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吉𡨴巴虱 "Kling market," pá-sat being a corruption of the Malay word pasar.
- Chulia Street:
- Part I., between Beach Street and Pitt Street.
- Hokkien, kiet-lêng-á ke 吉𡨴仔街 "Kling Street," so called from the Kling shop-keepers there. The word Chulia itself is a Bengali word meaning Kling. (Vide King street Part IV).
- Cantonese, kit-ling kai 吉𡨴街
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- Hokkien, lô͘-lîn ke 羅粦街 Lô͘-lîn Chinese pronunciation for Noordin and ke means street, so called after the business premises of Mr. H. M. Noordin.
- Cantonese, Yi sheung kai 衣箱街 "clothes box street," from the Chinese cabinet-makers' shops there.
- Part II., between Pitt Street and Love Lane.
- Hokkien, Toā mûiⁿ laû 大門樓 " big archway"; formerly there were two big archways to a large compound house here (see Sek Chuen Lane).
- Cantonese, Tai mun lau 大門樓
- Part III., between Love Lane and Penang Road.
- Hokkien, gû-kan-tàng 牛干冬 "cattle pen"; gû means cattle and kan-tàng is the Chinese pronunciation for the Malay word "kandang" meaning a pen.
- Cantonese, Sha kong thau 砂岡頭 " sand hill head," in former days people used to deposit rubbish there which heaped up in a mound.
- Chulia Street Ghaut:
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- Hokkien, kiet-lêng-á-ke lō͘-thâu 吉𡨴仔街路頭 (vide Chulia Street, Part I.)
- Cantonese, kit-ling-kai lo-thau 吉𡨴街路頭
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- Hokkien, Sìⁿ Iûⁿ Kong-si ke 姓楊公司街 called after the Kong-si house of
