Fukien

(Îngilîzî)

Name

1. Alternative form of Fujian
2. The Hokkien language.

Noun

A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.

Adj

Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈfuːˈkjɛn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Hevwate bi spanî: Fokien

Hevwate bi portugalî: Foquiem

In summary

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing court dialect Mandarin 福建 (Fújiàn), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/. Doublet of Hokkien. Compare Spanish Fokien, Portuguese Foquiem.

Hevwate

Fukkianese

Fujian

Taiwanese

🇹🇼

Amoy

Hokkianese

Min dialect

Min

Werger

Fujian

Fujian

Fukien

Taïwanais

🇹🇼

Fujian

Fu chien

Fukien

Fujian

Fukien

Fukien

Fujian

Fukien

Fujian

فجيان

Fukien