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星洲
sing1 zau1
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Singapore; Singaporean | From '星嘉坡' (old name for Singapore) and 洲 (island); nowadays only used in established special nouns such as 星洲米粉 (Singapore Rice Noodles) or 星洲日報 (Sin Chew Jit Poh, a newspaper in Malaysia). The formal Chinese name for Singapore is 新加坡  Level: 3 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 2673 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by tym on 29th May 2006 12:17 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:星 sing1 - star洲 zau1 - continent; islet 3 compounds containing this word:星洲炒米 - fried vermicelli Singapore style星洲米粉 - Singapore Rice Noodles Common Formations: 星洲日報 - Sin Chew Daily | ||
One Cantonese Homophone / Homophone Variant for this word:
星州
sing1 zau1 = Singapore (short form) |
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