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Hokkien, a. and n.
Brit. |həʊˈkiːn|, U.S. |ˌhoʊˈkin|
Forms: 18 Hok-Këèn, 18 Hok-Këen, 18 Hok-Keen, 18 Hokken, 18– Hok-kien, 18– Hokkien, 19– Hokkian
[‹ Amoy hok kian.]
A. adj. (attrib.).
1. Of, relating to, or designating a dialect of Southern Min traditionally spoken in south-eastern China, and now one of the major Chinese dialects of Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and the Philippines. Cf. Min adj.3 and n.5
The northern and southern varieties of Hokkien together with Amoy form the subdialect Xiamen.
1832W. H. Medhurst Dict. Hok-Këèn Dial. Chinese Lang. (title) A dictionary of the Hok-Këèn dialect of the Chinese language. 1841J. Legge Lexilogus Eng., Malay, & Chinese Langs. (title) A lexilogus of the English, Malay, and Chinese languages; comprehending the vernacular idioms of the last in the Hok-Keen and Canton dialects. 1893R. Wallaschek Primitive Music vi. 185 In the native Hokken (Fo-kieen) pronouncing dictionaries, the Chinese characters are divided into eight classes to correspond with the number of tones. 1952‘Han Suyin’ Many-splendoured Thing vii. 178 François shouted encouragement to the fishermen in French, and John Tam translated into Hokkien dialect. 2001H. Chappell Chinese Grammar iii. 63 Evidence for the verbal origin of this marker can be found in a Spanish manuscript describing the grammar of a Southern Min or Hokkien dialect of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
2. Of, relating to, or designating a member of a Chinese people traditionally inhabiting south-eastern China who speak a dialect of Southern Min, or their culture or cuisine.
1892Times 8 July 7/6 Mr. Evans calls my attention to the traffic in Hokkien girls brought down and sold as household servants, and fears that they are virtually kept in a state of slavery. 1969R. C. Bell Board & Table Games II. vi. 105 This popular Hokkien game for four players is played with a set of thirty-two Chinese dominoes. 1993R. J. Antony et al. Secret Societies Reconsidered iv. 98 The colonial power felt more closely allied to the Hokkien mercantile community than to the Teochew traders and planters. 2004Evening Standard (Nexis) 12 July 36 Also worth noting are the Nyonya fried rice and the ‘hawker’ meal-in-a-bowl dishes, such as the Penang Assam Laksa and the Hokkien Prawn Mee soup.
B. n.
1. The Hokkien dialect of Southern Min.
1865Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 13 32 The mandarin word..becomes pak in Hok-Këen. 1957M. Freedman Chinese Family & Marriage in Singapore 9 Of all the so-called Chinese dialects in use in Singapore Hokkien was the most common. 1970R. Bruce Teach Yourself Cantonese 1 Hokkien is the speech of the Amoy and other places in South Fukien. 2003N.Y. Times 10 Aug. 7/4 Sitting through a three-hour movie, in Mandarin and Hokkien with subtitles, seemed more likely a chore than a pleasure.
2. A member of the Hokkien people.
1895Geogr. Jrnl. 3 290 The Chinese [in Singapore] are principally Tinchus or Taichus..; other clans or provinces are represented in the following order: Hokkiens, Kehs, and Macaos. 1927R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya Today 144 A Hok-kien and a Teo-chew had a quarrel. 1978Washington Post (Nexis) 1 Sept. a17, I had to speak Hokkien..because the majority of them were adult Hokkiens. 2003New Straits Times (Malaysia) 21 Sept. 8 The Hokkiens have always been resourceful and entrepreneurial and since China's changed economic policy, Xiamen is a success story. |