English Explanatory Dictionary

Southern Min

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A group of local languages of Min Chinese, which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China.
  2. Hokkien, including Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien and other varieties in Southeast Asia.
  3. the varieties of Hokkien spoken in mainland China, usually as opposed to Taiwanese Taigi spoken in Taiwan

Word forms

Southern Min

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 閩南 /闽南 (Mǐnnán).

Synonyms

Min Nan

Related words

Hokkien Taiwanese

Translations

Chinese Cantonese: 閩南語 /闽南语 Chinese Cantonese: 閩南話 /闽南话 Hakka Chinese: 學老話 /学老话 Hakka Chinese: 閩南話 /闽南话 Chinese: 閩南語 /闽南语 Chinese Mandarin: 閩南語 /闽南语 Chinese Mandarin: 閩南話 /闽南话 Farefare: minnanne French: Minnan German: Min Nan German: Minnan Indonesian: bahasa Hokkien Japanese: ミン南語 Japanese: 閩南語 Khmer: មិងណាន Khmer: ត្បូងមិន Korean: 민남어 Limburgish: Minnan Malay: min selatan Malay: minnan Portuguese: minnan Russian: миньна́нь Russian: южноми́ньский Scots: Soothren Min Spanish: min nan Swedish: min nan Swedish: minnan Swedish: sydlig min Thai: หมิ่นใต้ Vietnamese: tiếng Mân Nam
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