Indonesian vs Malay: words that differ

Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu share most of their vocabulary, but these are the words where Malaysia uses a different word. Learn both side by side.

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Word list: Indonesian vs Malay: words that differ

All 683 of the 1,500 most common words where Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu use a different word. The Indonesian word is on the left, the Malaysian equivalent next to it. Click 🔊 to listen to the pronunciation.

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🇮🇩 Indonesian	🇲🇾 Malay	English	Level
halo	helo	hello	Beginner
selamat siang	selamat tengah hari	good afternoon (midday)	Beginner
selamat sore	selamat petang	good afternoon (late)	Beginner
selamat tidur	selamat malam	good night (sleep well)	Beginner
sampai jumpa	jumpa lagi	see you	Beginner
permisi	maafkan saya / tumpang lalu	excuse me	Beginner
silakan	sila	please (go ahead)	Beginner
apa kabar	apa khabar	how are you	Beginner
kabar	khabar	news	Beginner
bapak	encik / bapa	Mr. / father	Beginner
mas	abang	older brother (form of address, Java)	Beginner
mbak	kak	older sister (form of address, Java)	Beginner
selamat	tahniah / selamat	congratulations / safe	Beginner
ulang tahun	hari jadi / hari lahir	birthday	Beginner
Anda	anda	you (formal)	Beginner
kalian	kamu semua / kalian	you (plural)	Beginner
kapan	bila	when	Beginner
mengapa	mengapa / kenapa	why	Beginner
nol	kosong / sifar	zero	Beginner
delapan	lapan	eight	Beginner
setengah	setengah / separuh	half	Beginner
nomor	nombor	number	Beginner
uang	wang / duit	money	Beginner
rupiah	ringgit	rupiah (currency)	Beginner
menit	minit	minute	Beginner
detik	saat	second	Beginner
siang	tengah hari	midday	Beginner
sore	petang	late afternoon	Beginner
kemarin	semalam / kelmarin	yesterday	Beginner
besok	esok	tomorrow	Beginner
kadang-kadang	kadang-kala	sometimes	Beginner
dulu	dahulu / dulu	before / formerly	Beginner
ayah	ayah / bapa	father	Beginner
istri	isteri	wife	Beginner
kakek	datuk / atuk	grandfather	Beginner
paman	pak cik	uncle	Beginner
bibi	mak cik	aunt	Beginner
teman	kawan / rakan	friend	Beginner
laki-laki	lelaki	male / man	Beginner
pria	lelaki	man	Beginner
wanita	wanita / perempuan	woman	Beginner
nyonya	puan	madam	Beginner
tetangga	jiran	neighbour	Beginner
tamu	tetamu	guest	Beginner
orang tua	ibu bapa	parents	Beginner
menikah	berkahwin	to marry	Beginner
sehat	sihat	healthy	Beginner
dokter	doktor	doctor	Beginner
rumah sakit	hospital	hospital	Beginner
obat	ubat	medicine	Beginner
apotek	farmasi	pharmacy	Beginner
flu	selesema	cold / flu	Beginner
pusing	pening	dizzy / headache	Beginner
lelah	letih / penat	tired	Beginner
capek	penat	tired (informal)	Beginner
mie	mi	noodles	Beginner
sapi	lembu	beef / cow	Beginner
jeruk	oren / limau	orange / citrus	Beginner
apel	epal	apple	Beginner
es	ais	ice	Beginner
kamar	bilik	room	Beginner
kamar tidur	bilik tidur	bedroom	Beginner
kamar mandi	bilik air / bilik mandi	bathroom	Beginner
lantai	lantai / tingkat	floor	Beginner
lemari	almari	cupboard / wardrobe	Beginner
tas	beg	bag	Beginner
pulpen	pen	pen	Beginner
telepon	telefon	telephone / to call	Beginner
hp	telefon bimbit	mobile phone	Beginner
televisi	televisyen	television	Beginner
kacamata	cermin mata	glasses	Beginner
handuk	tuala	towel	Beginner
sikat gigi	berus gigi	toothbrush	Beginner
toilet	tandas	toilet	Beginner
kaos	baju-T / t-shirt	T-shirt	Beginner
celana	seluar	trousers	Beginner
rok	skirt	skirt	Beginner
sepatu	kasut	shoes	Beginner
sandal	selipar	sandals	Beginner
toko	kedai	shop	Beginner
mal	pusat membeli-belah	mall	Beginner
belanja	membeli-belah	to shop	Beginner
ukuran	saiz	size	Beginner
bagus	bagus / elok	good / nice	Beginner
jelek	hodoh / buruk	ugly / bad	Beginner
jalan-jalan	jalan-jalan / bersiar-siar	to go for a walk / stroll	Beginner
pulang	pulang / balik	to go home	Beginner
sampai	sampai / tiba	to arrive / until	Beginner
