新加坡英語字彙
新加坡式英語詞典和單詞列表 > 英語字彙在新加坡英語的意思

| Word | Meaning | Example/comment |
| --- | --- | --- |
| follow | - 一起走/陪 | "Can follow anot?" |
| having here | 在一家餐馆用餐 | The antonym is "take away" or "tah-bao". Used by fast-food restaurant counter staff as in, "Having here or take away?" (Are you eating in here or do you want to have it for take-away?) |
| help, lah | please, do lend me a hand by desisting from whatever it is you are doing; help me out here | "Help lah, stop hitting on my sister" |
| last time | previously, in the past | "I last time want to go Africa, but now don't know 'ready." |
| lightbulb | an unwelcome companion in a couple; a third wheel | Originates from colloquial Cantonese term 電燈膽 (lit: electric light bulb). "You two go ahead lah, I don't want to be lightbulb."（你們兩個走先啦，我不想當電燈泡！） |
| mug | 研究 | Derived from British 'mug up'. Common expression amongst all students. Instead of 'He's mugging up...', locally used as 'He's mugging for...' |
| smug | 学习（SMU学生） | The term smugging or smugger refers to mugging by SMU students. Derived from SMU and mugger. |
| marketing | going to the market or shops to buy food | Rare expression."My dad may help in the marketing side, by going to the market to get some things." |
| never | did not(沒有) | "you never tell me"(你沒有告訴我) |
| next time | in the future | "Next time when you get married, you'll know how to cook." |
| on, off | to switch on/off | "I on the TV"(我上電視了) |
| on ah | It's settled then? | "It's settled then, bro?" |
| open | 轉或扭開某種東西 | "I open the light." (源自中國，它以这种方式使用动词“打开”。使用“开(open)”代替(turn on)的意思，仅限于电器。 |
| pass up | to hand in | "Pass up your homework". Although once common, usage is now discouraged in schools. |
| revert | to get back (commonly used in business emails) | "Please revert your decision to us" doesn't mean "Please change your decision", but rather "Please get back to us with your decision". |
| send | to take (i.e. drive) somebody somewhere | "She gets her maid to send the boy in a cab." |
| solid/steady | capable; excellent | "Solid sia, that movie." See also "Kilat" |
| sabo | to play a trick on someone | Short for "sabotage", but with an everyday usage. - "Because he sabo me, now boss mad at me!" |
| stay | to live (in a place). | From Malay "tinggal". - "My grandmother, my aunt and uncle also stay next door." |
| steady | attached (in relationships)  OR agreeing over something, usually over an appointment | "Eh u two steady liao ah?", "Today, come 3 o'clock? Steady." - cool, capable (to praise integrity or strength) - "Wa you sick also turn up for work ah? Steady!" |
| stone | to space out; to do nothing | - BAKED |
| take | to eat; to have a meal | "Have you taken your lunch? I don't take pork." |
| tok kok | (talk cock) | Probably from the English "cock and bull story". Talking senselessly/rubbish; "Don't tok kok lah!" |
| earpiece | Earphones/headphones | In standard English it is used by handphone/mobile phone manufacturers to refer to the little speaker above your phone screen that you use to listen to a caller, but in Singlish it refers to a pair of earphones or headphones. Can be used as in, "Ah boy, don't wear your earpiece while crossing the road!" (Boy, don't use your earphones/headphones while crossing the road.) |