English
Etymology
From Chinese �� (g�ngsī).
Noun
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en-noun|pl=kongsi
- In (particularly overseas) Chinese culture and society, a family house.
Quotations
1998, Zawawi Ibrahim, The Malay Labourer
:By 1970, for instance, the state authorities considered these kongsi to be unfit and unhygienic for living, and they were ordered to be dismantled.
2003, Wu Xiao An, Chinese Business in the Making of a Malay State, 1882-1941
:The term kongsi loosely referred to any association of the Chinese, ranging from a business partnership to governments in West Borneo, secret societies and clan associations.
2004, Simon Richmond, Marie Cambon, Damian Harper, Richard Watkins, Lonely Planet: Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei
:A kongsi is a clan house, a building that�s partly a temple and partly a meeting hall for Chinese of the same clan or surname.
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