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Fookien

Fookien is the alternative form of Fukien.

Meaning of Fukien

Proper noun

Fukien

  1. (Hong-Kong, Philippines) The Hokkien language.
    • I thought it was faster than what they taught in school, but I've forgotten how to speak Fukien.2000, Norbert Weissinger, Soul of the Algorithm, San Jose: Authors Choice Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 39
  2. (Hong-Kong) any Sinitic variety spoken in the Fujian province of China, particularly Hokkien or Foochow varieties.
    • Other than Cantonese and Putonghua, the three most common Chinese dialects spoken by the Hong Kong population were Hakka, Fukien and Chiu Chau.2024, Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong Special Administration Region, “2021 Population Census Use of Language by Hong Kong Population”, in Census and Statistics Department

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Origin of Fookien

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. See also Foochow, Fooching, Soochow. Compare Spanish Fokien.

Questions about Fookien

What is Fookien the alternative form of?
Fookien is the alternative form of Fukien.

Words near Fookien in the dictionary

  1. fooforaws
  2. foofs
  3. foofy
  4. fook
  5. fooked
  6. Fookien
  7. fookin'
  8. fooking
  9. fooks
  10. fool
  11. fool about

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