Corporate Hokkien
BUZZ WORDS
The will to lead - ngeh ngeh lai
Pendulum - see suah lai/luan chu lai
Partial inclusion - ai jip buay jip
Self-esteem - lin pay/lin lau hia
Reductionism - kiew kah liau
Expansionism - ju lai ju tua
Problem-centred - kow pay kow boo
Neutralisation - chap siow
Dedicated - pah see buay chow
Single cause thinking - kia tit lor
Part-whole dilemma - cho larng chin kang kor
MANAGEMENT STYLE
Deserter - chiak chua
Missionary - kay po
Autocrat - see pay kwai lan
Compromiser - kia su / si mi mah eh sai
Bureaucrat - see pay ngeau
Developer - mm chai see
Benevolent autocrat - kwai lan
Executive - pao kah liao
VALUES
Theoretical - kay kiang
Economic - tan chiak
Political - hai see larng
Social - hiao
Religious - pak buay see
Aesthetic - chee ko peh
Thrown in for good measure....
Do not give your children these names:
Monica Cheng (in Hokkien) - touching your buttocks
Michael Tan (in Cantonese) - selling eggs
Tommy Huang (in Mandarin) - Tang2 Ming2 Huang2 : Ming Dynasty's emperor
Lucy Liaw (in Hokkien) - You are dead
Judy Soo (in Malay) - Lost in Gamble
Paul Chan (in Mandarin) - bankrupt
Nelson Tan (in Mandarin) - bird laying eggs
Jason Tan (in Mandarin) - bluff people laying eggs
Nelson Chong (in Mandarin) - worms infested bird
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