soum1 ma1 – all (Malay “semua”)
baan3 naai1 – clever (Malay “pandai”)
kau1 – dollar / Malaysian Ringgit; this is nowadays used interchangeably
with 文 (man1)
leoi1 – money / cent
gung1 ziu1 弓蕉 – banana (Hokkien or Hakka)
tong4 堂 – collective noun for cars; e.g.
我見到兩堂車泊喺度。
cin1 caai1 – anything goes, 随便 (Hokkien)
bak1 sak1 – (wet) market (Malay “pasar” from Arab “bazaar”)
lok6 seoi2 落水 – rain, 落雨 |