English Explanatory Dictionary

Hokchiu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Fuzhou.
  2. Fuzhou language (a linguistic variety of Eastern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)
noun
  1. a person who traces his/her ancestry to Fuzhou or the surrounding region
adj
  1. of or relating to the Fuzhounese language

Word forms

Hokchiu Hokchew Hok-chew Hok Chew Hockchew Hock Chew Hockchiew Hock Chiew Hoksieu Hokciu Hok Ciu Hokchius

Etymology

From Eastern Min 福州 (Hok-chiu). Doublet of Foochow. See also Eastern Min 福州 (Hók-ciŭ).

Synonyms

Foochow
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