English Explanatory Dictionary

Fujian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in mainland China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.
  2. A province of the People's Republic of China (mainland China), located on the southeastern coast. Capital: Fuzhou.
  3. A nominal province of the Republic of China (Taiwan), consisting of Kinmen (Quemoy) and Lienchiang (Matsu) counties. Capital: Jincheng.
adj
  1. Of, from, or related to Mount Fuji.
name
  1. An age from 11.1 to 9.5 million years ago, a subdivision of the Miocene.

Pronunciation

/ˌfuːˈd͡ʒæn/ /ˌfuːd͡ʒiˈæn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fujian.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fujian2.wav fo͞oʹjyěnʹ /ˈfuːd͡ʒi.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Fujian3.wav

Word forms

Fujian Fu Jian Fukien Fu-kien Fuhkien Fokien Fohkien Fo-kien Fuk Kin Fo-kyen Fookien Fu-chien Fuchien the Fujian

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福建 (Fújiàn).

Related words

Hokkien

Derived words

Fujianese

Translations

Arabic: فُوجْيَان Armenian: Ֆուցզյան Chinese Cantonese: 福建 Eastern Min Chinese: 福建 Hakka Chinese: 福建 Chinese: 福建 Chinese Mandarin: 福建 Czech: Fu-ťien Esperanto: Fuĝjano Georgian: ფუძიენი Greek: Φουτσιάν Hindi: फ़ूज्यान Hungarian: Fucsien Indonesian: Fujian Japanese: 福建 Korean: 복건 Korean: 푸젠 Latvian: Fudzjaņa Lithuanian: Fudzianas Macedonian: Фуџиан Manchu: ᡶᡠᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ Manchu: ᡶᡠ ᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ Okinawan: 福建 Polish: Fujian Russian: Фуцзя́нь Swedish: Fujian Tagalog: Hukyen Thai: ฝูเจี้ยน Tibetan: ཧྥུའུ་ཅན་ཞིང་ཆེན Vietnamese: Phúc Kiến Zhuang: Fuzgen
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