新加坡华语资料库
本资料库收录了具有文化、历史或情感意义的华语词汇。这些词汇是新加坡人过去或现在的生活用语,有的见于印刷媒体,有的则在日常对话中使用。
红毛
hóng máo
white people (colloquially known as ang mo)
红头巾
hóng tóu jīn
Samsui women (red headscarf)
华巫印
huá wū yìn
Chinese, Malay, and Indian
挥春
huī chūn
writing of Chinese New Year calligraphy
降头
jiàng tóu
black magic (colloquially known as gong tau)
历史走道
lì shǐ zǒu dào
heritage trail
马打
mă dă
police (colloquially known as mata, derived from mata-mata)
全面防卫日
quán miàn fáng wèi rì
Total Defence Day
石叻
shí lè
Selat (old term to refer to Singapore)
天公
tiān gōng
Jade Emperor (colloquially known as tni gong)