berangkat	bertolak / berangkat	to depart	Beginner
mobil	kereta	car	Beginner
motor	motosikal	motorcycle	Beginner
sepeda	basikal	bicycle	Beginner
bus	bas	bus	Beginner
kereta	kereta api	train	Beginner
pesawat	kapal terbang / pesawat	aeroplane	Beginner
taksi	teksi	taxi	Beginner
bandara	lapangan terbang	airport	Beginner
stasiun	stesen	station	Beginner
terminal	terminal / stesen bas	bus terminal	Beginner
liburan	cuti / percutian	holiday	Beginner
wisata	pelancongan	tourism	Beginner
kota	bandar	city	Beginner
kantor	pejabat	office	Beginner
kantor pos	pejabat pos	post office	Beginner
pura	kuil Hindu	Hindu temple	Beginner
danau	tasik	lake	Beginner
sejuk	sejuk / nyaman	cool	Beginner
gempa	gempa bumi	earthquake	Beginner
musim hujan	musim hujan / musim tengkujuh	rainy season	Beginner
musim kemarau	musim kering / kemarau	dry season	Beginner
hewan	haiwan	animal	Beginner
kupu-kupu	rama-rama	butterfly	Beginner
guru	guru / cikgu	teacher	Beginner
siswa	pelajar	student (school)	Beginner
mahasiswa	mahasiswa / pelajar universiti	university student	Beginner
kelas	kelas / darjah	class	Beginner
kalimat	ayat	sentence	Beginner
bicara	cakap / bercakap	to speak	Beginner
mengerti	faham / mengerti	to understand	Beginner
paham	faham	to understand	Beginner
ujian	peperiksaan / ujian	exam	Beginner
universitas	universiti	university	Beginner
pegawai	pegawai / kakitangan	employee	Beginner
bos	bos / majikan	boss	Beginner
polisi	polis	police	Beginner
sopir	pemandu	driver	Beginner
kasih	bagi / beri	to give (informal)	Beginner
lihat	lihat / tengok	to see	Beginner
nonton	tengok / menonton	to watch	Beginner
cuci	cuci / basuh	to wash	Beginner
coba	cuba	to try	Beginner
bertemu	berjumpa / bertemu	to meet	Beginner
kirim	hantar / kirim	to send	Beginner
punya	ada / punya	to have	Beginner
butuh	perlu	to need	Beginner
harus	mesti / harus	must	Beginner
bantu	tolong / bantu	to help	Beginner
istirahat	rehat	to rest	Beginner
buruk	buruk / teruk	bad	Beginner
tampan	kacak	handsome	Beginner
mudah	mudah / senang	easy	Beginner
sulit	sukar / susah	difficult	Beginner
benar	betul / benar	correct / true	Beginner
ramai	ramai / sesak	crowded / busy	Beginner
sepi	sunyi	quiet / empty	Beginner
terang	terang / cerah	bright	Beginner
beda	beza	different	Beginner
karena	kerana	because	Beginner
saja	sahaja / saja	just / only	Beginner
sekali	sekali / sangat	very / once	Beginner
lalu	lalu / kemudian	then	Beginner
senang	gembira / seronok / senang	happy / pleased	Beginner
kaget	terkejut	startled	Beginner
kangen	rindu	to miss (informal)	Beginner
ramah	ramah / peramah	friendly	Beginner
pintar	pandai / bijak	smart	Beginner
cokelat	coklat / perang	brown / chocolate	Beginner
abu-abu	kelabu	grey	Beginner
oranye	jingga / oren	orange (colour)	Beginner
merah muda	merah jambu	pink	Beginner
persegi	segi empat	square	Beginner
mendengarkan	mendengar	to listen to	Intermediate
berbicara	bercakap / berbicara	to speak	Intermediate
mengatakan	mengatakan / berkata	to say / state	Intermediate
menemukan	menjumpai / menemui	to find	Intermediate
mengirim	menghantar	to send	Intermediate
mencuci	mencuci / membasuh	to wash	Intermediate
memperbaiki	membaiki	to repair	Intermediate
mengundang	menjemput	to invite (formally)	Intermediate
mengantar	menghantar	to take / escort (someone)	Intermediate
menelepon	menelefon	to phone	Intermediate
pertanyaan	soalan / pertanyaan	question	Intermediate
jawaban	jawapan	answer	Intermediate
kebutuhan	keperluan	need	Intermediate
keinginan	keinginan / kehendak	wish / desire	Intermediate
kesehatan	kesihatan	health	Intermediate
keamanan	keselamatan	security / safety	Intermediate
kecepatan	kelajuan	speed	Intermediate
kesalahan	kesalahan / kesilapan	mistake	Intermediate
kemampuan	kemampuan / keupayaan	ability	Intermediate
kesempatan	peluang / kesempatan	opportunity	Intermediate
kegiatan	kegiatan / aktiviti	activity	Intermediate
kenyataan	kenyataan / realiti	reality	Intermediate
kebiasaan	kebiasaan / tabiat	habit	Intermediate
kesulitan	kesukaran / kesulitan	difficulty	Intermediate
