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Why Singaporean call Malaysia "jiuhu"?, Malaysian as "jiuhu kia"?
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4033...eDqzgGsK5gU-1632380249-0-gqNtZGzNAiWjcnBszQil
zhiwee :
jiuhu = squid , jiuhu kia = squid baby
quintessential :
johor in hokkien dialect lah
Secruoser :
it means johor... since their nearest 'malaysia'
jolokia :
Jiuhu = 州府 in Hokkien
Actually Singaporean call Malaysian Jiuhukia 州府仔
Singapore call Malaysia Jiuhu, as during British Colonial time Singapore/Melaka/Penang is Straits Settlement, in Chinese is call 三州府 Sa Jiuhu.
Offcoz the origin of the word Jiuhu is from China during Ming & Qing Dynasty who name state as 州府 zhoufu or jiuhu, eg. KongFu 广府。
But Jiuhu kia is kind of look down on Malaysian as there are deem poor & need to work as labour in Singapore.
Besides Jiuhu Malaya also been call as LiangPang 联邦 or Federal.
https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4033...eDqzgGsK5gU-1632380249-0-gqNtZGzNAiWjcnBszQil
zhiwee :
jiuhu = squid , jiuhu kia = squid baby
quintessential :
johor in hokkien dialect lah
Secruoser :
it means johor... since their nearest 'malaysia'
jolokia :
Jiuhu = 州府 in Hokkien
Actually Singaporean call Malaysian Jiuhukia 州府仔
Singapore call Malaysia Jiuhu, as during British Colonial time Singapore/Melaka/Penang is Straits Settlement, in Chinese is call 三州府 Sa Jiuhu.
Offcoz the origin of the word Jiuhu is from China during Ming & Qing Dynasty who name state as 州府 zhoufu or jiuhu, eg. KongFu 广府。
But Jiuhu kia is kind of look down on Malaysian as there are deem poor & need to work as labour in Singapore.
Besides Jiuhu Malaya also been call as LiangPang 联邦 or Federal.