kiasi

Etymology
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Adjective

 * 1)  Unwilling to take a chance for fear that something bad or unfavourable will happen; cowardly.
 * Why are you so kiasi? You won't die from getting a small cut on the finger.
 * If everyone dares to bungee jump, why can't you do the same? Are you kiasi or what?

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:cowardly.

Noun

 * 1)  A kiasi person.

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) amount, measure, quantity
 * 2) price
 * 3)  cartridge
 * 1)  cartridge

Adverb

 * 1) a little, somewhat
 * 2) moderately
 * 3) approximately