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Hokkien

Hokkien

See also: hokkien

English

Proper noun

Hokkien

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, in Taiwan, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.

Synonyms

Hoklo, Fukien, Fukienese

Hypernyms

Min Nan, Minnan, Southern Min
Quanzhou–Zhangzhou, Chinchew–Changchew

Hyponyms

Taiwanese
Quanzhou dialect, Chinchew
Xiamen dialect, Amoy, Xiamenese
Quanzhou dialect, Changchew

Translations

dialect of the Chinese language

Burmese: လက်ရှေစကား ‎(lakhreca.ka:)
Chinese:

Cantonese: 福建話, 福建话 ‎(fuk¹ gin³ waa⁶⁻²), 閩南語, 闽南语 ‎(man⁵ naam⁴ jyu⁵), 閩南話, 闽南话 ‎(man⁵ naam⁴ waa⁶⁻²), 鶴佬話, 鹤佬话 ‎(hok³ lou² waa⁶⁻²), 福佬話, 福佬话 ‎(fuk¹ lou² waa⁶⁻²)

Hakka: 學老話, 学老话 ‎(Ho̍k-ló-fa)

Mandarin: 福建話, 福建话 ‎(Fújiànhuà), 閩南語 (zh), 闽南语 (zh) ‎(Mǐnnányǔ), 福佬話, 福佬话 ‎(Fúlǎohuà)

Min Nan: 福建話, 福建话 ‎(Hok-kiàn-ōe), 閩南語 (zh-min-nan), 闽南语 (zh-min-nan) ‎(Bân-lâm-gú, Bân-lâm-gí), 福佬話, 福佬话 ‎(Hok-ló-oē), 河洛話, 河洛话 ‎(Hō-ló-oē, Ho̍h-ló-oē), 咱人話, 咱人话 ‎(Lán-lâng-ōe) (Quanzhou, Zhangzhou), 咱厝話, 咱厝话 ‎(Lán-chhù-ōe) (Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)

Indonesian: bahasa Hokkien (id)
Japanese: 福建語 (ja) ‎(ふっけんご, fukkengo)
Khmer: ហុកកៀន ‎(hok kien), ចិនហុកគៀន ‎(chən hok kien)
Lao:
Malay: bahasa Hokkien
Portuguese: hokkien m
Russian: хо́ккиен m ‎(xókkijen), фуцзяньхуа́ m ‎(fuczjanʹxuá), фуцзя́ньский m ‎(fuczjánʹskij)
Thai: ภาษาจีนฮกเกี้ยน ‎(paasăa jeen hókgîan)
Vietnamese: tiếng Mân Nam

Min Nan — see Min Nan

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

hokkien

hokkien

See also: Hokkien

Portuguese

Noun

hokkien m (uncountable)

Hokkien (Chinese dialect spoken in southeastern China)