History - 2
Road Names in Hokkien
An index
Part 3 (P - S)
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History - 2
Road Names in Hokkien An index Part 3 (P - S) |
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Paing Aun Harng (Happy Lane) - Western Road. Also Arng Mor Sin T'iong. (Lo Man Yuk) Paing Pang Lor - Barrack Road (Lo Man Yuk) P'ar Cheo Kay (Striking Stones Street - from the stone cutters' shops there) - Acheen Street (Lo Man Yuk) P'ar Cheo Kay Lor T'au (Stone Cutters Street Road Head - Lor T'au means landing place) - Acheen Street Ghaut (Lo Man Yuk) P'ar P'au Kay - Cintra Street , the street where brothels of the lowest type are (Lo Man Yuk) Par Sat Kay (Par Sat is a corruption of the Malay pasar, market) - Market Street (Lo Man Yuk) P'ar So Ar Harng (Striking Rope Street, formerly there were some rope makers shops there - Kimberly Street. Rope Walk is also called by this name because coconut husk ropes were manufactured there. (Lo Man Yuk) See also Tio Chiu Kay P'ar So Harng (Making Rope Lane. Formerly coconut husk ropes were manufactured there - Rope Walk. Also Gee Hock Kay. (Lo Man Yuk) P'ar Tarng-ah Kay (Striking Copper Street - from the Malay braziers' shops there) - Armenian Street between Pitt Street and Acheen Street (Lo Mun Yuk) P'ar T'ee Kay (Striking Iron Street - from the blacksmiths' shops there) - Beach Street between Acheen Street and Malay Street (Lo Man Yuk) P'ar T'i Kay Harng Ar (Blacksmiths Lane, the lane that branches off from Beach Street ) - Toh Aka Lane. Also Karm Kong Lai Hoay Lor (Lo Man Yuk) Pnair Choo Lor (Sick House Road - Road leading to the General Hospital. Cantonese: Wong Kar Yee Yim Lou (Government Hospital Road) (Lo Man Yuk) |
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Park Karn Lai (Park Karn Inside. "Park Karn," the Hokkin pronunciation of the Malay pekan, a village)- Che Em Lane (Lo Man Yuk) Parng Long (Plank Depot) - The middle part of Bridge Street (Lo Man Yuk) Parsart (Market) - Market Street (Ronald Bryne The Star 19.6.1985) Pay Tiau Lor (8th Street) - Gat Leboh Sandiland P'ee Choon Lor (Lee P'ee Choon Road) - Phee Choon Lane (Lo Man Yuk) P'eng Aun Kay (Peace Street) - Lorong Selamat Po Lay Au (Behind Police, i.e. behind the Police Courts) - Union Street (Lo Man Yuk) Po Lay K'au (Police Mouth, the entrance to the Police Courts) - Light Street (Lo Man Yuk) Pun T'au Kong Harng (God's Lane, so-called after the kongsi house of the Tua Pair Kong , otherwise known as the Kian Taik secret society where they kept their gods; the remains of the kongsi house may still be seen at the junction of Armenian Street and Pitt Street. In Cantonese Tai Park Kung Hong (God's Lane) - Armenian Street between Beach Street and Pitt Street. Also called Kian Guan Kay (Lo Man Yuk) Pun T'au Kong Harng Lor T'au (Head of God's Lane) - Armenian Street Ghaut (Lo Man Yuk) Pneh Ch'oo Lor (Sick House Road) - Hospital Road (Ronald Byrne The Star 12.6.85) Polay K'au (Police mouth - entrance to the police courts) - Light Street (Ronald Bryne The Star 19.6.1985) Pun T'au Kong Harng (God's Lane there was a Tua Pair Kong Kongsi house in the street known as the Kian Teik society and is still there) - Armenian St (Ronald Byrne The Star 22.5.85) |
