Dahi saya terasa panas, tetapi pipi saya masih sejuk.

Using saya twice makes the sentence fully explicit: my forehead and my cheeks.

Malay often allows possessive words like saya to be omitted when the meaning is obvious, especially with body parts. So these are all possible, depending on context:

• Dahi saya terasa panas, tetapi pipi saya masih sejuk.
• Dahi saya terasa panas, tetapi pipi masih sejuk.
• Dahi terasa panas, tetapi pipi masih sejuk.

Repeating saya is natural and clear, especially for learners or in careful speech.

Terasa here means something like feels, can be felt as, or seems.

So:

• Dahi saya panas = My forehead is hot
• Dahi saya terasa panas = My forehead feels hot

The version with terasa focuses more on sensation or perception. It is a very natural choice when talking about how something feels physically.

No. Terasa can be used for physical sensation, emotion, or something becoming noticeable.

Examples:

• Air itu terasa sejuk. = The water feels cold.
• Badan saya terasa letih. = My body feels tired.
• Dia terasa sedih. = He/She feels sad.

So in your sentence, it works very naturally for bodily sensation.

Malay usually does not need a verb like is/are in simple descriptive sentences.

So:

• pipi saya sejuk literally looks like my cheek cold
• but it means my cheek is cold

This is normal in Malay. Adjectives can directly describe nouns without a copula.

Masih means still.

So:

• pipi saya sejuk = my cheeks are cold
• pipi saya masih sejuk = my cheeks are still cold

It adds the idea that the coldness continues, perhaps even though the forehead has become hot.

Yes. Tetapi and tapi both mean but.

• tetapi is more formal or careful
• tapi is more common in casual speech

So these are both natural:

• Dahi saya terasa panas, tetapi pipi saya masih sejuk.
• Dahi saya terasa panas, tapi pipi saya masih sejuk.

It can be either way.

• pipi saya masih sejuk = my cheeks are still cold
• pipi saya masih terasa sejuk = my cheeks still feel cold

The version without terasa is shorter and very natural. Adding terasa makes the sensation more explicit. Both are correct.

By itself, pipi can refer to a cheek or cheeks, depending on context.

In your sentence, English might translate it as my cheeks because that sounds natural in context, but Malay does not have to mark the plural here.

If you really want to be explicit, Malay can use:

• kedua-dua pipi saya = both my cheeks

But in everyday language, pipi saya is often enough.

Yes. This is the normal possessive order in Malay:

• dahi saya = my forehead
• pipi saya = my cheek / my cheeks

The possessed noun comes first, then the possessor. This is the opposite of English.

Compare:

• English: my forehead
• Malay: forehead my

Dahi specifically means forehead. It is the usual word for that part of the face.

So:

• dahi saya = my forehead

It is a straightforward vocabulary item without much ambiguity in normal usage.

Here, panas and sejuk are adjectives:

• panas = hot / warm
• sejuk = cold / cool

In Malay, adjectives commonly come after the noun they describe in a full noun phrase, but in sentences like this they act as the description of the subject:

• Dahi saya terasa panas.
• Pipi saya masih sejuk.

So they function much like predicate adjectives in English.

Yes, depending on context.

• panas can be hot or sometimes warm
• sejuk can be cold or cool

The best choice depends on how strong the sensation is. If someone may have a fever, hot and cold are often the most natural English choices. But the Malay words themselves are flexible.

Yes, that is a good way to understand it.

The structure is:

• Dahi saya = subject phrase, my forehead
• terasa panas = description, feels hot
• tetapi = connector, but
• pipi saya = subject phrase, my cheeks
• masih sejuk = description, are still cold

So the full pattern is very normal Malay: subject + descriptive predicate, without needing a word for is.

Yes, it sounds natural and clear.

A casual spoken version might be:

• Dahi saya terasa panas, tapi pipi saya masih sejuk.

A slightly shorter version could also be natural:

• Dahi saya panas, tapi pipi saya masih sejuk.

Your original sentence is perfectly good Malay, especially in careful or written style.