fukien in English

noun

former name of the Fujian province in southeastern China

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1. 6 synonyms for Amoy: Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min dialect, Taiwanese, Min

2. He was from Fukien province, was missionary-trained, and had bright, penetrating eyes.

3. Amoy - any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min dialect, Taiwanese, Min Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system

4. A black Chinese tea, once regarded as the choicest, but now as an inferior grade Word Origin for Bohea C18: from Chinese (Fukien dialect) bu-i, from Mandarin Chinese Wu-i Shan range of hills on which …