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SSS Sai Hua Harng (Western Grand Lane) - Western Road. Also Arng Mor Sin T'iong, also Paing Arn Harng. (Lo Man Yuk) Saik La Nee Harng (Eurasian Lane, this lane was formerly inhabited chiefly by Eurasians) - Love Lane. Also Larm Huar Ee Kay, also Sin Hai Larm Kong Si Kay. This is also the name for Muntri Street (Loke Man Yuk) Saik La Nee Lay Pai Tng Au Harng-ah (the lane behind the Eurasian Church (Church of the Assumption) - Argus lane (Lo Man Yuk) Saik La Nee O Cheng (In front of the Serani School) - Farquhar Street between Love Lane and Leith Street. Also Lian Hua Ho (Lo Man Yuk) Snair Ong Kong Si Au (Behind Ong Kongsi) - Macalister Lane Snair Tnair Kong Si Kay (Surname Tnair Kongsi Street, the Tnair Kongsi House was formerly in this street) - Kimberley Street (Lo Man Yuk) See also Tiu Chiu Kay Snair Tarn Kong See (After the Kongsi house of the Tan clan) - Seh Tan Court (Lo Man Yuk) Snair Tnioh Kongsi Kay (after the Kongsi house of the Tnioh clan) Carnarvon Street between Acheen Street and Prangin Road. (Lo Man Yuk) Snair Ynioh Kongsi Kay (Surname Ynioh Kongsi Road) - Chulia Street Ghaut, called after the Kongsi House of the Ynioh clan. (Loh Man Yuk) Snar Tiau Lor - Presgrave Street Sarmpan Harng (Sampan Lane) - Stewart Lane (Khoo Su Nin) Sarmseng Harng (Lane of Ruffians) - Aboo Sitee Lane Sarp Chee Kar Lai Pai T'ong Peen (Cantonese for the Church of the Assumption - Cross Church Side) - Love Lane between Farquhar Street and Muntri Street. (Loh Man Yuk) Say Por Kio (Washing Clothes Bridge) - Dhoby Ghaut (Lo Man Yuk) See Kark Chnair (Square Well - formerly there was a square well near the junction of Kimberley Street) - Carnarvon Street between Acheen Street and Prangin Road (Lo Man Yuk) |
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| See K'arm Tiarm (The Four Shops) - Between Dato Kramat Station and the Prisons. There were only four shops there then (Lo Man Yuk) See Tiau Lor (4th Street) Thye Sin Street Seng Hong Beo Lor (Seng Ong Temple Road, called after the temple of the tutelary god of the town) - Jelutong end of Bridge Street (Lo Man Yuk) Siarng Ho Ch'oo Cheng (In front of Siarng Ho's house) - Leith Street (Lo Man Yuk) Siar Boay (Village End - formerly this was practically the end of the town) - Beach Street between Malay Street and Prangin Ditch. Those parts of Prangin Road and Bridge Street which join Beach Street at the Anson Bridge are sometimes, though improperly, called Siar Boay; the general name for the whole district round about here is Ujong Pasar, meaning end of town. (Lo Man Yuk) Sin Barn Sarn (New Market, the Central market. Barn Sarn, a corruption of the Malay bangsal, a shed)) - Market Street Ghaut (Lo Man Yuk) Sin Hai-lam Kongsi Kay (New Hainanese Kongsi Lane, after the new kongsi house of the Hainanese.) - Muntri Street. Also Saik Lar Nee Harng, also Larm Huar Ee Enee Kay (Lo Man Yuk) Sin Hee Tai (New Theatre, after the new Chinese Theatre there) - Drury Lane (Lo Man Yuk) Sin Kay (New Street) - Campbell Street. "New street" in contradistinction to Chulia Street, the old street where all they Chinese brothels were before Campbell Street was constructed. Also Sin Tuar Mui Lau. (Lo Man Yuk). Named after the influx of new prostitutes. Malay name Jalan Nona Baru is more accurate (Dr Goh Ban Lee) Sin Kay Hnoai Kay (New Street Cross Street - The street crossing Campbell Street) - Cintra Street. Also P'ar P'au Kay (Lo Man Yuk) Sin Kay T'au ((at the) Head of New Street) - Buckingham Street (Lo Man Luk) Sin Kuan-ah Kak (the New Esplanade) - North Beach now Gurney Drive Sin Tuar Mui Lau (New Chulia Street ) - Campbell Street. In Cantonese Karm Lay Tai Kai, KamLat being the Cantonese pronumciation of Campbell. This name is chiefly used in matters of marriage, funerals and joss processions. (Lo Man Yuk) Snuar T'au Kay (Swatow Street) - Kimberley Street. (Lo Man Yuk).See under Tio Chiu Kay Soon Taik Kongsi Kay (Soon Taik Kongsi Lane) - Bishop Street between King Street and Pitt Street.Called after the kongsi house of the Soon Taik people (Lo Man Yuk) (to be continued) |
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