206 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG. 



the Seh Iu clan. Cantonese, Shing Yeung Kong-si kai "#£>&§ 

 ^wjfg (3) flbHiffl, Chha lo-.thau ^gggg "firewood 

 landing-place" ; firewood used to be sold there, before Maxwell 

 Road, now a principal place for selling- firewood, was constructed. 

 (4) Hokkien, Toa chiii chi n ^;;^^j: "big water well" ; for- 

 merly there was a big water tank there (vide Pitt street 

 Part III). 



Chulia Lane: HokLien, Chap-chhit keng +-hf§] 

 '■ Seventeen houses" there was a row of seventeen houses of the 

 same size there. Cantonese, Shap-chhat kan +-H]b1 



Church Street : Hokkien, Gl-hin ke Mi§L£|j « Gi-hin 

 street " after the Kong-si house of the Gl hin secret society, 

 which stood where now the family residence of Captain Ah Quee 

 is. Cantonese, Yi hing kai §i|ipMij 



Church Street Ghaut: (1) Hokkien, Gi-hin-keJo-- 

 thau ^ftt^^&H Cantonese, Yi-hing kai lo-thau %£■&$$ 

 BUM ( 2) Hokkien,Ch\u loMhau VJSJffJ^gjfg "distillery land- 

 ing-place"; the distillery stands at the junction of Church 

 Street and Beach Street and belongs to the Spirit Farm. 



Cintra Street: (1) Hokkien, Sin-ke hoai" ke ^pfif 

 'Campbell Street, Cross Street" — the street crossing 

 Campbell Street. Cantonese, San kai wang kai ^f^y^-fi^ 

 (2) Hokkien, Phah phau ke ^pj^}££r the street where brothels 

 of the lowest type are, Cantonese, Ta Phan Kai ^X^fij 

 That part of this street which runs between Chulia Street and 

 Campbell Street is often called Jit-pun ke H^fcCSj meaning 

 Japanese Street — the street where the Japanese brothels are. 

 Cantonese, Yat pun chai kai fj 2J£|j|^ij " Japanese brothel 

 street." 