pertemuan	pertemuan / perjumpaan	meeting	Intermediate
perbedaan	perbezaan	difference	Intermediate
penjelasan	penjelasan / penerangan	explanation	Intermediate
pilek	selesema	runny nose	Intermediate
alergi	alahan	allergy	Intermediate
diare	cirit-birit	diarrhoea	Intermediate
gula darah	gula darah / gula dalam darah	blood sugar	Intermediate
suntik	suntikan	injection	Intermediate
resep	preskripsi / resipi	prescription / recipe	Intermediate
mengobati	merawat / mengubati	to treat (medically)	Intermediate
sembuh	sembuh / pulih	to recover	Intermediate
langsing	langsing / slim	slim	Intermediate
hamil	hamil / mengandung	pregnant	Intermediate
melahirkan	melahirkan / bersalin	to give birth	Intermediate
meninggal	meninggal dunia	to pass away	Intermediate
napas	nafas	breath	Intermediate
bernapas	bernafas	to breathe	Intermediate
ginjal	buah pinggang	kidney	Intermediate
karyawan	pekerja / kakitangan	employee	Intermediate
atasan	ketua / majikan	superior / boss	Intermediate
bawahan	orang bawahan	subordinate	Intermediate
rekan kerja	rakan sekerja	colleague	Intermediate
perusahaan	syarikat	company	Intermediate
kantor pusat	ibu pejabat	head office	Intermediate
cabang	cawangan	branch	Intermediate
lembur	kerja lebih masa	overtime	Intermediate
rapat	mesyuarat	meeting	Intermediate
jadwal	jadual	schedule	Intermediate
proyek	projek	project	Intermediate
email	e-mel	email	Intermediate
tanda tangan	tandatangan	signature	Intermediate
lamaran	permohonan	application (job)	Intermediate
melamar	memohon / melamar	to apply (job / propose)	Intermediate
wawancara	temu duga / wawancara	interview	Intermediate
pensiun	pencen / bersara	retirement / pension	Intermediate
jabatan	jawatan	position / rank	Intermediate
manajer	pengurus	manager	Intermediate
direktur	pengarah	director	Intermediate
sekretaris	setiausaha	secretary	Intermediate
klien	klien / pelanggan	client	Intermediate
penjualan	jualan	sales	Intermediate
usaha	usaha / perniagaan	business / effort	Intermediate
bisnis	perniagaan	business	Intermediate
jurusan	jurusan / bidang pengajian	major / department	Intermediate
gelar	gelaran / ijazah	degree / title	Intermediate
sarjana	ijazah sarjana muda	bachelor's degree	Intermediate
nilai	markah / nilai	grade / value	Intermediate
tugas rumah	kerja rumah	homework	Intermediate
PR	kerja rumah	homework	Intermediate
tata bahasa	tatabahasa	grammar	Intermediate
kosakata	kosa kata / perbendaharaan kata	vocabulary	Intermediate
arti	erti / makna	meaning	Intermediate
menerjemahkan	menterjemahkan	to translate	Intermediate
lafal	sebutan	pronunciation	Intermediate
lancar	lancar / fasih	fluent	Intermediate
bahasa daerah	bahasa daerah / loghat	regional language	Intermediate
bahasa gaul	bahasa slanga / bahasa pasar	slang	Intermediate
percakapan	perbualan	conversation	Intermediate
pidato	ucapan / pidato	speech	Intermediate
dongeng	dongeng / cerita rakyat	fairy tale	Intermediate
puisi	puisi / sajak	poem	Intermediate
koran	surat khabar / akhbar	newspaper	Intermediate
artikel	artikel / rencana	article	Intermediate
beasiswa	biasiswa	scholarship	Intermediate
pelatihan	latihan	training	Intermediate
jaringan	rangkaian	network	Intermediate
sinyal	isyarat / signal	signal	Intermediate
pulsa	kredit	phone credit	Intermediate
kuota	kuota data	data quota	Intermediate
aplikasi	aplikasi / apl	app	Intermediate
unduh	muat turun	to download	Intermediate
mengunduh	memuat turun	to download	Intermediate
unggah	muat naik	to upload	Intermediate
mengunggah	memuat naik	to upload	Intermediate
kirim pesan	hantar mesej	to send a message	Intermediate
pesan singkat	SMS / pesanan ringkas	text message	Intermediate
akun	akaun	account	Intermediate
kata sandi	kata laluan	password	Intermediate
layar	skrin	screen	Intermediate
tombol	butang	button	Intermediate
kabel	kabel / wayar	cable	Intermediate
baterai	bateri	battery	Intermediate
pengisi daya	pengecas	charger	Intermediate
mengisi daya	mengecas	to charge	Intermediate
laptop	komputer riba	laptop	Intermediate
