Chimbridge Singlish Dictionary

definitions

verb

1. to spoil; to pamper; to coddle; to adore

adjective

1. gentle; cutesy; emotionally sensitive

I don';'t really like Nicole (my roommate) very much, but she's very sociable and well-liked and manja.

— 2011, Ee Lin See. My Kiasu Teenage Life in Singapore. Monsoon Books Pte. Limited. ISBN: 9789814358606

Plucked from over 2,500 young girls for the starting role in Mob Sister, she plays the manja daughter of a mob leader (Eric Tsang). When daddy gets killed, Liu finds herself taking over a triad gang and gets entangled in its grimy power struggles.

— 2005 August 12, Elisa Chia. Today, "Mob Sister". p.54