216 CHINESE NAMES OF STREETS IN PENANG. 



Hokkien, Leng chiak chhii cheng S|&.J|!| jjjjj' " LengCheak's 

 house front. " , 



PART III., about the PraDgin Ditch. Hokkien, Tiau kio thau 

 fttSffiM "suspension bridge head," i. e., the bridge over 

 the Prangin Ditch. This name is sometimes, though improperly, 

 applied, to those parts of Prangin Road, Maxwell Road and 

 Burmah Road which join Penang Road at the Prangin Ditch ; 

 the general name for the whole district round about here is 

 Titi Papan, meaning wooden bridge. Cantonese, Tiu khiu thau 



fitifil 



PART IV., about the Magazine Police Station. Hokkien, 

 Lang chhia leng rai koan J^^^jj^^ " rickshaw nailing" 

 licence office" = the rickshaw registration department. 



Penang Street : Part I., betweeen Light Street and 

 Bishop Street. Hokkien, Kaii keng chhii ^{p|j6i "nine 

 houses"; formerly there were only nine housees in this part of 

 Penang Street on the right hand side as one goes up from 

 Light Street. 



PART II., between Bishep Street and Market Street. (1) 

 Hokkien, Kui n -tang ke Jl| j§( fij KuiMang — Quang-tung Pro- 

 vince in Southern China and ke = street ; so called because this 

 part of Penang Street is principally occupied by Cantonese shop- 

 keepers. Cantonese, Kwong-tung kai ||| jHfif kwong-tung = 

 Quang tung Province; kai = street. (2) Hokkien, Ma-kau ke 

 Jr^^fS » Macao Street"; Cantonese, Thong-yankai jHfj^flj 

 V Chinamen's street"; the word Chinaman refers to the Canton- 

 ese in distinction from the Hokkiens, whom the former considered 

 to be foreigners on account of their different provinciality. 