foto	gambar / foto	photo	Intermediate
musik	muzik	music	Intermediate
film	filem	movie	Intermediate
bioskop	panggung wayang / pawagam	cinema	Intermediate
acara	acara / rancangan	programme / event	Intermediate
mesin	mesin / jentera	machine	Intermediate
rusak	rosak	broken / damaged	Intermediate
warga	warga / penduduk	citizen / resident	Intermediate
provinsi	negeri / wilayah	province	Intermediate
kabupaten	daerah	regency	Intermediate
kecamatan	mukim / daerah kecil	district	Intermediate
kelurahan	kampung / kawasan	urban village (admin)	Intermediate
ibu kota	ibu kota / ibu negara	capital city	Intermediate
gubernur	gabenor / menteri besar	governor	Intermediate
bupati	pegawai daerah	regent	Intermediate
wali kota	datuk bandar	mayor	Intermediate
camat	penghulu mukim	district head	Intermediate
lurah	penghulu / ketua kampung	village head (urban)	Intermediate
kepala desa	ketua kampung	village head	Intermediate
pemilihan	pemilihan / pilihan raya	election	Intermediate
pemilu	pilihan raya umum	general election	Intermediate
partai	parti	party (political)	Intermediate
hukum	undang-undang / hukum	law	Intermediate
undang-undang	undang-undang / akta	act / law	Intermediate
pengadilan	mahkamah	court	Intermediate
pengacara	peguam	lawyer	Intermediate
tentara	tentera	army	Intermediate
kejahatan	jenayah	crime	Intermediate
korupsi	rasuah	corruption	Intermediate
kewajiban	kewajipan / tanggungjawab	obligation	Intermediate
kebijakan	dasar / polisi	policy	Intermediate
menurut	menurut / mengikut	according to	Intermediate
setuju	setuju / bersetuju	to agree	Intermediate
curiga	curiga / syak	suspicious	Intermediate
khawatir	bimbang / risau	worried	Intermediate
gugup	gementar / gugup	nervous	Intermediate
puas	puas / berpuas hati	satisfied	Intermediate
heran	hairan	amazed / puzzled	Intermediate
bingung	keliru / bingung	confused	Intermediate
kesal	geram / kesal	annoyed	Intermediate
jengkel	jengkel / menyampah	irritated	Intermediate
iri	iri hati / dengki	envious	Intermediate
pelit	kedekut	stingy	Intermediate
hemat	jimat / berjimat	thrifty	Intermediate
peduli	peduli / ambil peduli	to care	Intermediate
acuh	acuh tak acuh	indifferent	Intermediate
bercanda	bergurau	to joke	Intermediate
tertawa	ketawa	to laugh	Intermediate
dangkal	cetek	shallow	Intermediate
miring	senget / condong	slanted	Intermediate
matang	masak	ripe / cooked	Intermediate
sopan santun	sopan santun / adab	manners	Intermediate
nyaman	selesa	comfortable	Intermediate
aman	selamat / aman	safe	Intermediate
sederhana	sederhana / ringkas	simple	Intermediate
umum	umum / awam	general / public	Intermediate
khusus	khusus / khas	special / specific	Intermediate
pribadi	peribadi	private / personal	Intermediate
resmi	rasmi	official	Intermediate
asli	asli / tulen	original / genuine	Intermediate
langka	jarang / langka	rare	Intermediate
populer	popular	popular	Intermediate
bahwa	bahawa	that (conjunction)	Intermediate
oleh karena itu	oleh kerana itu / oleh itu	therefore	Intermediate
karena itu	kerana itu	therefore	Intermediate
sedangkan	sedangkan / manakala	whereas	Intermediate
sampai dengan	sehingga	up to	Intermediate
saat	saat / ketika	when / moment	Intermediate
selanjutnya	seterusnya	next / furthermore	Intermediate
pertama-tama	pertama sekali	first of all	Intermediate
yaitu	iaitu	namely	Intermediate
yakni	iaitu / yakni	namely	Intermediate
apalagi	apatah lagi / lebih-lebih lagi	moreover / let alone	Intermediate
bahkan	bahkan / malah	even	Intermediate
justru	malah / sebaliknya	precisely / on the contrary	Intermediate
sebetulnya	sebenarnya	actually	Intermediate
ternyata	rupa-rupanya	it turns out	Intermediate
tampaknya	nampaknya	it seems	Intermediate
kelihatannya	kelihatannya / nampaknya	it looks like	Intermediate
kira-kira	kira-kira / lebih kurang	approximately	Intermediate
sekitar	sekitar / lebih kurang	around / about	Intermediate
janji	janji / temu janji	appointment / promise	Intermediate
ketemu	jumpa	to meet (informal)	Intermediate
