Kiasi

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Kiasi
Hàn-jī驚死 / 惊死
Pe̍h-ōe-jīkiaⁿ-sí
Tâi-lôkiann-sí

Kiasi (simplified Chinese: 惊死; traditional Chinese: 驚死; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kiaⁿ-sí) is a Hokkien phrase which literally means afraid of death, to describe the attitude of being overly afraid or timid. Kiasi is commonly compared to Kiasu (literally: “fear of losing”); both are commonly used to describe attitudes where Kiasi or Kiasi-ism means to take extreme measures to avoid risk and Kiasu or Kiasu-ism means to take extreme means to achieve success. Kiasi is not as popular as kiasu, but is widely used by Hokkien-speaking people in Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan.

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