kiasi vs precious

kiasi

noun
  • A kiasi person. 

adj
  • Unwilling to take a chance for fear that something bad or unfavourable will happen; cowardly. 

precious

noun
  • Someone (or something) who is loved; a darling. 

adv
  • Very; an intensifier. 

adj
  • Regarded with love or tenderness. 

  • Contrived to be cute or charming. 

  • Treated with too much reverence. 

  • Thorough; utter. 

  • Blasted; damned. 

  • Of high value or worth. 

How often have the words kiasi and precious occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )