Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Hong Kong, Philippines)The Hokkien language.

  2. (Hong Kong)Any Sinitic variety spoken in the Fujian province of China, particularly Hokkien or Foochow varieties.

Origin

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from befor

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.

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Forms

Synonyms

6 synonyms
HokkienFujianeseHokloAmoyFookienFukienese

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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