machiam

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Malay macam (“like”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

machiam

  1. (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[1], retrieved 1 November 2015:
      Chennai (Madras) Photo: machiam our local pasar malam…
    • 2014-07-30, Owl International, “Singapore, We Are Ok! (National Day Song 2014)”, in Youtube.com‎[2], retrieved 1 November 2015:
      Machiam rojak! Very messy but taste shiok right?
    • 2015-09-16, Irene Ang, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com‎[3], retrieved 1 November 2015:
      Wah machiam movie star leh. . So handsome!
    • 2015, Denise Tan, “Burpple”, in Burpple.com‎[4], archived from the original on 24 September 2015:
      Machiam hipster like that.
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