nongkrong	lepak	to hang out	Intermediate
ngobrol	berbual / bersembang	to chat	Intermediate
mengobrol	berbual	to chat	Intermediate
gosip	gosip / umpat	gossip	Intermediate
pesta	pesta / majlis	party	Intermediate
perayaan	perayaan / sambutan	celebration	Intermediate
kado	hadiah	present	Intermediate
oleh-oleh	buah tangan / ole-ole	souvenir (from a trip)	Intermediate
kenang-kenangan	kenang-kenangan / cenderamata	memento	Intermediate
foto bersama	gambar bersama / bergambar	group photo	Intermediate
antre	beratur	to queue	Intermediate
antrean	barisan / giliran	queue	Intermediate
nomor antrean	nombor giliran	queue number	Intermediate
loket	kaunter	counter / ticket window	Intermediate
kasir	juruwang / kaunter bayaran	cashier	Intermediate
struk	resit	receipt (shop)	Intermediate
uang kembalian	baki / wang baki	change (money)	Intermediate
uang tunai	wang tunai	cash	Intermediate
uang kecil	duit kecil / wang syiling	small change	Intermediate
kartu	kad	card	Intermediate
KTP	kad pengenalan	ID card	Intermediate
SIM	lesen memandu	driving licence	Intermediate
STNK	geran kenderaan / cukai jalan	vehicle registration	Intermediate
plat nomor	nombor plat / nombor pendaftaran	licence plate	Intermediate
bensin	petrol / minyak	petrol	Intermediate
SPBU	stesen minyak	petrol station	Intermediate
macet	sesak / jem	traffic jam	Intermediate
lalu lintas	lalu lintas / trafik	traffic	Intermediate
lampu merah	lampu isyarat / lampu merah	traffic light	Intermediate
jalan tol	lebuh raya / jalan tol	toll road	Intermediate
gang	lorong	alley	Intermediate
perempatan	simpang empat	crossroads	Intermediate
pertigaan	simpang tiga	T-junction	Intermediate
halte	perhentian bas	bus stop	Intermediate
parkir	parkir / letak kereta	to park / parking	Intermediate
kos	rumah sewa / bilik sewa	boarding house room	Intermediate
kontrakan	rumah sewa	rented house	Intermediate
apartemen	pangsapuri / apartmen	apartment	Intermediate
perumahan	taman perumahan	housing estate	Intermediate
gedung	bangunan	building (large)	Intermediate
lantai atas	tingkat atas	upstairs	Intermediate
lantai bawah	tingkat bawah	downstairs	Intermediate
lift	lif	lift / elevator	Intermediate
garasi	garaj	garage	Intermediate
teras	beranda / anjung	terrace / porch	Intermediate
sumur	perigi / telaga	well	Intermediate
ember	baldi	bucket	Intermediate
sapu	penyapu	broom	Intermediate
mengepel	mengemop	to mop	Intermediate
kain pel	kain mop	mop	Intermediate
setrika	seterika	iron / to iron	Intermediate
lemari es	peti sejuk	refrigerator	Intermediate
kulkas	peti sejuk	fridge	Intermediate
kompor	dapur	stove	Intermediate
oven	ketuhar	oven	Intermediate
panci	periuk	pot / saucepan	Intermediate
wajan	kuali	wok / frying pan	Intermediate
guling	bantal peluk	bolster	Intermediate
kasur	tilam	mattress	Intermediate
sprei	cadar	bedsheet	Intermediate
tirai	langsir	curtain	Intermediate
karpet	karpet / permaidani	carpet	Intermediate
keran	paip / pili	tap	Intermediate
bumbu	rempah / bumbu	spice / seasoning	Intermediate
cabai	cili / cabai	chili	Intermediate
jahe	halia	ginger	Intermediate
merica	lada hitam	pepper	Intermediate
kecap manis	kicap manis	sweet soy sauce	Intermediate
kerupuk	keropok	crackers	Intermediate
kentang	kentang / ubi kentang	potato	Intermediate
ubi	ubi keledek	sweet potato	Intermediate
singkong	ubi kayu	cassava	Intermediate
wortel	lobak merah	carrot	Intermediate
tomat	tomato	tomato	Intermediate
kol	kubis	cabbage	Intermediate
terong	terung	aubergine	Intermediate
semangka	tembikai	watermelon	Intermediate
pepaya	betik	papaya	Intermediate
alpukat	avokado	avocado	Intermediate
melon	tembikai susu	melon	Intermediate
wisatawan	pelancong	tourist	Intermediate
turis	pelancong	tourist	Intermediate
pemandu	pemandu / pemandu pelancong	guide	Intermediate
pemandu wisata	pemandu pelancong	tour guide	Intermediate
objek wisata	tarikan pelancong	tourist attraction	Intermediate
tempat wisata	tempat pelancongan	tourist spot	Intermediate
museum	muzium	museum	Intermediate
kebun binatang	zoo	zoo	Intermediate
