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Hokkien แปลว่า

ภาษาจีนฮกเกี้ยน paasăa jeen hókgîan

UK/ˈhɒkiɛn/

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Philippines/ˈhok.kjɛn/

Hokkien in Thai: ภาษาจีนฮกเกี้ยน (paasăa jeen hókgîan). In English, Hokkien means a linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.

Thai words for Hokkien

dialect of the Chinese language
ภาษาจีนฮกเกี้ยน paasăa jeen hókgîan

English meaning of Hokkien

  1. proper noun A linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.
  2. proper noun The varieties of Hokkien spoken in mainland China, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan.
  3. noun A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
  4. adjective Of or relating to the Fujianese people.

Full definition of Hokkien

Hokkien in a sentence

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Hokkien.

Synonyms of Hokkien

Hokkien in other languages

Questions about Hokkien in Thai

What is the meaning of Hokkien in Thai?
Hokkien in Thai is ภาษาจีนฮกเกี้ยน (paasăa jeen hókgîan).
Hokkien แปลว่าอะไร
Hokkien: ภาษาจีนฮกเกี้ยน (paasăa jeen hókgîan).
What does Hokkien mean in English?
Hokkien means a linguistic subgroup of the Southern Min (Min Nan) branch, of the Min branch, of the Sinitic (Chinese) branch, of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and people of Hoklo descent elsewhere in the world, like in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hokkien (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Thai words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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