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ah pui

ah pui

9.9
A young woman called in a friendly way by older family and friends
  • noun
  • Philippine
translation icon : ah pui
  • Her older brother always looks out for his little ah pui.

Examples

  • The ah pui at the party kept making everyone laugh with her jokes.

  • She always calls her friend ah pui when they hang out.

  • Among the group of friends, she's definitely the youngest ah pui.

  • My little sister is such a cute ah pui!

  • In our family, my younger cousin is the sweetest ah pui who loves to play with us.

  • Everyone adores her because she is the little ah pui of our group, always bringing joy.

  • At the gathering, my friend introduced me to her adorable younger sister, her little ah pui.

Synonyms

hun
vsah pui
  • Informal
5 8.9

A friendly word used to talk to someone you love or care about

is used for young women or younger family or friends in certain cultures

Surface Forms

ah pui singular
ah puis plural

Morphology

ah + pui

Neither 'ah' nor 'pui' are standard English lexical items here and carry no transparent compositional meaning for an English B1 learner; the expression is a culturally specific, affectionate form whose sense arises from social/pragmatic usage rather than from the literal meanings of constituent words. Even if a learner recognized these syllables from another language, the meaning and use are language‑specific and not derivable from constituent semantics, making it unpredictable for typical English learners.

Etymology

Ah pui may come from a friendly name pattern: people add ah before a name to show closeness, and pui was a word for a younger sister or girl. So ah pui is used as a warm name for a 'young woman' or a 'younger friend'.