"Hao Lian" (HL)

The term "Hao Lian" refers to someone who is typically arrogant or generally aloof in personality and character. This person is also not well liked by friends or peers, and people who may know them would avoid any kind of interaction with them simply because it could potentially be quite stifling.

"Hao Lian" is a Hokkien term used by the locals in relation to someone with an attitude problem. That attitude problem is usually real and the person that has the problem usually think they are not being "hao lian".

In recent years the term "Hao Lian" has been used in a mild sarcastic manner as if to insinuate that a certain person is arrogant but most of the time in a joking manner. This in a sense has somewhat diluted the implications and the usage of the term.