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 |