Many IGCSE terms look like words you already know, in English, Bahasa Malaysia or Chinese. The concept bridge shows the subject meaning, the look-alike term it is often confused with and a short original example, so you can connect the idea across languages without losing the exact meaning the exam needs.
It covers a small, reviewed set of terms. It explains concepts. It does not translate answers for you.
How do you use it?
- Choose a subject, or leave it on all subjects to see every match.
- Type a term in English, BM or Chinese. A partial word works, for example modal or solu.
- Choose your assessment language, which decides which version of the term is shown on the line “In your assessment language”.
- Press Find concept. Reset returns the default search.
The hint under the term box lists words to try: capital, solution, power, speed, mole and respiration.
How do you read the result?
Each result is a card headed by its subject. It shows the term in all three languages, the version in your assessment language, a meaning, a do not confuse with line and an original example. Each card also links to that subject’s terminology page.
When the same word appears under more than one subject, a banner says these are different concepts. Read the subject label before you pick a card. The link “How to bridge a term safely” leads to a lesson on doing this with required exam answers.
Example walk-through
The tool opens on the term capital with all subjects selected. You see two cards.
Accounting (capital, modal, 资本): the amount the owner has put into the business, equal to assets minus liabilities. Example: Aina starts a bakery with RM10,000 of her own money, so her capital is RM10,000.
Economics (capital, modal, 资本): a factor of production, meaning man-made goods such as machines and buildings used to make other goods. Example: an oven used every day in a bakery is capital in the economic sense.
The BM word modal and the Chinese word 资本 are the same in both, but the ideas are not. A student who writes “capital is money” in Economics has used the Accounting idea in the wrong paper.
Now search solution and compare Chemistry (a dissolved mixture) with Mathematics (a value that makes an equation true). Then try power: BM uses kuasa for both the physics idea and the index, so context decides.
What are the assumptions and limits?
- The bank is small and reviewed. “No reviewed entry” means the term is not in it yet, so check your subject lesson or ask your teacher.
- Explanations are in English, and the tool notes that. Translations are for understanding only.
- The explanations are not official definitions. A translation does not promise that a teacher is available in that language.
- Word-for-word translation is not always safe. The tool warns you when a term needs care.
Which lessons explain the terms?
The terminology pages explain these ideas in context: Accounting terms, Economics terms, Chemistry terms, Mathematics terms and Physics terms.
For the skill of moving between languages safely, read bridge a subject term without translating the required answer incorrectly and distinguish language difficulty from concept difficulty. If you want to ask about explanation language, prepare a question about explanation language.
If a concept still does not click, a teacher can test it with questions in your own words. See online one-to-one Economics tuition or the subject you need. More tools are in the learning tools directory.