Meanings
comparative more kee siao · superlative most kee siao · alternative ki siao
- SingaporecolloquialMad, crazy.
2015, March 7, limteh, Singapore is a big prison…, forum that's why many getting kee siao...http://sgtalk.org/mybb/Thread-Singapore-is-a-big-prison
3 more examples
1999, September 7, Panda on Skates, Singlish Poem, Google Groups Teacher mark your paper also kee siao. http://www.sgexposed.com/2013/02/singapore-sleaze-da-lu-music-lounge.html
"He's a kee siao guy," Ridhuan said. https://books.google.com.sg/books?id=sGZKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT535&dq=kee+siao&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGtIui8PbLAhWEGo4KHVOQA4UQ6AEIGzAA#v=onepage&q=kee%2520siao&f=false
2013, Low Kay Hwa, To Forget You“Wah piang! I’m shocked, are these Japanese kee siao or what?” said Mrs Elaine Ong, a mother of two from Sungei Kadut.
2015 July 7, “Japanese AV industry turns to Singapore to find new male talent”, in The Batty Post, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2016
Origin
From Hokkien 起痟 (khí-siáu, “to go mad”).
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kee siao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kee%20siao
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