the term 'kiao tor.

• cuckood1960

  6 Aug 07, 20:03

  what does 'kiao tor' means?
• dinky1409

  6 Aug 07, 21:17

  PAT BIRD BIRD
• rathcycle

  6 Aug 07, 21:18

  cannot tell you
  its top secret.
• Xephone_xenon

  6 Aug 07, 21:18

  Originally posted by cuckood1960:

  what does 'kiao tor' means?

  what dialect?
• browniebaobao

  6 Aug 07, 21:19

  if im not wrong, it means 'malay' or 'muslims'.
• hao_hao

  6 Aug 07, 21:33

  Originally posted by browniebaobao:

  if im not wrong, it means 'malay' or 'muslims'.

  yepz ..... but if u ask me y .. i dunno
• jlzk

  6 Aug 07, 21:35

  Originally posted by cuckood1960:

  what does 'kiao tor' means?

  Er its a dialect and it refer to people who are (bangala,indian,malays) not a nice word to be use ...offensive eh dude
• TrixCereals

  6 Aug 07, 21:41

  Offensive. Best not to use it.
• <Precious>

  6 Aug 07, 21:42

  In hokkien, it means shovel/dig the earth......
• caleb_chiang

  6 Aug 07, 21:44

  
• a-Lost-9uY

  6 Aug 07, 21:48

  means blackie..
  not a gd word..
  pls dun use it
• LazerLordz

  6 Aug 07, 21:51

  It's crude and downright offensive.
• WoBuPaNi

  6 Aug 07, 22:04

  kiao tor = skin like mud
  
  refers to people with dark skin e.g malays, indians.
• alleggerita

  6 Aug 07, 22:32

  My friend damn "creative"..he call malays "yalam"..that's malay spelled the other way round..but seems like lotsa malays know "yalam" refers to them now..
• dragg

  6 Aug 07, 22:34

  its mean digging the soil.
  
  rude term referring to the malays.
  
  
• angelfairy

  6 Aug 07, 22:38

  Originally posted by dragg:

  its mean digging the soil.
  
  rude term referring to the malays.
  
  

  x2
• DjMatrix

  7 Aug 07, 00:56

  Originally posted by alleggerita:

  My friend damn "creative"..he call malays "yalam"..that's malay spelled the other way round..but seems like lotsa malays know "yalam" refers to them now..

  dude my frens same too sia..sekali we noe each other lol
• alleggerita

  7 Aug 07, 00:59

  Originally posted by DjMatrix:

  dude my frens same too sia..sekali we noe each other lol

  
  
  Which school you from?
• trendz

  7 Aug 07, 01:04

  Originally posted by jlzk:

  Er its a dialect and it refer to people who are (bangala,indian,malays) not a nice word to be use ...offensive eh dude

  not exactly. 'kiao tor' is in hokkien. it a derogatory term for malays.
  'kelings' - derogatory term for indians.
  
  'kiao tor' literally means 'dig mud', and are often further described as dirty, dishonest and bloodsucking, and skin color similar to that of mud/earth/soil.
  
  'kelings' is actually the sound produced when the metal chains with a heavy metal ball hit against each other when walking; they are locked at the ankles of indians who are often mostly labourers in the past.
• latenightmonster

  7 Aug 07, 08:22

  its a racist term.
• Fatum

  7 Aug 07, 08:36

  
  I think you all took it too literally lah ...
  
  yes, it does sound the same as digging mud, but I believe the actual translation is " followers of the religion" :- "Jiao4 tu2" ...
  
  there is nothing derogatory about it, unless you want to make it so.
• de_middle

  7 Aug 07, 08:46

  Originally posted by trendz:

  not exactly. 'kiao tor' is in hokkien. it a derogatory term for malays.
  'kelings' - derogatory term for indians.
  
  'kiao tor' literally means 'dig mud', and are often further described as dirty, dishonest and bloodsucking, and skin color similar to that of mud/earth/soil.
  
  'kelings' is actually the sound produced when the metal chains with a heavy metal ball hit against each other when walking; they are locked at the ankles of indians who are often mostly labourers in the past.

  x2
• trendz

  7 Aug 07, 08:55

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I think you all took it too literally lah ...
  
  yes, it does sound the same as digging mud, but I believe the actual translation is " followers of the religion" :- "Jiao4 tu2" ...
  
  there is nothing derogatory about it, unless you want to make it so.

  why don't you ask our parents/grandparents about it and see what they say?
• Fatum

  7 Aug 07, 09:56

  Originally posted by trendz:

  why don't you ask our parents/grandparents about it and see what they say?

  this is what I understand it to be, if you much prefer the politically incorrect version, then so be it ...
• TehJarVu

  7 Aug 07, 10:04

  Originally posted by Fatum:

  I think you all took it too literally lah ...
  
  yes, it does sound the same as digging mud, but I believe the actual translation is " followers of the religion" :- "Jiao4 tu2" ...
  
  there is nothing derogatory about it, unless you want to make it so.

  jiao4 tu2 is gao4 doh2 in hokkien
  
  not kiao tor