Fukien

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. özel isim Alternative form of Fujian.

   “On April 27, 12 fishermen from a trawler of the Hsinhuatai Co. in Keelung City, Taiwan Province, that had sunk near the island of Tungyin because of an engine breakdown were rescued by fishermen of the Haifeng Brigade of the Huangchi People's Commune in Lienchiang County, Fukien Province.”

2. özel isim The Hokkien language.

   “I thought it was faster than what they taught in school, but I've forgotten how to speak Fukien.”

3. özel isim any Sinitic variety spoken in the Fujian province of China, particularly Hokkien or Foochow varieties.

   “Other than Cantonese and Putonghua, the three most common Chinese dialects spoken by the Hong Kong population were Hakka, Fukien and Chiu Chau.”

4. isim 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.

   “The Fukiens are to-day the most numerous of the Chinese race in Johore, Kelantan and the Straits Settlements. Taking British Malaya as a whole, there are 39 Chinese in every hundred of the population, while the percentage of Malays is 37.5 ...”

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

   “A few more Fukien figures and groups are included in the porcelain showing European influences in Bay VI; and it is curious to note that in several cases the European figure is apparently credited with divine attributes.”