chap lau chu

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 十樓厝 (cha̍p-lâu-chhù, “ten-storey house”). Originating in the 1960s, with the building of pioneering HDB satellite flats. === Pronunciation === (Singapore, original Hokkien pronunciation) IPA(key): [t͡säp̚˩ lɑʊ˩ t͡sʰuˑ˩] === Noun === chap lau chu (plural chap lau chus or chap lau chu) (Singapore, colloquial) A ten-storey housing flat built by the Singapore Housing and Development Board (HDB) in the 1960s (now mostly vacated).