Chitchat Nostalgia hokkien words used

[Baimi]

Barn ka cah
Mai seh jiu
Chwee Kong lumpa song
Mai gao bu chuah

 

[batman1]

tua kow - police inspector
cheng tham - detective
sam seng - gangster
pia chui - gang fight
kua chui - lookout

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Siao Cha Bor

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

tua kow - police inspector
cheng tham - detective
sam seng - gangster
pia chui - gang fight
kua chui - lookout

arm pai - 暗牌

 

[sbfuncle]

Dua soon dong Bay kia - biggest grandson represent smallest son . Used during a funeral wake.

Why the eldest grandson (of the deceased) need to 顶 as youngest son (of the deceased) and wear the 麻衣 together with his father (the deceased eldest son) ?

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Why the eldest grandson (of the deceased) need to 顶 as youngest son (of the deceased) and wear the 麻衣 together with his father (the deceased eldest son) ?

Maybe the youngest son already died or could not make it for funeral

 

[sbfuncle]

Maybe the youngest son already died or could not make it for funeral

I also don't know the tradition but i know is Not this reason
Maybe is when the deceased only has 1 son. The tradition wanted them to have more sons.

 

[sbfuncle]

Toh pore- table cloth
But it is also used as a word to describe @JohnTan as pap dogs

 

[sbfuncle]

Kar tar - step foot
Used to describe as a cheap car purely for transportation from point A to B.

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Toh pore- table cloth
But it is also used as a word to describe @JohnTan as pap dogs

@JohnTan is called dai koh kaw

Dog without fur due to skin decease

 

[sbfuncle]

Chiu nee cherng- rubber tiles. Popular in the 80s

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Kar tar - step foot
Used to describe as a cheap car purely for transportation from point A to B.

Kar Tar Chia ? Bicycle

 

[sbfuncle]

Kar Tar Chia ? Bicycle

I was taught
Kar tar - car
Kar lah chia - bicycle

Difference lies in step or drag.
Step is tar
Drag is lah

 

[sbfuncle]

Pang Hong chuay- fly kite

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

@sbfuncle can you pls guide us on unofficial Singapore places such as xi beh Lor- refers Kuan Ying Temple at Bugis. There are many places which I do not know

小坡 - what is that ?

 

[sbfuncle]

@sbfuncle can you pls guide us on unofficial Singapore places such as xi beh Lor- refers Kuan Ying Temple at Bugis. There are many places which I do not know

小坡 - what is that ?

Paiseh I forgotten all these liao.
My late dad told me before.

I remember got many roads is by km ko.
Like How many ko
Reference point if I remember correctly is at the Clifford pier there ?

Hope some ah lau samster can share

 

[Franjipani]

mangler ka

 

[ChinaCommunistSG]

Paiseh I forgotten all these liao.
My late dad told me before.

I remember got many roads is by km ko.
Like How many ko
Reference point if I remember correctly is at the Clifford pier there ?

Hope some ah lau samster can share

Clifford Pier is ang ding beh tao? 红灯码头

 

[Franjipani]

karchng jeow

 

[sbfuncle]

Clifford Pier is ang ding beh tao? 红灯码头

Yes and why reference from there should be because that was the disembarkment point of our forefathers.