Hokkien

Meanings

Proper Noun

• 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.
• A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
• Any person from Fujian.

Adjective

• Of or relating to the Fujianese people.
• Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants.
• Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.

Related

Similar words

• Hoklo, Fukien, Fukienese

Narrower meaning words

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

Broader meaning words

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

Origin

• Borrowed from Min Nan .