新客

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sin-kheeh / sin-kheh

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-kheeh
    • Tâi-lô: sin-kheeh
    • IPA (Penang): /sin³³⁻²¹ kʰɛʔ³/
  • (Hokkien: Philippines)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sin-kheh
    • Tâi-lô: sin-kheh
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sinqeq
    • IPA (Philippines): /sin³³ kʰeʔ⁵/

Noun

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

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

Descendants

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

See also

• (Philippine Hokkien, dated) 唐山人 (Tn̂g-soaⁿ-lâng)
• (Philippine Hokkien) 大陸仔／大陆仔 (tāi-lio̍k-á), 大陸人／大陆人 (tāi-lio̍k-lâng)
• (Taiwanese, dated) 唐山人 (Tn̂g-soaⁿ-lâng), 阿山 (a-soaⁿ)
• (Taiwanese, derogatory) 阿山仔 (a-soaⁿ-á), 阿陸仔／阿陆仔 (a-lio̍k-á / a-la̍k-á)
• (Taiwanese) 外省人 (gōa-séng-lâng), 大陸人／大陆人 (tāi-lio̍k-lâng)
• (Quanzhou Hokkien, sometimes derogatory) 阿北仔 (a-pak-á)

References

• Oetomo, Dédé (1987) The Chinese of Pasuruan, →DOI, page 167