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Zhangzhounese

Zhangzhounese proper noun: the Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou.

Proper noun

Zhangzhounese

  1. The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou
    • Most varieties spoken in and around Xiamen (Hk: Ē-mûin, Ml: Emoei), Taiwan, and Southeast Asia constitute intermediate dialects with varying inclinations toward Zhangzhounese and Quanzhounese. As Zhangzhou was the chief Fujianese[…]2021 August 15, Tom G. Hoogervorst, Language Ungoverned: Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911–1949, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 39

Noun

Zhangzhounese pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The people of Zhangzhou
    • In addition to the Fukeinese, Quanzhounese, Zhangzhounese and Sanjiangnese, the Cantonese flocked to Japan and established their own sphere of Chinese influence in Yokohama port when the Sino-Japan Recovery Contract was enacted in[…]2005, 教育研究 [Educational Studies], volume 47, Mitaka, Japan: International Christian University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 196

Origin of Zhangzhounese

From Zhangzhou + -n- + -ese.

Questions about Zhangzhounese

What does Zhangzhounese mean?
Zhangzhounese means the Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou.
What part of speech is Zhangzhounese?
Zhangzhounese can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Zhangzhounese in the dictionary

  1. zhangs
  2. Zhangwan
  3. Zhangwu
  4. Zhangye
  5. Zhangzhou
  6. Zhangzhounese
  7. Zhangzhung
  8. Zhangzi
  9. Zhanhe
  10. Zhanjiang
  11. zhanmadao

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