🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

福建方言

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Fukken hōgen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Fujian Dialect/fuˈdʒiːən ˈdaɪəˌlɛkt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"福建方言は福建省で話されています。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of Chinese dialects spoken in the Fujian province of China, characterized by distinct phonetic and lexical features.

    "The Fujian dialect is widely spoken among the Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia."
  2. 2

    Any of the various regional varieties of the Min language, which is part of the Sino-Tibetan language family.

    "Different regions within Fujian may have their own unique Fujian dialect variations."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'Fujian' derives from the name of a province in southeastern China, which has a rich linguistic heritage. The word 'dialect' comes from the Greek 'dialektos', meaning 'discourse' or 'conversation', indicating a regional variation of a language.

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