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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
Alternative form of Fujian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated
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name
The Hokkien language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong, Philippines
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name
any Sinitic variety spoken in the Fujian province of China, particularly Hokkien or Foochow varieties.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong
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noun
A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
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noun
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Min, Min dialect, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese
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Broader terms: Chinese
History
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.
