Etymology

sibo

S1I1B3O1

Today it means: An expression of disbelief, equivalent to Is it so? Full definition →

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Derived from Hokkien 是無/是无 (sī-bô, “is not”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.