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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name
Taiwanese, the variety of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan and the native language of the Hoklo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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name
A variety of Southern Min Chinese originating from the Hailufeng region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Hong-Kong
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noun
A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
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noun
A member of a Southern Min-speaking Chinese people who inhabit or originate from eastern Guangdong; (loosely) Teochew.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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History
Borrowed from a southern Chinese lect; compare Cantonese 學佬/学佬 (hok6 lou2), Hakka 學佬/学佬 (Ho̍k-ló), Hokkien 福佬 (Ho̍h-ló). The Hailufeng variety sense is influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese 學佬 /学佬 (hok6 lou2).
