Zhangzhounese

Z10H4A1N1G2Z10H4O1U1N1E1S1E1

proper noun

The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou

Scrabble 38

Meanings

proper noun
  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
nounZhangzhounese pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe 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[…]

    Educational Studies

    2005, 教育研究 [Educational Studies], volume 47, Mitaka, Japan: International Christian University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 196

Origin

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APA

Zhangzhounese. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangzhounese

MLA

“Zhangzhounese.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Zhangzhounese. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

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