英和和英

語源

Unadapted borrowing from Malay leceh.

発音

• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈleɪ.t͡ʃeɪ/, [ˈleː˧.t͡ʃeː˦]

形容詞

leceh (comparative more leceh, superlative most leceh)

1. (Singapore, Singlish) Troublesome

   Synonyms: (Singlish) ma fan, lor sor, susah

   • 1978 October 4, Mohamed Shariff, The Straits Times, page 7:

     Some of the hawkers are not very cooperative. When it comes to paying the salary, they find it ‘leceh’ (troublesome).

   • 1987 February 28, Tan Sai Siong, The Straits Times, page 21:

     [A friend] was puzzled as to why the [Central Provident Fund] Board with its marvellous computerised accounting facilities couldn’t design a less lecheh (convoluted, troublesome) way of dealing with savers who already have enough to take care of rainy flat-on-their-back days.

   • 2014, Jolene Tan, A Certain Exposure, Epigram Books, →ISBN:

     Thank you ah, Mabel. But I think now don’t need already lah, make you come all the way to Braddell so leceh.