A light-skinned person, esp. of Western origin or descent; a Caucasian.

 

Slow in understanding; unaware, ignorant, confused. Sometimes reduplicated for emphasis.

 

In Cantonese cookery: roast pork marinated in a sweet and savoury sauce, typically served sliced into thin strips. Frequently attrib., esp. in char siu bun, char siu pork, char siew rice.

 

A dish originating in Singapore but also popular in Malaysia, consisting of crab cooked in a sweet and spicy gravy containing red chillies and tomato.

 

A Singaporean whose schooling was conducted in Mandarin Chinese and who has limited knowledge of English.

 

A food market at which individual vendors sell cooked food from small stalls, with a shared seating area for customers.

 

Housing and Development Board; used chiefly attrib. with reference to public housing estates built and managed by the Singapore government.

 

Objects thrown or falling from high-rise building, endangering people below.

 

The practice of loitering aimlessly or idly; loafing, relaxing, hanging out.

 

 To loiter aimlessly or idly; to loaf, relax, hang out.

 

Expressing admiration or approval: ‘cool!’ ‘great!’

 

The action of intentionally causing inconvenience, trouble, or harm to others, esp. to gain a personal advantage. Also: the playing of tricks or pranks.

To harm, inconvenience, or make trouble for (a person), esp. to gain a personal advantage. Also: to trick, play a prank on.

 

A person who causes inconvenience, trouble or harm to others, esp. to gain a personal advantage; (also) a prankster.

 

1. Squid or cuttlefish.

2. Used to denote a stereotypically stupid, clumsy, or ignorant person, esp. in blur as (a) sotong, blur like (a) sotong.

Sweet tea with milk, prepared by pouring the liquid back and forth repeatedly between two containers so as to produce thick foam on top; a drink of this.

 

Used (esp. at the beginning of a sentence) to express admiration, encouragement, delight, surprised, etc.

 

A market for the sale of fresh meat, fish and produce.