Fukien

Meanings

Proper Noun

• Alternative of Fujian
• The Hokkien language.

Noun

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

Adjective

• Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.

Related

Similar words

• Hoklo, Fookien, Hokkien, Fukienese, Fujianese

Narrower meaning words

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

Broader meaning words

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

Origin

• From the Chinese postal romanization of Nanjing court dialect Mandarin .