• The term originated from the Hokkien (Minnan) dialect term kuah mia (ownership transfer).
• This form of ownership transfer typically involves legal procedures generally in areas such as real estate and cars.
• During the transfer process, the new owner may have to pay an ownership transfer fee, also known as a transfer fee.

Having sold a car without processing the ownership transfer, a 42-year-old second-hand car dealer pleaded guilty in court for luring a buyer into trading his old car for an Audi for $24,000 in cash, but mortgaging the Audi instead to borrow money from a money lender. (Lianhe Zaobao, 14/4/2018)

过户 (Mainland China, Taiwan)

• In China and Taiwan, the Chinese word “过户” (pronounced as “guò hù” in Chinese, which means transfer of ownership) is used instead. Even though the Chinese word “过户” is also used in Singapore, the term “割名” (pronounced as “gē míng” in Chinese, which means ownership transfer) is more commonly used by people as well as in news articles.