(slang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A laborer who has recently arrived from China.
(slang, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) A laborer who has recently arrived from China.
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(Singapore) a Hakka person.
Used in Singapore to refer to a Hakka person, the Hakka dialect, or things associated with the Hakka Chinese community. The Hakka are a Han Chinese subgroup whose diaspora spread widely across Southeast Asia. In Singapore the term is used matter-of-factly within the community and is not typically a slur. Heard most often in older-generation conversations or when discussing dialect-group heritage.
(Singapore, _, slang, often, _, self-deprecatory, ethnic slur, derogatory) Somebody from Singapore; a Singaporean.
A Singlish word used in Singapore to describe someone who is scruffy, slovenly, or poorly put-together — the person who rolls up to an event looking like they dressed in the dark or slept in their clothes. Selekeh can apply to appearance, hygiene, or general presentation. It carries gentle mockery rather than harsh judgment, the kind of word a friend uses while straightening your collar before you walk through the door. Borrowed into Singlish from Malay.