Definitions from Wiktionary (Hokkien)

▸ noun:  (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 by overseas Chinese of Hoklo descent, such as in Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Southern Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Southern Vietnam, etc.
▸ noun:  (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.
▸ noun:  (dated) Any person from Fujian.
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to the Fujianese people.
▸ adjective:  (chiefly Southeast Asia) Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants.
▸ adjective:  (dated) Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.





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