新客

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Chinese[edit]

new; newly; meso- (chem.) customer; visitor; guest
trad. (新客)
simp. #(新客)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

新客

  1. (Malaysian, Singapore, Indonesian and Philippine Hokkien, sometimes vulgar) singkek; newcomer Chinese immigrant (usually newer pure ethnic Chinese migrants that migrated around 1800s to 1900s as opposed to a Peranakan in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia or a Sangley or Mestizo de Sangley (Chinese Mestizo) in the Philippines)

Synonyms[edit]

  • (Peranakan Hokkien, derogatory, dated) 唐山鬼 (Tn̂g-soaⁿ-kúi)

Descendants[edit]

  • Indonesian: singkek
  • Malay: sengkek
  • Tagalog: singki

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