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Kiasu

Hokkien (a Chinese spoken variant) word for 'extreme fear of losing'
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Kiasu

Summary

Kiasu is a Singlish vocabulary[1]. Kiasu draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (singlish_vocabulary category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kiasu's instance of is recorded as Singlish vocabulary[3].
  • Kiasu's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/045g11[4].
  • Kiasu's different from is recorded as Kiasi[5].

Why It Matters

Kiasu draws 88 Wikipedia views per month (singlish_vocabulary category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] Kiasu has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Kiasu. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/kiasu
MLA “Kiasu.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/kiasu.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_kiasu_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Kiasu}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/kiasu}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Kiasu — https://4ort.xyz/entity/kiasu (retrieved 2026-05-03)

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