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Fukien

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fukkianesenounany of the forms of chinese spoken in fukien province
hokkianesenounany of the forms of chinese spoken in fukien province
amoynounThe Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
minnoun(obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less; smaller; lower.
min dialectnounany of the forms of chinese spoken in fukien province
taiwanesenounOf or pertaining to Taiwan or its people, culture, language/s, etc.

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taiwanesenoun(in the plural, chiefly collective) People from Taiwan.
amoynounThe Amoy dialect of the Hokkien language.
minnoun(obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
fukkianesenounany of the forms of chinese spoken in fukien province
hokkianesenounany of the forms of chinese spoken in fukien province
min dialectnounany of the forms of chinese spoken in fukien province
fukienesenounAlternative form of Fujianese. [(chiefly in the plural) A person from Fujian.]
fujianesenoun(chiefly in the plural) A person from Fujian.
taiwannounA partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.
fujiannounA province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), located on the southeastern coast. Capital: Fuzhou.
jiangsunounA province of China, northeast of the mouth of the Yangtze River. Capital: Nanjing.
jilinnounA province of China. Capital: Changchun.
hebeinounA province in northern China. Capital: Shijiazhuang.
kiangsinounDated form of Jiangxi. [A province in southern China. Capital: Nanchang.]
hokkiennoun(chiefly Southeast Asia) A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.
hokchiunoun(Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) Fuzhou language (a linguistic variety of Eastern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)
zhangzhounesenounThe people of Zhangzhou
henghuanoun(Southeast Asia, chiefly Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia) a person who traces his/her ancestry to Putian or the surrounding region
fukuokanounThe capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
hokchiangnounSynonym of Fuqing: the Eastern Min-derived name.

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