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。

wén huà
Culture
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
华乐
huá yuè
Chinese orchestra
挥春
huī chūn
writing of Chinese New Year calligraphy
家庭日
jiā tíng rì
family day
降头
jiàng tóu
black magic (colloquially known as gong tau)
卡峇雅
kǎ bā yǎ
kebaya
历史走道
lì shǐ zǒu dào
heritage trail
马打
mă dă
police (colloquially known as mata, derived from mata-mata)
娘惹
niáng rě
nyonya / nonya
七月歌台
qī yuè gē tái
getai
全面防卫日
quán miàn fáng wèi rì
Total Defence Day
纱丽
shā lì
saree
纱笼
shā lóng
sarong
狮城
shī chéng
Lion City
石叻
shí lè
Selat (old term to refer to Singapore)
诗乐
shī yuè
poetry-music
宋谷
sòng gǔ
songkok
天公
tiān gōng
Jade Emperor (colloquially known as tni gong)