machiam

English

Alternative forms

• macam, macham

Etymology

From Malay macam (“like”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /mat͡ʃam/

Preposition

machiam

1. (Singapore, informal) Like, similar to, resembling.
   • 2000, Liew Geok Leong, Women Without Men, page 130:

     Kiasi cannot die; machiam machiam words

   • 2009, Angel_Ling, “Tripadvisor”, in Tripadvisor.com.sg‎^[1], retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Chennai (Madras) Photo: machiam our local pasar malam…

   • 2014-07-30, Owl International, “Singapore, We Are Ok! (National Day Song 2014)”, in Youtube.com‎^[2], retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Machiam rojak! Very messy but taste shiok right?

   • 2015-09-16, Irene Ang, “Twitter”, in Twitter.com‎^[3], retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Wah machiam movie star leh. . So handsome!

   • 2015, Denise Tan, “Burpple”, in Burpple.com‎^[4], archived from the original on 24 September 2015:

     Machiam hipster like that.