bo chupとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Hokkien 無插／无插 (bô-chhap, “indifferent; to not care about”).

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /bo²⁴⁻²¹ t͡sʰap̚³²/, [bo˨ t͡sʰap̚˧]

形容詞

bo chup (comparative more bo chup, superlative most bo chup)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Indifferent, not caring about something, unbothered.
   • 1991 April 15, Tan Ooi Boon, The Straits Times:

     p. 17 I guess many people will just act bo chap (don’t care). Nobody wants to confront a criminal and get into trouble.

   • 1994, C.S. Chong, NS: An Air-Level Story:

     p. 127 People simply bo chap their looks in what was, after all, an all-male working domain.
     p. 135 bo chap. Simply don’t care.

   • 2000, Leong Liew Geok, “Forever Singlish”, in Women without Men:

     p. 130 No class Singlish here to stay, / No big shot can have his way / With how people talk, what people say. / Rules are rules: our bo chap mouth refuse / To listen, follow or to choose!

   • 2000, Clarissa Oon (quoting Jeffrey Tan), The Straits Times (Life!), 23 September

     p. 5 When you ask for feedback, there is a certain bo-chap-ness (apathy).

   • 2000, Jessica Tan, The Straits Times (Life!), 29 December

     p. 8 Desperately in need of a makeover, these two not-so-gorgeous but talented damsels definitely bag the most bochap (can’t be bothered, in Hokkien) look prize.

   • 2003 October 17, The Straits Times:

     H6 [A] recent Gallup poll.. found that many workers here have a bo chap (don’t care) attitude towards work.

   • 2004 Dharmendra Yadav (quoting Goh Chok Tong), Today, 19 May

     p. 3 In March, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong reflected about the ‘bo-chap’ (can’t be bothered) attitude of young Singaporeans.

   • 2005 March 11, Sue-Ann Chia, The Straits Times:

     H9 Companies that are “boh chap” about safety face stiffer penalties.

   • 2006 Elgin Teo (quoting He Shuwei), The Sunday Times, 30 July

     p. 10–11 ‘Bochap’? Not us, say teens [title].. [A]re Singaporean youths really so “bochap” (indifferent in Hokkien)? .. “We are not ‘bochap’. We are aware of issues concerning Singapore’s progress; it’s just that there’s nothing we can actually do at this stage,” opines Shuwei.

使用する際の注意点

• While used often in speech, typically attested as italicized or in quotation marks in writing.

参照

• A Dictionary of Singlish and Singapore English (Online), https://web.archive.org/web/20241207093439/http://www.mysmu.edu/faculty/jacklee/singlish_B.htm