Meaning

1 senses

  1. (plural, plural only)A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.

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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Forms

plural: Hokkiens

See also

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