Standard Lemma guide
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.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
of or relating to the Fuzhounese language
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, not-comparable
Qualifier: Southeast Asia
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name
Former name of Fuzhou.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
Fuzhou language (a linguistic variety of Eastern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Qualifier: Southeast Asia
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noun
a person who traces his/her ancestry to Fuzhou or the surrounding region
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Qualifier: Southeast Asia
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History
From Eastern Min 福州 (Hok-chiu). Doublet of Foochow. See also Eastern Min 福州 (Hók-ciŭ).
