Ah Huay

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 阿花 (a-hoe).

Noun

Ah Huay (plural Ah Huays)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, derogatory) A young Chinese woman in Southeast Asia, particularly Singapore and Malaysia, associated with a stereotype of having little education or sophistication and operating within secret societies and street gangs.

See also

Terms derived from Hokkien 阿 (a, “stereotyping prefix”)
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