Samsui
Samsui women: Chinese migrant construction workers in red headscarves.
“The Samsui women built much of old Singapore.”
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Samsui in the Singlish dictionary: what it means, where it comes from and how it’s said.
Samsui women: Chinese migrant construction workers in red headscarves.
“The Samsui women built much of old Singapore.”
Search the dictionary · ← samseng · sarong →
Samsui women: Chinese migrant construction workers in red headscarves. It’s a noun.
From Cantonese. Other Singlish words from Cantonese include mah, meh, paktor and sampan.
“The Samsui women built much of old Singapore.”
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