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Oct 24, 2021 · SINGAPORE - Actress Gong Li is said to be giving up Singapore citizenship, after reportedly being blacklisted by the Chinese government for holding a foreign passport.
- Eh sai (eh-sah-i) Meaning: Can, doable. Example: You want me to finish all this by myself? Ok lah eh sai.
- Kia si (kia-see) Meaning: Afraid to die. Example: You’re just having a mild flu. Don’t so kia si leh! Advertising.
- Steady. Meaning: For sure. Sounds good. Example: Shall we meet tomorrow at Orchard at about 7pm? Ok steady.
- Got. Meaning: A very shortcut way of saying, “yes”, “there is”, “I did”. Example: Do you have an umbrella? Did you do your homework? Did you show up yesterday?
Oct 23, 2021 · A month after Nicholas Tse revealed that he is renouncing his Canadian citizenship comes news that Gong Li is no longer Singaporean. The 55-year-old was granted Singapore citizenship in 2008, more than a decade after her 1996 wedding with local tobacco tycoon Ooi Hoe Seong.
Oct 23, 2021 · Gong Li, 55, Reportedly Renouncing Singapore Citizenship. There were rumours that the actress, who became a Singaporean in 2008, was blacklisted in China for holding a foreign passport.
Oct 24, 2021 · Gong Li, who married Singaporean tycoon Ooi Hoe Seong in 1996, was granted Singapore citizenship in 2008. Photo: AP. The 55-year-old is allegedly renouncing her citizenship due to sweeping crackdowns on the Chinese entertainment industry and reapplying to be a Chinese citizen, according to rumours which began circulating on the Internet last week.
Vocabulary is also taken from Indian words such as dai meaning 'hey', goondu meaning 'fat', etc. This is most obvious in such cases as borrow / lend, which are functionally equivalent in Singlish and mapped to the same Chinese word, 借 (Hokkien chioh, Cantonese ze3, Mandarin jiè), which can mean to lend or to borrow.
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Gong Li is a noted Chinese-born Singaporean actress, who has played a big role in bringing Chinese cinema to eminence in the West. An alumnus of the prestigious Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, she debuted in films with ‘Red Sorghum’ while studying in her second year and gained immediate attention for her excellent performance.
