202 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG. 



Temple of the tutelary God of the town. Cantonese, Shing 

 Wong m iu lo.Jfi|gjggg& 



Buckingham Street : Hokkien, Sin ke thau 

 %)\p%£^i " Campbell Street head." Cantonese, Saa-ke thau 



Burmah Road: Hokkien, Gu chhia chdi ^.jjj-jrj^ 

 (often contracted to Chhia chui, "bullock-cart water"; 

 before the construction of the Municipal Water Service, water 

 sellers used to come to a well here for water and convey the 

 same in bullock carts to town for sale. Cantonese, Ngau Chhe 



Shui 4^;fc 



Campbell Street: (1) Hokkien, Sinke ^/ffij "new 

 street," in contradistinction to Chulia Street, the old street 

 where all the Chinese brothels were before Campbell Street 

 was constiucted. Cantonese, San kai ^Jf^ij (2) Hokkien, 

 Sin toa-mui"-lau Sff^P^t^ "new Chulia Street" (see 



Chulia Street). Cantonese, San tai mun lau ^f^Cp^ffi (3) 

 Cantonese, Kam-le tai kai ^^ij^Hf Kam-le being the 

 Cantonese pronunciation of Campbell, and tai kai meaning big 

 street. This last name is chiefly used in matters of marri- 

 age, funeral and joss procession . 



Cannon Square : Hokkien, Liong San Tong lal 

 W^tU^ft " Liong San Tong inside"; Liong San Tong is 

 the Chop of the Seh Khu Kong-si .^4M)^f] which is 



inside this square. Cantonese, Shing Yau Kung-si ; the Kong-si 

 house of the surname Yau clan. 



