Most frequently used hokkien word among young and old. Hold on a sec. What does it mean actually. Well, lets go on a quest to find the truth to the meaning of the word... "Nabeh".
To the Chinese, nabeh would simply mean, shit, fuck, damn, etc. used mainly to further express unhappyness, dissatisfaction, disappointment, anger, etc. Normal English phrase like"Excuse me can you give better aim when you pee next time?" would be translated to "Nabeh lah, you anyhow spray your urine, your equipment is a hose not a sprinkler leh." in Singlish which is widely known to be broken English with a mix of hokkien.
Nabeh to chinese may not be a good word, especially when you talk to girls but it ain't the same for other races. Look what i have found.
Nabeh (First Name Origin and Meaning)
Origin: Arabic
Meaning: Noble. Outstanding.
Gender: Male
Source
Comments: Wow.. i can make phrases like "kau ni memang nabeh"(you really are nabeh) to my malay pals and they'll feel proud about it or you can go places like Egypt or Lebanon and starts calling people nabeh, and they'll smile back at you and probably give you the thumbs up signal.
So its common to get nabeh restaurants, nabeh hotels and also ppl with the word nabeh in their names if you run a search through the web.
So there is no right or wrong in the use of the word. Just that you'll get different treatment when using it on different people of a different ethnic.
Please drop me a comment should you have other info about the meaning of the word.
7 comments:
You have the size of a pea brain which is beyond your intelligence to interprete the Arabic word of نبي . And with your insensitiveness towards the feeling of Muslims, you compare the word Nabeh, your Hokkien profanity, to the arabic word that which is used to refer to Prophets like Jesus, Abraham and Muhammad. In order to enlighten your stupidity and ignorance, the closest pronunciation and is Nabee or Nabi. It's not Nabey or Nabehh there's no h.
To justify your claim saying it means noble just so that you can curse, it's pathetic and lame.
I read the post again and again and didn't find the occurence of the word نبي
Now who is ignorant?
you can't enlighten someone's stupidity and ignorance, dumb Muslim fuck
no matter wat ever you do an offended muslim will appear..best part is a malay that thinks he/she is an arab ....retards
:) stumbled on this in my attempt to learn more about Hokkien cusswords.
نبیح (note the spelling - nun-ba-ya-ha) is pronounced as Nabeh - and it does mean noble, not just in Arabic but also in languages that borrow from Arabic such as Urdu. It's also a boy's name.
It's very different from Nabi, which means Prophet (originally a person of high standing). A little Googling would've helped diffuse so much anger.
Wow! One shitty Muslime! lol
Lmao offended muslim is a nabeh muslim 👍
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