CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS, &c. 



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Chinese Characters. 



Remarks as to Meaning. 





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again to Tanjong Pagar Road, form- 

 ing a cresent or pair of ox-horns. 



(i) ' Gambling houses ' mouth. i.e. the 

 street on to which the gambling houses 

 open. 



(ii) 'Gambling-hall street.' 



(iii) 'Gi-Hin Kongsi house.' 

 (There was formerly a Kongsi-house of the 

 old Gi-Hin Society here.) 



'Bean-curd street.' 



(i) ' Big town new little street.' 



(' Big town ' is distinguished from « small 

 town,' which is across the Stamford 

 Road canal ; see under Beach Road. 

 It is necessary to add the ' Big town ' 

 here, because there is another ' New 

 Street ' — Fraser Street — in ' small 

 town.' 



(ii) ' Tiechiu new street.' 



(The district is largely inhabited by 

 Tiechius, but the street itself is a Can- 

 tonese brothel street.) 



(iii) ' New market new street.' 

 (' New market' is the Ellenborough Market 

 close bv.) 



R. A. Soc. No. 42, 1904 



