Singaporean Mandarin Database

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An outlying island in Singapore, and a famous tourist attraction. The term is the transliteration of the Malay word “Sentosa”, which means “peace” and “tranquility”.

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1. “Baba” refers to a male descendant of interracial marriages between the early Chinese male migrants (before the nineteenth century) who migrated from southern China to the Malay Peninsula or Indonesia, and indigenous women from the region.
2. Usually refers to the descendants of Chinese men who married indigenous women, but could also refer to descendants of the early Chinese migrants whose languages and customs were different from the new migrants who came to Southeast Asia in the late nineteenth century to early twentieth century.

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1. A fishing facility used by fishermen in Singapore during the early years.
2. Illegal gambling syndicates bribing football players to play a deceitful match, so as to manipulate the match results.
3. A ruse or scam to cheat people.

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An annual religious festival for Indian Tamils in Singapore, which is a grand event for Hindu devotees to seek blessings, fulfill vows and offer thanks.