Hokkien

See also: hokkien

English

Alternative forms

  • (Philippines) Fookien

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian”).

Proper noun

Hokkien

  1. A dialect subgroup of the Min Nan branch of the Chinese language which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and by overseas Chinese of Hoklo descent.

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See also

  • Other branches of Min Nan (limited mutual intelligibility): Teochew (Chaoshan Division); Zhenan Min Division; Zhongshan Min Division; Qiongwen Division; Leizhou Min Division; Longyan Min Division

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