Hokkien

== English == === Alternative forms === Hokkian, Hok Kian, Hok-kian Hokien, Hukkien, Hokyen (proscribed) Hok-kien, Hok-Kien (archaic) Hokkeen, Hok-keen, Hokkeën, Hokkëèn (obsolete) === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, Singapore) IPA(key): /ˈhɒkiɛn/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈhok.kjɛn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑkiˌɛn/, /ˈhoʊkiˌɛn/ === Proper noun === Hokkien (chiefly Southeast Asia) 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. For quotations using this term, see Citations:Hokkien. (chiefly Taiwan) the varieties of Hokkien spoken in mainland China, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan. (chiefly Southeast Asia) A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language. (dated) Any person from Fujian. ==== Synonyms ==== Hoklo, Fukien, Fukienese, Fujianese ==== Hypernyms ==== Southern Min, Min Nan, Minnan, Minnanese Quanzhou–Zhangzhou, Chinchew–Changchew ==== Hyponyms ==== Quanzhou dialect, Chinchew Taiwanese Xiamen dialect, Amoy, Xiamenese Zhangzhou dialect, Chiangchew ==== Related terms ==== Fujian ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Other branches of Southern Min (limited mutual intelligibility): Teochew (Chaoshan Division); Zhenan Min Division; Zhongshan Min Division; Qiongwen Division; Leizhou Min Division; Longyan Min Division === Adjective === Hokkien (not comparable) Of or relating to the Fujianese people. (chiefly Southeast Asia) Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants. (dated) Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === Ethnologue entry for Hokkien, nan ⁠ == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhokjen/ [ˈhok.jɛn̪] Rhymes: -okjen Syllabification: Hokk‧ien === Proper noun === Hokkien (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔) the Hokkien language (linguistic variety under Southern Min of the Min languages of the Sinitic (Chinese) languages of the Sino-Tibetan family) === Adjective === Hokkien (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜃ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔) Of or relating to the Hokkien language Synonyms: Fukien, Amoy