"kiam chye" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13
  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]
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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  ],
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          "paper",
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        ],
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