Meaning of kongsi | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Kelompok atau kumpulan rasmi; pertubuhan.
2. Pertubuhan warga pekerja atau pedagang; kesatuan sekerja.

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Examples

“kongsi gelap”

secret society

“Sementara itu, dalam kalangan pendatang Cina yang menetap di Asia Tenggara pula, mereka telah menubuhkan kongsi, di mana kongsi Cina ditadbir oleh 5 orang yang dipimpin oleh Ketua Kongsi. Di Barat Borneo dia diberi gelaran po, contohnya Chang Mao-po dan Hung Kui-po.”

Meanwhile, among Chinese immigrants living in Southeast Asia, these people have set up clan associations, where each Chinese clan association is managed by 5 people led by the head of the clan association. In West Borneo the leader is given the title po, such as Chang Mao-po and Hung Kui-po.

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