kiasu

Afraid of "losing out" to other people.

These parents are so kiasu! School hasn't started yet for their Primary One children and they're already buying tons of assessment books.

kiasu by Dissipate April 4, 2004

kiasu

scared lose

Wah one time take so much!
Don't so kiasu can or not!

kiasu by ---- March 3, 2003

kiasu

being greedy.. very very greedy...

E.g in a buffet restaurant
wa.. u so kiasu for what? one shot take 5 plates.. can finish or not?

kiasu by Tristan Legolas September 10, 2004

Kiasu

FOMO 2.0, which is about unhealthy or selfish fear and insufficiency. A Hokkien word for the oft-irrational fear of not getting enough or of losing out to others.

Members of the public in Singapore had to wait until February to get hold of the 2021 primary one math textbooks and workbooks, which is based on the new MOE syllabus, because a number of kiasu tuition center owners had called the bookstores in December to reserve dozens of these new titles, leaving zero copies for those who couldn’t buy them from school bookshops.

Kiasu by MathPlus February 28, 2021

Singaporeans Are Kiasu, Malaysians Are Kiasi

The sociological equivalent of “Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid”—the unspoken observation about two neighboring frenemies, who are afraid of losing out and who are afraid of dying.

The foreign publisher is consulting its lawyers on whether the Singapore government might ban the sale of “Singaporeans Are Kiasu, Malaysians Are Kiasi,” which pokes fun at the idiocies and idiosyncrasies of Singaporeans and Malaysians.

Singaporeans Are Kiasu, Malaysians Are Kiasi by MathPlus June 22, 2018

Niaoji kiasu 

(of a person) having a grasping or selfish attitude arising from a fear of missing out on something.

Weijian is Niaoji Kiasu, he has no life.

Niaoji kiasu by sir john ligma July 12, 2021

Ichiban Kasuga 

Ichiban Kasuga (春日 一番, Kasuga Ichiban) is the main protagonist of the Yakuza series from Yakuza: Like a Dragon onward, as well as the main protagonist of The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga: Part 1 in Ryu ga Gotoku Online.

Described as having been born with "nothing but physical strength," Kasuga has a balanced muscular build that gives him the opportunity to be proficient at a variety of fighting styles.

The dragonfish tattoo on his back earned him the nickname "The Rock-Bottom Dragon" (どん底の龍, Donzoko no Ryū

Ichiban Kasuga is so badass with his

Heroes Bat,maroon suit and his motley crew .

Ichiban Kasuga by Blu_leef June 2, 2021