Meanings
nouncai png (uncountable)
- SingaporecolloquialuncountableEconomy rice (rice sold with a combination of other dishes).
[…] walk right to the end of the cheerfully decked-out café and pick your dishes as you would at a cai png (economy rice) stall.
2004 October 11, Karman Tse, Today, Singapore, page 27Synonyms: cai fan
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEconomy rice (rice sold with a combination of other dishes).
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Origin
- Hokkien菜飯 /菜饭
- Englishcai png
From Hokkien 菜飯 /菜饭 (chhài-pn̄g).
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cai png. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cai%20png
MLA
“cai png.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cai%20png. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cai png,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cai%20png.
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