* 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:
kueh chap kuay chap
kway chap
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Teochew:
粿汁
peng'im:
guê2 zab4
definitions
noun
- a Teochew dish of flat rice noodle (kway teow) sheets in a soya-sauce-based broth (the chap), served with mixed pork offal, pork belly, and other meats and ingredients such as tau kwa and hard-boiled eggs. It is usually served with a sourish chilli particular to the dish.
- the flat rice noodle sheets used in the dish
They served only one dish: a bowl of wide rice noodles in a savoury dark broth redolent of cinnamon and star anise, piled high with braised duck meat, pig intestines and other viscera Jess couldn't identify ... She was busy glaring at the people lining up at the stall, as though she suspected them of having designs on her kway chap.
— 2021, Zen Cho. Black Water Sister. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN: 9780451487995. p.50
The mark of good kway chap is that they should be smooth, satiny and slippery. In this dish, the noodles are served in a soup made from pork bones and this is eaten with a variety of dishes ...
— 2006, Naleeza Ebrahim and Yaw Yan Yee. Not just a Good Food Guide: Singapore, Marshall Cavendish Editions. ISBN: 9789812329226. p.105