chialat

C3H4I1A1L1A1T1

A form of jialat — Sapping one’s strength; tiresome.

OriginHokkien 食力 →
Scrabble 12
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivechialat (comparative more chialat, superlative most chialat)

comparative more chialat · superlative most chialat

  1. MalaysiaSingaporealternativecolloquialAlternative form of jialat.

Origin

  1. Hokkien食力“to be exhausting”
  2. Englishchialat

Borrowed from Hokkien 食力 (chia̍h-la̍t, “to be exhausting”).

More words from Hokkien

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

chialat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chialat

MLA

“chialat.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chialat. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chialat,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chialat.

Source: chialat on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.