Khek
Khek noun: a Hakka person.
Noun
Khek (plural Kheks)
- a Hakka person
- And the names of a Khek family, illustrating the custom among Khek people of giving an identical middle name to both sons and daughters:[...]1959, Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, →OCLC
- He gave up a relationship with a Khek woman whom he considered unbeneficial for his business and married instead another woman who was socially well-connected in business.1994, Kwok Bun Chan, Stepping Out: The Making of Chinese Entrepreneurs, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 120
Proper noun
Khek
- the Hakka dialect
- The dialect of the first child, born in 1978 in a government hospital, was already omitted in her birth certificate. However, the dialect of the next three children born in private hospitals was registered as Khek (Hakka).2015, Jessieca Leo, Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 182
- More than half of respondents in Khek family usually use the address terms in the Khek language, while the other offspring in Hokkian family use the address terms in the Hokkian language.2019, Antonius Suratno, editor, Sociolinguistics Research in the Journey of Time, Semarang, Indonesia: Soegijapranata Catholic University, →ISBN, page 125
Adjective
Khek (not comparable)
Forms of Khek
| plural | Kheks |
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Origin of Khek
From Hokkien 客 (Kheh, literally “guest people”).
Questions about Khek
- What does Khek mean?
- Khek means a Hakka person.
- What part of speech is Khek?
- Khek can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of Khek?
- The plural of Khek is Kheks.
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