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Chinese
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dark; gloomy; hidden dark; gloomy; hidden; secret
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cards; game pieces; signboard cards; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet
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trad. (暗牌)
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暗
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simp. #(暗牌)
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暗
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Literally: “hidden badge”.
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Etymology
Arising from the fact that detectives do not wear police uniforms in Malaysia and Singapore.
Pronunciation
Noun
暗牌
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, Teochew) detective
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References
- Chia, Caroline, Hoogervorst, Tom, editors (2021), “Chapter 5 Native Lexical Innovation in Penang Hokkien: Thinking beyond Rojak”, in Sinophone Southeast Asia: Sinitic Voices across the Southern Seas (Chinese Overseas: History, Literature, and Society; 20 ), Brill, →ISBN, page 176