(Singapore) bumboat.
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(nautical, historical) A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.
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(colloquial, Singapore, Malaysia) , street drain.
Singaporean and Malaysian colloquial slang for a roadside drain or monsoon drain — those concrete open channels running along streets that handle heavy tropical rainfall. 'Longkang' is from Malay and is completely standard in everyday Singlish and Malaysian English speech. These drains are a fixture of Southeast Asian urban life and the word appears constantly in casual conversation: falling into a longkang is a social media rite of passage, and 'longkang fish' (fish that live in drains) is a thing kids talk about with gross fascination.
(countable, Singapore, Malaysia) A metal pan, sometimes divided into sections or having a central flue, for heating this kind of hot pot.
Tongkang means: A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.. The word is mostly archaic or historical; you will only encounter it in old texts, period drama, or school history rather than current teen conversation. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour.
tongkang means: A kind of light wooden boat used in the early 19th century to carry goods along rivers in Maritime Southeast Asia.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself.
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(Singapore, colloquial) Unable to deal or to handle something or someone; unable to put up with a situation or person much longer.