Phrase guide

chwee kueh

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Singapore: /ˌt͡ʃwiː ˈkweɪ/
  • Singapore: [ˌt͡ʃ˭wiː(˨˦)ˈk˭weˑ(˦˨)]
  • Singapore: [ˌt͡s˭w-]

1

noun

Meaning 1

A kind of steamed rice cake originating in Teochew cuisine, served with preserved radish (chai po).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singapore, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Teochew 水粿 (zui2 guê2) or Hokkien 水粿 (chúi-kóe).