Meanings
adjectivehiam (comparative more hiam, superlative most hiam)
comparative more hiam · superlative most hiam
- Singaporecolloquialhot and spicy.
At best, it was just so-so – nothing like what we would cook for ourselves at home. It was not “hiam” enough probably from the lack of ginger or ginger juice and there was insufficient wine.
2011 Aug, “STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!”, in suituapui.wordpress.com, retrieved 12 Aug 2016
Origin
Borrowed from Hokkien 薟／莶 (hiam, “spicy”).
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APA
hiam. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiam
MLA
“hiam.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiam. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hiam,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hiam.
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