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si sek bai
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.
* 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:
si sek bai sek pai
si sek pai
→
Hokkien:
四色牌
poj:
sì-sek-pâi
Detailed etymology
definitions
noun
- a card deck used to play various card games, such as chap ji ki. It consists of 112 cards in four suits of 28 cards each as denoted by the cards’ colours (usually red, green, white, and yellow), with the values on each card represented by the seven piece types in Chinese chess.
- a Teochew card game, sometimes played as a gambling game, using this deck
a friend just told me that he had seen some aunties playing si sek pai at a void deck in ang mo kio.
— 2011 December 4, YG. ygblog4, "si sek pai - four-colour card game". https://ivyidaong4.blogspot.com/2011/12/si-sek-pai-four-colour-card-game-your.html