Language
Chinese in
Malay
by Prof. Chuah Hong-Cheng
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Language
Chinese in
Malay by Prof. Chuah Hong-Cheng |
| CCC cabang fork (in a road) F: cha pang cabo woman F: cha boh cacah tatoo F: chak chak cacah cut to pieces F: chak chak cacah census F: char char cacak firmly built, insert F:chak chak cair liquid F: chiar cakiah clogs F: cha kiak calok rebound out of a hole (in a game) F: cha lo calui corruption F: chia looi camca, camcah spoon F: chamcha campuh wrestle F: cham poh campur mix F: cham poe candu opium M: cang du cang Chinese rice dumpling F: chang cang a square lift net, fishing net F: chang cang swell F: chang cang ride F: chiang cangkau, cangku, cengkau middleman F: cheng kao cangkelong, cengkelong, cengkolong cigarette end F: chang keh long cangkelong, cengkelong satchel F: chang ke long cantum, cantun close F: cam tong cap Chinese signature stamp F: chop cap to shuffle playing cards F: chap capcai dish of mixed vegetables F chap chai capgome 15th night of 1st moon, Chinese calendar F: chap goh meh capit armpit F: chap piet capjiki gambling game using 12 numbers F: chap jee kee caplok swallow G: chap luok |
| cat,
cet
paint
F: chat catang tea pot in rattan basket F: cha tang cawan teacup M: cha wan cecair, cair liquid F: chiar chiar cekang, kincung stiff F: king chiong cekcok quarrel F: chek chok ceki gambling game using seven cards F: chit kee cekung concave F: chek kong celak eyebrow blackening F: chee lak celaka swear word implying misfortune F: chee lah kak celi, jeli sharp eyed M: rui li celi careful F: see lee cembeng, cengbeng, cingbing, cheng beng Festival of Cheng Beng F: cheng beng cembeng crying F cheng beng cembung, kembung convex F: chim pong ceme, cemeh, cemek cemer blind in one eye F: cheh meh cemeh card F: cheh meh cempiang gang robbery F: cheng piang ceng essence from sugarcane F: cheng cengkau, cangkau, cangku, cingkau broker F: cheng kao cengkeh, cengkih, cingkih, cingkeh club in poker game; gambling game F: ch'ng keh cengkelong see changkelong cengki good timing F: cheng kee cengki a good hand, good luck because of cleanliness during gambling F: cheng kee cengkih banker in a gambling game F: ch'ng keh cengkolong see cengkelong cengli good sense, just F: cheng lee centeng hired tough, guard F: chin teng ceongsam, congsam cheongsam G: cheong sarm cet, cat paint F: chat cewe, ceweh taboo, something of ill omen F: ji wei ci money F: chnyi cia jinrickshaw F: chia cia genuine, authentic F:chnia cia to give friends a treat F:chnia ciak to eat F: chiak cialat bad luck, accursed F: chiak lat ciang, cang a ride F: chiang ciang, cang to swell F: chang ciau a guiding oar F: chiao ciau clay vessel for boiling water F: chao ciau, ciu mat F:chioh cik uncle, woman teacher F: chek cikok ladle F: chee kak |
| cilim,
culim pipe for
smoking tobacco or opium F:
choot lim cim, encim aunt F:oon chim cimplong a game of dice F: chim pong Cina Chinese, China M: cin na . cinabeng, celaka event of ill omen MF: chin na peng cinca, kimka clever F: kim kah cincai can do, ok F: chin chai cincau, cingcau jelly from the leaves of the Cyclea barbata F: cheng chao cincu head/representative of ship's owner F:choon chu cindai belt of silk F: kim tai cingge, cinggeh Chinggay F: ch'ng gay chingkau, see cengkau cingkeh see cenh keh cingteng, chengteng, cinting junior customs officer F: chin teng ciplak, jiplak to copy, wax F:chip lak cipoa, sempoa abacus F: swee poa cipta, cita invention, dream F: chip ta ciri characteristic M: jili cit, encit, cita cotton cloth F:en chit ciu, ciau, cior, ciur thick mat F: chioh ciu, ciau, ciur, cu Chinese liquor F: chiew cium to kiss F: chim ciur see ciu, ciau, cior, ciur ciur see ciu, ciau, ciur, cu coek, cuik Chinese stone grinder F: chioh boh cogan slogan F:chok gan cokak, congkak a Malay toy F:choon kak cokek female dancer entertainer F: choh kek compoh cook, chef F:chom por congkak arrogant F: ch'ng kak congkak a traditional gambling game using a boat shaped wooden piece with holes F: choon kak congki chess F: chiew kee congong stupid F: ch'ng gong congsam, see ceongsam coplok drop off G: chop luok cor iron worker MF: zhu/chor corong a cover F: chor long cu, see ciu, ciau, ciur cuak afraid, anxious F: chuak cuik stone grinder F chioh cukai, cuke tax F: choo kah cuki, congki Chinese chess F: choo kee cukin serviette F: chor kin cukong the real boss F: chor kong cukup enough M: zhu gou culai inside the house F: ch'oo lai culan the plant Aglaia odorata M: zhu lan |
| culim, see cilim cun inch F: choon cun coincidental F: joon cun accurate F: joon cung, kachung man servant F: [kah] chong cunia small boat F choon ngia: |
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