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xxv GLOSSARY Nanyang Permatang Purdah Sinkheh Samseng Sembahyang Hantu Sultan Temenggong Toti Towkay Wayang Yamen Yin-Yang 'Southern seas', a Chinese term for South-East Asia. (Malay term) A sand ridge or dune. Indian system of secluding women of rank from public view. 'New guest or visitor', referring to newly arrived Chinese immigrants. Hokkien word referring to toughs, gangsters, rowdies, and unruly elements in society, many of whom are engaged by secret societies. It originates from the triad term sanxing, meaning 'three stars'. Malay colloquial term for the Chinese zhong yuan jie, also known as gui jie or the 'Festival of the Hungry Ghosts'. Islamic honorific given to a Malay/Indonesian ruler. Malay chief of high rank. Labourer employed in carrying and emptying night-soil. Malay/Indonesian term for rich Chinese. Malay term for a theatrical show. Government offices in China. Complementary principles or essences (yin associated with the dark, wet, feminine, and absorbent and yang with the bright, dry, masculine , and powerful) existing on both the metaphysical and physical planes which are used in Chinese thought to explain all processes of growth and change in the natural world. Nanyang Permatang Purdah Sinkheh Samseng Sembahyang Hantu Sultan Temenggong Toti Towkay Wayang Yamen Yin-Yang 'Southern seas', a Chinese term for South-East Asia. (Malay term) A sand ridge or dune. Indian system of secluding women of rank from public view. 'New guest or visitor', referring to newly arrived Chinese immigrants. Hokkien word referring to toughs, gangsters, rowdies, and unruly elements in society, many of whom are engaged by secret societies. It originates from the triad term sanxing, meaning 'three stars'. Malay colloquial term for the Chinese zhong yuan jie, also known as gui jie or the 'Festival of the Hungry Ghosts'. Islamic honorific given to a Malay/Indonesian ruler. Malay chief of high rank. Labourer employed in carrying and emptying night-soil. Malay/Indonesian term for rich Chinese. Malay term for a theatrical show. Government offices in China. Complementary principles or essences (yin associated with the dark, wet, feminine, and absorbent and yang with the bright, dry, masculine , and powerful) existing on both the metaphysical and physical planes which are used in Chinese thought to explain all processes of growth and change in the natural world. Nanyang Permatang Purdah Sinkheh Samseng Sembahyang Hantu Sultan Temenggong Toti Towkay Wayang Yamen Yin-Yang 'Southern seas', a Chinese term for South-East Asia. (Malay term) A sand ridge or dune. Indian system of secluding women of rank from public view. 'New guest or visitor', referring to newly arrived Chinese immigrants. Hokkien word referring to toughs, gangsters, rowdies, and unruly elements in society, many of whom are engaged by secret societies. It originates from the triad term sanxing, meaning 'three stars'. Malay colloquial term for the Chinese zhong yuan jie, also known as gui jie or the 'Festival of the Hungry Ghosts'. Islamic honorific given to a Malay/Indonesian ruler. Malay chief of high rank. Labourer employed in carrying and emptying night-soil. Malay/Indonesian term for rich Chinese. Malay term for a theatrical show. Government offices in China. Complementary principles or essences (yin associated with the dark, wet, feminine, and absorbent and yang with the bright, dry, masculine , and powerful) existing on both the metaphysical and physical planes which are used in Chinese thought to explain all processes of growth and change in the natural world. Nanyang Permatang Purdah Sinkheh Samseng Sembahyang Hantu Sultan Temenggong Toti Towkay Wayang Yamen Yin-Yang 'Southern seas', a Chinese term for South-East Asia. (Malay term) A sand ridge or dune. Indian system of secluding women of rank from public view. 'New guest or visitor', referring to newly arrived Chinese immigrants. Hokkien word referring to toughs, gangsters, rowdies, and unruly elements in society, many of whom are engaged by secret societies. It originates from the triad term sanxing, meaning 'three stars'. Malay colloquial term for the Chinese zhong yuan jie, also known as gui jie or the 'Festival of the Hungry Ghosts'. Islamic honorific given to a Malay/Indonesian ruler. Malay chief of high rank. Labourer employed in carrying and emptying night-soil. Malay/Indonesian term for rich Chinese. Malay term for a theatrical show. Government offices in China. Complementary principles or essences (yin associated with the dark, wet, feminine, and absorbent and yang with the bright, dry, masculine , and powerful) existing on both the metaphysical and physical planes which are used in Chinese thought to explain all processes of growth and change in the natural world...