Hokkien

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Hokkien

/ˈhɒkiɛn/ UK, Singapore
/ˈhok.kjɛn/ Philippines
/ˈhɑkiˌɛn/ US
/ˈhoʊkiˌɛn/ US

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hokkien 福建 (Hok-kiàn, “Fujian / Fukien”). Doublet of Fukien and Fujian.

proper noun Hokkian · Hok Kian · Hok-kian · Hokien · Hukkien · Hokyen

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. Almost 90 percent of Taiwan's 6 million occupants at the end of World War II spoke Hokkien.
Taiwan The varieties of Hokkien spoken in mainland China, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan.
Similar: Hoklo, Fukien, Fukienese, Fujianese
alternative, dated Alternative form of Fujian

noun Hokkian · Hok Kian · Hok-kian · Hokien · Hukkien · Hokyen

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

adjective Hokkian · Hok Kian · Hok-kian · Hokien · Hukkien · Hokyen

not comparable Of or relating to the Fujianese people.
not comparable Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants.
dated, not comparable Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.

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name dialect of the Chinese language

日本語	福建語 fukkengo
中文	福建話 /福建话 Fújiànhuà, 閩南語 /闽南语 Mǐnnányǔ, 福佬話 /福佬话 Fúlǎohuà
Português	hokkien
Русский	хо́ккиен xókkijen, фуцзяньхуа́ fuczjanʹxuá, фуцзя́ньский fuczjánʹskij
Tiếng Việt	tiếng Mân Nam, tiếng Phúc Kiến

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@misc{hokkien_2026,
  title = {Hokkien},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hokkien},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}