berkemah	berkhemah	to camp	Intermediate
tenda	khemah	tent	Intermediate
jalur	laluan / denai	route / trail	Intermediate
jam buka	waktu buka / waktu operasi	opening hours	Intermediate
penjaga	penjaga / pengawal	guard / keeper	Intermediate
tur	lawatan / tur	tour	Intermediate
paket wisata	pakej pelancongan	tour package	Intermediate
pemesanan	tempahan	booking	Intermediate
memesan tiket	menempah tiket	to book a ticket	Intermediate
keberangkatan	perlepasan / berlepas	departure	Intermediate
kedatangan	ketibaan	arrival	Intermediate
maskapai	syarikat penerbangan	airline	Intermediate
tertunda	tertangguh / lewat	delayed	Intermediate
memperhatikan	memperhatikan / memberi perhatian	to pay attention to	Advanced
memengaruhi	mempengaruhi	to influence	Advanced
mempertanyakan	mempersoalkan	to question	Advanced
memperkuat	memperkukuh / memperkuat	to strengthen	Advanced
memperbarui	memperbaharui / mengemas kini	to renew / update	Advanced
memberdayakan	memperkasakan	to empower	Advanced
mengembangkan	membangunkan / mengembangkan	to develop	Advanced
mengurangi	mengurangkan	to reduce	Advanced
menghambat	menghalang / menghambat	to hinder	Advanced
menerapkan	melaksanakan / menerapkan	to apply / implement	Advanced
mengelola	mengurus / mengelola	to manage	Advanced
mengawasi	mengawasi / menyelia	to supervise	Advanced
mengendalikan	mengawal / mengendalikan	to control	Advanced
mendukung	menyokong	to support	Advanced
menyangkal	menafikan	to deny	Advanced
membantah	membantah / menyangkal	to refute	Advanced
menggugat	menyaman / mendakwa	to sue	Advanced
memvonis	menjatuhkan hukuman	to sentence	Advanced
rencana	rancangan / pelan	plan	Advanced
tanggung jawab	tanggungjawab	responsibility	Advanced
kesadaran	kesedaran	awareness	Advanced
pemahaman	pemahaman / kefahaman	understanding	Advanced
informasi	maklumat	information	Advanced
alasan	alasan / sebab	reason	Advanced
penyebab	punca / penyebab	cause	Advanced
dampak	kesan / impak	impact	Advanced
hasil	hasil / keputusan	result	Advanced
tahap	tahap / peringkat	stage	Advanced
metode	kaedah / metod	method	Advanced
peran	peranan	role	Advanced
posisi	posisi / kedudukan	position	Advanced
kondisi	keadaan / kondisi	condition	Advanced
situasi	situasi / keadaan	situation	Advanced
bagian	bahagian	part	Advanced
sebagian	sebahagian	partly / a portion	Advanced
perekonomian	ekonomi	the economy	Advanced
resesi	kemelesetan	recession	Advanced
kesejahteraan	kesejahteraan / kebajikan	welfare / prosperity	Advanced
daya beli	kuasa beli	purchasing power	Advanced
konsumsi	penggunaan / konsumsi	consumption	Advanced
produksi	pengeluaran / produksi	production	Advanced
distribusi	pengagihan / distribusi	distribution	Advanced
pasokan	bekalan	supply	Advanced
penawaran	penawaran / tawaran	offer / supply	Advanced
pasar bebas	pasaran bebas	free market	Advanced
ekspor	eksport	export	Advanced
impor	import	import	Advanced
bea cukai	kastam	customs	Advanced
mata uang	mata wang	currency	Advanced
nilai tukar	kadar pertukaran	exchange rate	Advanced
kurs	kadar tukaran	exchange rate	Advanced
obligasi	bon	bond	Advanced
bursa	bursa saham	stock exchange	Advanced
suku bunga	kadar faedah	interest rate	Advanced
cicilan	ansuran	instalment	Advanced
jaminan	jaminan / cagaran	collateral / guarantee	Advanced
asuransi	insurans	insurance	Advanced
premi	premium	premium	Advanced
klaim	tuntutan	claim	Advanced
laba	untung / laba	profit	Advanced
omzet	perolehan / jualan	turnover	Advanced
surplus	lebihan / surplus	surplus	Advanced
neraca	kunci kira-kira / neraca	balance sheet	Advanced
akuntansi	perakaunan	accounting	Advanced
pemangku kepentingan	pihak berkepentingan	stakeholder	Advanced
dewan direksi	lembaga pengarah	board of directors	Advanced
komisaris	pesuruhjaya / ahli lembaga	commissioner (board)	Advanced
merger	penggabungan	merger	Advanced
akuisisi	pengambilalihan	acquisition	Advanced
kepailitan	kebankrapan / muflis	bankruptcy	Advanced
pemerintahan	pemerintahan / kerajaan	governance / administration	Advanced
