Meaning

3 senses

  1. (not comparable)Of or relating to the Fujianese people.

  2. (not comparable)Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants.

  3. (dated, not comparable)Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. My dream is to study Taiwanese Hokkien in Taipei.

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  2. I read the article "Hokkien Chinese Borrowings in Tagalog."

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  3. Read the lessons in "Spoken Hokkien" by Meili Fang.

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  4. The majority of the Chinese in the Philippines are Hokkien.

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  5. Mandarin is the main language in Taiwan, but Hokkien is also widely spoken.

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Origin

Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian.

Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian.

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See also

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