Commonly found variants; note these may range from acceptable alternatives to non-standard forms or incorrect spellings*.
* Singlish is a largely spoken creole, and as such descriptivism (recording forms that reflect actual pronunciation in spoken language, or as appearing in the linguistic corpus) is more pertinent than strict prescriptivism. Nevertheless, the use of more standard forms (or for words originating in languages with Latin script, such as Malay, accurate to the original spelling) is recommended and encouraged.

also can:

kuih kue kway

kueh

→

Hokkien:

粿

poj:

kóe

+

Malay:

kuih

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definitions

noun

  1. any of various small traditional snack cakes, biscuits, confectioneries etc., often (but not always) sweet and brightly coloured, which are found in various forms in Chinese, Peranakan, Malay, Tamil, and almost all other Singaporean and surrounding regional cuisines
  2. a (usually steamed) cake typically made from rice flour or glutinous rice flour, but sometimes also any various other types of flour including plain flour, tapioca starch, sago flour, sweet potato flour, etc.

    3. Meet Nick Soon, a kueh evangelist whose tiny stall in Berseh Food Centre has transformed the humble soon kueh, gu chye kueh (chive dumpling) and png kueh (rice dumpling).

    — 2016 July 23, Serene Lim. Today, "KUEH FIX TO LIFE". p.24


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