kan cheong/kahn cheong,kɑn tʃiːɒŋ/a.[Cant.紧kanurgent, in haste, pressing, important +张cheungto bend a bow; to extend, to stretch; to open (Eitel); Mand.jĭnzhāngnervous, keyed up; tense, intense, strained:jĭnurgent, pressing, tense +zhāngopen, spread, stretch; magnify, exaggerate (Chi.–Eng. Dict.)] Alsokancheong. 1Nervous, keyed up. 2Tense, intense, strained.
• 2002Michelle Ho(quotingDiana Liaw)The Straits Times(Life!), 13 August, L8 I was so 'kancheong' (Cantonese for worried) about his tests that I woke him up at 5:30 am to remind him not to make mistakes.
• 2004Colin GohThe Sunday Times(LifeStyle), 3 October, L16 [T]he Wife was unusually late one night coming home from class, and I was getting increasingly kan cheong..
• 2006Colin GohThe Sunday Times(LifeStyle), 1 January, L12 Of course, when we mentioned to Singaporean friends and relatives that we were planning on doing this, they got all kan cheong.
• 2008Colin GohThe Sunday Times(LifeStyle), 2 November, 14 I wasn't always this kan cheong about elections.
Comb.:kan cheong spidern. & a.[Eng.] An.A person with a nervous disposition, one who is easily flustered. Ba.Kan cheong.
• A2003Jane Lee(quotingSeto Lek Keong)The Straits Times(Home), 20 October, H4 'My platoon mates call me "kan cheongspider",' – a term used to describe someone who is nervous – he says, grinning as he relates his daily fumbling at roll call that inspired the Singlish monicker.
• B2000Tan Shzr Eee(quotingHuang Lie Chuan)The Sunday Times(Sunday Plus), 10 December, P2 'Before that, I was using Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee [for my mobile telephone ringing tone] – my friends called it thekancheongspider tune. ..'Kancheongis Cantonese for anxious.
KAN CHEONG (kahn chee-ong) A Cantonese and Hokkien term meaning nervous, harried or uptight. "Your exam in June, now only March, you kan-cheong for what?" (The exam's in June and now it's only March. What are you getting so nervous about?"
KAN CHEONGSPIDER/KAN CHEONGPI SAI (Contributed by Wendy Tan) Terms used to describe someone who'skan cheong. "Pi sai" is Hokkien for "nose booger". Can be abbreviated to omit the "kan". 1. "Aiyah, ask him to do this for what? You know he's a bloody kan cheong spider." 2. "Eh, relac can or not? You so kan cheong pi sai for what?" 3. "Wah lau, hurry, hurry, hurry for what? Super cheong spider."
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