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Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English out of syllabus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
out syl
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang) out-of-syllabus; not included in syllabus; exceeding syllabus
- Antonym: in syl
Verb
out⫽syl (verb-object)
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, of topics and concepts) to be out of syllabus; to be excluded from syllabus
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, of question papers) to include questions or topics that are out of syllabus
Synonyms
- (Mainland China) 超綱／超纲 (chāogāng)