Fukien
US/ˈfuːˈkjɛn/
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Philippines/ˈfuk.jɛn/
Fukien proper noun: the Hokkien language. Also the alternative form of Fujian.
Proper noun
Fukien
- 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
- Linguistically, the mainlanders speak Mandarin Chinese, the Fulow speak Fukien/Southern dialects, and the Hakka speak their own dialects.2006, Jolan Hsieh, Collective Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Identity-Based Movement of Plain Indigenous in Taiwan, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 51
- 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
- Hakka, Chiu Chow, and Fukien were the most spoken OCDs, according to the by-census.2021 January 26, Barry Sautman, Xinyi Xie, “Today in Guangzhou, Tomorrow in Hong Kong? A Comparative Study of the Language Situation in Two Cities”, in Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, German...
Noun
Fukien (plural Fukien or Fukiens)
- 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.
- The Fukiens are to-day the most numerous of the Chinese race in Johore, Kelantan and the Straits Settlements. Taking British Malaya as a whole, there are 39 Chinese in every hundred of the population, while the percentage of Malays is 37.5 ...1954, Huang Tsen-ming, The Legal Status of the Chinese Abroad
- The differences between South Chinese clans have been jealously kept, particularly among the Fukiens who, in Malaya, are called Hokkien if from the Kiulung Valley near Amoy, Teochiu if from the Han Valley behind Chaochow and Swatow, ...1955, Ernest Henry George Dobby, Senior Geography for Malayans
Adjective
Fukien (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.
- A few more Fukien figures and groups are included in the porcelain showing European influences in Bay VI; and it is curious to note that in several cases the European figure is apparently credited with divine attributes.1937, Robert Lockhart Hobson, Handbook of the Pottery & Porcelain of the Far East in the Department of Oriental Antiquities and of Ethnography, page 118
- Two of the schools were Cantonese while the other was Fukien.1976, Yen Ching Hwang, The Overseas Chinese and the 1911 Revolution, page 9
Also used as
Fukien is also the alternative form of Fujian.
Examples of Fukien in a sentence
- However, their first priority in the earliest years was language learning with the local Chinese population with whom they could practice Mandarin and Fukien.2016, Brian M. Howell, Christianity in the Local Context: Southern Baptists in the Philippines, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page...
- He speaks fluent Mandarin, Cantonese, Fukien, English, and Filipino.2022 February 2, Iris Gonzales, “Injecting young blood into the empire”, in The Philippine Star, archived from the original on 03 Feb 2022:
- The Fukiens were skilled in trading, import and export, building ships and ocean shipping, intermediary business, running hotels and restaurants and manufacturing rubber products.2008, Ethnicity and Migration in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam, 1975-2007:
- The most celebrated tea of the Ming period was Fukien tea, grown in the hills of Wu I, which the Chinese believed could purify the blood and renew health.2004, Bennett Alan Weinberg, Bonnie K. Bealer, The World of Caffeine:
Synonyms of Fukien
Forms of Fukien
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Fu-kien |
| alternative form | Fu Kien |
| alternative form | Fu kien |
| alternative form | Fuh-kien |
| alternative form | Fuh-Kien |
| alternative form | Fuhkien |
| alternative form | Fuhkeen |
| alternative form | Fuhkeën |
| alternative form | Fookien |
| Noun | |
| plural | Fukien |
| plural | Fukiens |
Origin of Fukien
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.
Words formed from Fukien
Questions about Fukien
- What does Fukien mean?
- Fukien means the Hokkien language.
- How do you use Fukien in a sentence?
- However, their first priority in the earliest years was language learning with the local Chinese population with whom they could practice Mandarin and Fukien.
- What part of speech is Fukien?
- Fukien can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Fukien?
- Fukien is pronounced /ˈfuːˈkjɛn/ (US).
Words near Fukien in the dictionary
Source and license
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