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  • noun In (particularly overseas) Chinese culture and society, a family house.

Etymologies

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From Chinese 公司 (gōngsī).

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Examples

  • Penang has a large ensemble of ancestral temples, clan associations or halls called kongsi, and grand mansions.

    Ivan About Town 2009

  • Penang has a large ensemble of ancestral temples, clan associations or halls called kongsi, and grand mansions.

    Ivan About Town 2009

  • Ini tidak bermaksud konsep 'perkongsian kuasa' untuk ialah ber'kongsi 'secara samarata.

    The "thirteen million plus Ringgit" guy rambles.... 2009

  • Look at the 'kongsi' that house our workers: plywood walls, river water and dug-out toilet pits are the standard.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2009

  • He knocked out the puppy with two blows and carried it back to his kongsi where his friends had already built a fire.

    "There Are No Cats In America." fantasyecho 2008

  • I could not rush a town or a Chinese _kongsi_ house.

    In Court and Kampong Being Tales and Sketches of Native Life in the Malay Peninsula Hugh Charles Clifford 1903

  • Operasi-operasi pencegahan jenayah di kawasan Wangsa Maju turut diadakan secara berkala dan bersepadu melibatkan semua jabatan dalam PDRM bagi membendung jenayah curi kendaraan, pecah rumah, maksiat, pelacuran, kongsi gelap, perjudian haram, rempit, lumba haram, cetak rompak dan penipuan.

    Planet Malaysia weechookeong 2010

  • District police are also focusing on the crackdown on illegal immigrants -- 48 of whom were picked up during three operations at several kongsi in the district since early February.

    nst online 2010

  • District police are also focusing on the crackdown on illegal immigrants -- 48 of whom were picked up during three operations at several kongsi in the district since early February.

    nst online 2010

  • Saya cuma nak kongsi petua2 yang saya amalkan sejak zaman anak dara, hinggalah sekarang.

    SARA - Southeast Asian RSS Aggregator 2010

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