has lost their father”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kaopeh
Today it means: To confront. Full definition →
Hokkien 哭爸