Etymology

Fukien

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Mandarin 福建
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from福建
  2. English todayFukien

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

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