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adj
Of or relating to the Fujianese people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: chiefly Southeast Asia
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adj
Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable
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A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: chiefly Southeast Asia
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name
A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.
The varieties of Hokkien spoken in mainland China, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Taiwan
Qualifier: chiefly Southeast Asia
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name
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
Qualifier: chiefly Southeast Asia
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name
Alternative form of Fujian.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, dated
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History
Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian.
Across languages
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