"kiam chye" meaning in All languages combined

See kiam chye on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Etymology: From Hokkien 鹹菜/咸菜 (kiâm-chhài). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nan-hbl|鹹菜|tr=kiâm-chhài}} Hokkien 鹹菜/咸菜 (kiâm-chhài) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|nolinkhead=1}} kiam chye (uncountable)
  1. (Singapore) salted vegetables Tags: Singapore, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kiam_chye-en-noun-uWdPifNf Categories (other): Singapore English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. (Singlish, figurative) very crumpled items (eg. paper, clothes) Tags: Singlish, figuratively, uncountable
    Sense id: en-kiam_chye-en-noun-CWrQX8M5 Categories (other): Singlish
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: kiamchay, kiam-chay, kiam chai [Philippines]

Download JSON data for kiam chye meaning in All languages combined (1.5kB)

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