English

Alternative forms

pokai, pok-gai, pok-kai

Adjective

pok kai ‎(not comparable)

1. (Singapore, slang) having no money; broke; bankrupt.
   • 2003, Sylvia Toh Paik Choo, The complete Eh, Goondu!:

     Out shopping, child to parent. “Daddy I want this, daddy I want that.” Daddy, “Daddy pok kai awreddy, ask your mummy.”

   • 2010 March 12, “No Words”, in Pearl, retrieved 2015-11-05:

     Today I went to Swensen's for dinner, even when I'm totally pok-gai.

   • 2015, “Pok Gai”, in Singaporelang - What the Singlish?, retrieved 2015-11-05:

     After buying my girlfriend her branded bag, I’m officially pok kai, please don’t ask me to go shopping or clubbing with you.