machiam

English

Etymology

From Malay macam (“like”).

Pronunciation

(Singapore) IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃam/

Preposition

machiam

(Singapore, informal) like, similar to, resembling.
- 2000, Liew Geok Leong, Women Without Men, page 130:
  Kiasi cannot die; machiam machiam words
- 2009, Angel_Ling, “Tripadvisor”, in Tripadvisor.com.sg‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:
  Chennai (Madras) Photo: machiam our local pasar malam…
- 2014-07-30, Owl International, “Singapore, We Are Ok! (National Day Song 2014)”, in Youtube.com‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:
  Machiam rojak! Very messy but taste shiok right?
- 2015-09-16, Irene Ang, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:
  Wah machiam movie star leh. . So handsome!
- 2015, Denise Tan, “Burpple”, in Burpple.com‎, archived from the original on 24 September 2015:
  Machiam hipster like that.

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