kekuasaan	kuasa	power / authority	Advanced
wewenang	kuasa / bidang kuasa	authority	Advanced
lembaga	institusi / badan	institution	Advanced
DPR	Dewan Rakyat	House of Representatives	Advanced
parlemen	parlimen	parliament	Advanced
konstitusi	perlembagaan	constitution	Advanced
undang-undang dasar	perlembagaan	constitution	Advanced
peraturan pemerintah	peraturan kerajaan	government regulation	Advanced
pejabat	pegawai	official	Advanced
pegawai negeri	penjawat awam / kakitangan kerajaan	civil servant	Advanced
PNS	penjawat awam	civil servant	Advanced
otonomi daerah	autonomi daerah / negeri	regional autonomy	Advanced
pemilihan umum	pilihan raya umum	general election	Advanced
kampanye	kempen	campaign	Advanced
suara	undi / suara	vote / voice	Advanced
pemilih	pengundi	voter	Advanced
koalisi	gabungan / pakatan	coalition	Advanced
oposisi	pembangkang	opposition	Advanced
kudeta	rampasan kuasa	coup	Advanced
rezim	rejim	regime	Advanced
kebijakan luar negeri	dasar luar	foreign policy	Advanced
warga negara	warganegara	citizen	Advanced
imigrasi	imigresen	immigration	Advanced
pengungsi	pelarian	refugee	Advanced
HAM	HAM / hak asasi	human rights	Advanced
pelanggaran	pelanggaran / kesalahan	violation	Advanced
penegakan hukum	penguatkuasaan undang-undang	law enforcement	Advanced
tersangka	suspek	suspect	Advanced
terdakwa	tertuduh	defendant	Advanced
korban	mangsa	victim	Advanced
jaksa	pendakwa raya	prosecutor	Advanced
putusan	keputusan	verdict	Advanced
vonis	hukuman	sentence	Advanced
banding	rayuan	appeal	Advanced
tindak pidana	kesalahan jenayah	criminal offence	Advanced
ilmu pengetahuan	sains / ilmu pengetahuan	science	Advanced
ilmuwan	saintis / ahli sains	scientist	Advanced
penelitian	penyelidikan / kajian	research	Advanced
peneliti	penyelidik	researcher	Advanced
percobaan	eksperimen / uji kaji	experiment	Advanced
temuan	penemuan / dapatan	finding	Advanced
penemuan	penemuan / ciptaan	discovery / invention	Advanced
teknologi informasi	teknologi maklumat	information technology	Advanced
perangkat lunak	perisian	software	Advanced
perangkat keras	perkakasan	hardware	Advanced
basis data	pangkalan data	database	Advanced
keamanan siber	keselamatan siber	cybersecurity	Advanced
lingkungan hidup	alam sekitar	the environment	Advanced
polusi	pencemaran	pollution	Advanced
limbah	sisa / bahan buangan	waste (industrial)	Advanced
emisi	pelepasan / emisi	emissions	Advanced
kekeringan	kemarau	drought	Advanced
tanah longsor	tanah runtuh	landslide	Advanced
penggundulan hutan	penebangan hutan / penyahhutanan	deforestation	Advanced
pelestarian	pemuliharaan	conservation	Advanced
keanekaragaman hayati	kepelbagaian biologi / biodiversiti	biodiversity	Advanced
energi terbarukan	tenaga boleh diperbaharui	renewable energy	Advanced
tenaga surya	tenaga suria / solar	solar power	Advanced
bahan bakar	bahan api	fuel	Advanced
sumber daya alam	sumber asli / sumber alam	natural resources	Advanced
pertambangan	perlombongan	mining	Advanced
minyak bumi	minyak mentah / petroleum	crude oil	Advanced
gas alam	gas asli	natural gas	Advanced
batu bara	arang batu	coal	Advanced
peternakan	penternakan	livestock farming	Advanced
kehutanan	perhutanan	forestry	Advanced
pangan	makanan	food (supply)	Advanced
ketahanan pangan	keselamatan makanan / jaminan makanan	food security	Advanced
gizi	nutrisi / zat makanan	nutrition	Advanced
kekurangan gizi	kekurangan zat makanan / malnutrisi	malnutrition	Advanced
wabah	wabak	outbreak / epidemic	Advanced
pandemi	pandemik	pandemic	Advanced
jurnalis	wartawan / jurnalis	journalist	Advanced
pers	akhbar / media	the press	Advanced
kebebasan pers	kebebasan akhbar / media	press freedom	Advanced
pemberitaan	laporan berita / liputan	news coverage	Advanced
hoaks	berita palsu / tipu	hoax	Advanced
opini	pendapat / opini	opinion (piece)	Advanced
editorial	editorial / lidah pengarang	editorial	Advanced
sumber terpercaya	sumber yang boleh dipercayai	reliable source	Advanced
narasumber	sumber / pakar rujuk	resource person / source	Advanced
