New vocab (08/03-08/10/2012)

Hokkien

tiong tombs
hae mee prawn noodles
char mee fried noodles
mee hoon wheat

Malay

bahru new
Singapura/सिंहपुर Singapore, lion city

Mandarin

紧急 jǐnjí urgent/emergency
讯号/信号 xùnhào/xìnhào signal
优等 yōuděng first-rate / top quality
酱油 jiàngyóu soy sauce
口粮 kǒuliáng ration
互动 hùdòng interactive
前夕 qiánxī eve / the day before
法院 fǎyuàn court of law
组装 zǔzhuāng to assemble and install
作秀 zuòxiù to show off (loanword, from English “show”)
留意 liúyì to take care / mindful
数字化 shùzìhuà to digitalize / digital (lit. to make into numbers)
货币 huòbì currency
象征 xiàngzhēng symbol
戛然而止 jiárán’érzhǐ to roll to a grinding halt (idiom)
支付方式 zhīfùfāngshì payment method
怀疑 huáiyí [to] doubt / to suspect / skeptical
拌面 bànmiàn lo mein, noodles served with soy sauce etc
板麵 bǎnmiàn board/block noodle dish, often in soup
叙利亚 Xùlìyà Syria
埃及 Āijí Egypt
伊朗 Yīlǎng Iran
伊斯兰 Yīsīlán Islam
莫斯科 Mòsīkē Moscow
俄罗斯 Éluósī Russia
阿富汗 Āfùhàn Afghanistan / Afghan
利比亚 Lìbǐyà Libya
联合国 Liánhéguó United Nations
欧盟 Ōuméng European Union / EU
欧元 Ōuyuán Euro (currency)
胡锦涛 Hú Jǐntāo Hu Jintao (1942-), President of PRC from 2003
温家宝 Wēn Jiā Bǎo Wen Jiabao (1942-), Premier of PRC from 2003

Misc

Peranakan Chinese / Baba-Nyonya descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era
Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles British statesman, founder of British Singapore in 1819