kongsi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan 公司 (kong-si).

Pronunciation

Noun

kongsi (plural kongsis or kongsi)

A benevolent organization of popular origin found among overseas Chinese communities for individuals with the same surname.
- 1998, Zawawi Ibrahim, The Malay Labourer
  By 1970, for instance, the state authorities considered these kongsi to be unfit and unhygienic for living, and they were ordered to be dismantled.
- 2003, Wu Xiao An, Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941
  The term kongsi loosely referred to any association of the Chinese, ranging from a business partnership to governments in West Borneo, secret societies and clan associations.
- 2004, Simon Richmond, Marie Cambon, Damian Harper, Richard Watkins, Lonely Planet: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
  A kongsi is a clan house, a building that’s partly a temple and partly a meeting hall for Chinese of the same clan or surname.

Translations

benevolent organization

Chinese:
Mandarin: 公司 (zh) (gōngsī), 會館 (zh), 会馆 (zh) (huìguǎn)

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Anagrams

Gonski, Konigs

Dutch

Alternative forms

kongsie

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔŋ.si/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: kong‧si

Noun

kongsi f (plural kongsi's, diminutive kongsietje n)

kongsi
(derogatory) clique, coterie

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