Trengganu Street

Trengganu Street
Trengganu Street, Chinatown, Singapore
Traditional Chinese	1. 牛車水橫街 2. 戲院橫街 3. 丁加奴街
Simplified Chinese	1. 牛车水横街 2. 戏院横街 3. 丁加奴街
Literal meaning	1. Kreta Ayer's cross street 2. theatre side street 3. (Phonetic transcription)
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin 1. niú chē shuĭ hèng jiē 2. xì yuàn hèng jiē 3. Dīngjiānú Jiē Yue: Cantonese Jyutping 1. ngau4 che1 seui2 waang6 gaai1 2. hei2 jyun4 waang6 gaai1 3. ding1 ga1 nou4 gaai1 Southern Min Hokkien POJ 1. gu chia chui wha koi

Trengganu Street (Chinese: 丁加奴街; pinyin: Dīngjiānú Jiē) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore.

The road links Pagoda Street and Sago Street, and is intersected by Temple Street and Smith Street. A section of Trengganu Street from Pagoda Street to Smith Street was converted to a pedestrian mall in 1997, with the remaining section of the street and Sago Street also converted into a pedestrian mall in 2003 and now forms the heart of the tourist belt in Singapore's Chinatown.

Trengganu Street takes its name from Terengganu, a sultanate and state on the northeastern side of present-day Peninsular Malaysia. The difference in spelling is attributed to the state's former name, "Trengganu", which was given to the street at the time the state was named as such.

Trengganu Street was described as "the Piccadilly of Chinese Singapore" in the past. In Hokkien, the street is called "the cross street of Kreta Ayer". Kreta Ayer is a reference to the Chinatown area and the crossing of streets refers to Smith Street and Sago Street. Later, the Chinese referred to Trengganu Street in Cantonese as "theatre side street", a reference to the well-known Chinese theatre, Hei Yuen Kai or Lai Chun Yuen, on Smith Street. The theatre started in the 1880s and was renovated in 1918. It staged popular Cantonese operas until 1927.