That is why I said you are wrong when you think the Malay here refer to Malaysian nationality.

hahaa...got..got 1 k-tard pm-ed me for contact when he came over to penang..
i ask him which he prefer..and he requested for the russkies...

That is why I said learn how to read Chinese characters. The Chinese characters from the advertisement are referring to Malay as in race/ethnic, not nationality.

Beside, if nationality they will use Malaysian, not Malay.

This post has been edited by Varezart: Feb 27 2013, 03:48 PM

loh panjang giler gaduh.org dah kata character tu sendiri maksudnya melayu bukan malaysian chinese

yg romaji tu translation je,x penting.org yg tulis tu tulis cine dulu br translate

we of course know lar...

but the hong kong, taiwan and china people dont know....and it took me a very hard time trying to explain to them about malay and malaysian chinese difference....

end up some jst shrugged and say, 'haiya, so difficult, i jst call malay can already since malaysian = malay like how aussie = australian".

From my experience, they mostly refer us (Malaysian-chinese) as
"大馬华侨 or 大馬人" (Taiwan)
*xi.ma.hua.qiao / xi.ma.ren*
or
"大馬华侨 or 大馬仔" (HK)
*dai.ma.wa.q / dai.ma.zai*

But most of them won't bother to ask unless you couldn't communicate with them. And Yes, many people in Hong Kong or Taiwan do know about Malaysia and Singapore.

Singaporean are mostly refer as
"新加坡人"
*xin.jia.po.ren* (Chinese)
*xing.ga.bo.yan* (HK)
or
"新馬人"
*xin.ma.ren* (Chinese)
*xing.ma.yan* (HK)

That is from my experience la =,= I never heard them call me "馬来仔" before...

not exactly...
when they kenot see the difference or aware of such difference between malaysian malay and malaysian chinese, they will lump all under malay...

like how we lump all australian as aussie ppl....

Who said they don't know. Actually, they refer the oversea Chinese as Huaren, not Malay.

ini bodoh.ketidakmahuan anda untuk memahami maksud character itu bodoh. tak reti xpe tapi still dengan penatang panggilan karut marut korang tu

susahnye, just from a mere signpost.

rasa panta+nya sama gak.

those that been to malaysia/singapore and aware of the ethnic difference know lar...

those first time traveller..all will lump us as malay....
it takes time to explain to them...or unless they are interested to know the difference and learn...

that's why when my HK and Taiwan friends came..they very surprised how we know which is indian and which is malay. cox to them, malay and indian look exactly the same. they need time to get used to looking at those faces..we have, but they havent.

But after some googling, it seems that the last 2 characters in that advert (xxx-xxx-ma-lai) is the same writing as our malaysia written in chinese (ma-lai-xi-ya)

So is there a different way to write in chinese, the term "malay" as in ethnicity, and as in nationality?

read what AceKenedy say. You are totally clueless. Overseas Chinese are refer to as Huaren, NOT Malay.

My Chinese is not good, but just read what Acekenedy said. Overseas Chinese regardless whether you come from Malaysia,Singapore,or America are call as Huaren.

those that has been exposed to our ethnic difference know...

those 1st timer wont...to them, there is no chinese, malay and india in malaysia..

only malay.....

as in, only aussie in australia....no Torres Strait Islander or aboriginals.

our problem is, malay is a race as well.

Where as for others, it is not a race...but a name depicting citizen of that country.

Who said they don't know. They are aware that Singapore have ethnic Chinese. And for God's sake, they can tell which one is Chinese,Malay and Indian.

This post has been edited by Varezart: Feb 27 2013, 03:57 PM

well....call that clueless or whatever you want. but the many hongkies, taiwanese and PRC friends i met 1st called me as malay....

maybe it's because i am exposed to alot more...hence i can see the difference. where as if u have only 1 info, u would insist that being right...until you're told of a 2nd info..then u realized, 'eh, actually got ppl think this way one'...

LOL! My younger brother university have students from China. I don't see them having problem differentiating or even label everyone as Malay.

This post has been edited by Varezart: Feb 27 2013, 04:02 PM

i beg to differ...

when i was in china....some of those prc ppl i came across, were surprised malaysia people can speak mandarin....they thought we only speak malaysian...i doubt they even know how malaysian language sounds like though, lol....

and when i was in taiwan, my taiwanese friends introduce me to their local friends..and they all say things like below :
"so you're a malay?"
"i didnt know malay people skin so fair. i thought it's spose to be darker"
"why is there a malaysian chinese? arent you malay? like australia = aussie? Malaysia = malay?"

yes..i have one helluva time explaining to them in multiple night markets spread across multiple days...

and when i was in HK..my friend's mum, thought we are Malay..until recently when TVB starts expanding their relationship with astro..only then they realized there are malaysian chinese who speaks mandarin, cantonese and hokkien hakka etc...