konferensi pers	sidang akhbar / sidang media	press conference	Advanced
penyiar	penyiar / juruhebah	broadcaster	Advanced
pembawa acara	pengacara / hos	host / presenter	Advanced
selebritas	selebriti	celebrity	Advanced
penggemar	peminat	fan	Advanced
viral	tular / viral	viral	Advanced
konten	kandungan	content	Advanced
pembuat konten	pencipta kandungan	content creator	Advanced
influencer	pempengaruh	influencer	Advanced
seni rupa	seni halus / seni visual	visual art	Advanced
seni pertunjukan	seni persembahan	performing arts	Advanced
tari tradisional	tarian tradisional	traditional dance	Advanced
wayang	wayang kulit	shadow puppet theatre	Advanced
kerajinan	kraf tangan / kraftangan	handicraft	Advanced
sastra	sastera	literature	Advanced
sastrawan	sasterawan	literary writer	Advanced
karya sastra	karya sastera	literary work	Advanced
pertunjukan	persembahan / pertunjukan	performance	Advanced
festival	festival / pesta	festival	Advanced
kearifan lokal	kearifan tempatan	local wisdom	Advanced
kebhinekaan	kepelbagaian	diversity (national motto)	Advanced
gotong royong	gotong-royong	mutual cooperation	Advanced
musyawarah	mesyuarat / musyawarah	deliberation / consensus	Advanced
mufakat	muafakat	consensus	Advanced
tata krama	adab / tatasusila	manners	Advanced
bahasa formal	bahasa formal / rasmi	formal language	Advanced
bahasa tidak baku	bahasa tidak baku / bahasa pasar	non-standard language	Advanced
sehubungan dengan	sehubungan dengan / berhubung	in connection with	Advanced
sesuai dengan	sesuai dengan / selaras dengan	in accordance with	Advanced
dalam rangka	dalam rangka / sempena	in the framework of / in order to	Advanced
guna	guna / bagi	in order to	Advanced
sekaligus	sekali gus	at the same time / as well as	Advanced
maupun	mahupun	nor / as well as	Advanced
kendati	kendatipun / walaupun	although (formal)	Advanced
padahal	padahal / sedangkan	whereas / even though	Advanced
lantaran	lantaran / kerana	because (informal/journalistic)	Advanced
dengan demikian	dengan demikian / dengan itu	thus	Advanced
niscaya	nescaya	certainly	Advanced
sangatlah	sangatlah / amatlah	very (emphatic)	Advanced
pada umumnya	pada umumnya / pada amnya	in general	Advanced
pada dasarnya	pada dasarnya / pada asasnya	basically	Advanced
secara umum	secara umum / secara am	generally	Advanced
secara resmi	secara rasmi	officially	Advanced
sebagian besar	sebahagian besar	for the most part	Advanced
setidaknya	sekurang-kurangnya	at least	Advanced
paling tidak	paling tidak / sekurang-kurangnya	at least	Advanced
kian	kian / semakin	increasingly	Advanced
senantiasa	sentiasa	always (formal)	Advanced
acap kali	acap kali / kerap kali	often	Advanced
seketika	serta-merta / seketika	instantly	Advanced
mendadak	mengejut / mendadak	suddenly	Advanced
signifikan	signifikan / ketara	significant	Advanced
akurat	tepat	accurate	Advanced
valid	sah	valid	Advanced
logis	logik / logis	logical	Advanced
kritis	kritis / kritikal	critical	Advanced
efektif	berkesan / efektif	effective	Advanced
efisien	cekap / efisien	efficient	Advanced
optimal	optimum	optimal	Advanced
maksimal	maksimum	maximum	Advanced
minimal	minimum	minimum	Advanced
fleksibel	fleksibel / anjal	flexible	Advanced
transparan	telus	transparent	Advanced
akuntabel	bertanggungjawab / akauntabel	accountable	Advanced
kompeten	kompeten / cekap	competent	Advanced
strategis	strategik	strategic	Advanced
mendesak	mendesak / segera	urgent	Advanced
rentan	terdedah / rentan	vulnerable	Advanced
kompleks	kompleks / rumit	complex	Advanced
memadai	memadai / mencukupi	adequate	Advanced
layak	layak / wajar	proper / feasible	Advanced
mendasar	asas / mendasar	fundamental	Advanced
bermanfaat	bermanfaat / berguna	useful	Advanced
berkualitas	berkualiti	of good quality	Advanced
bergengsi	berprestij	prestigious	Advanced
terpercaya	dipercayai / boleh dipercayai	trusted	Advanced
terjangkau	mampu milik / berpatutan	affordable	Advanced

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