Hunaneseadj.n.
/huːnəˈniːz/ A. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Hunan or of the Chinese spoken there.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [adjective] > parts of
Formosan1650
Manchu1736
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Yarkandi1854
Lisu1896
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [adjective] > of Chinese > of dialects of
Hokkien1832
Amoy1844
Cantonese1857
Hakka1881
Wu1908
Szechuanese1918
wenyan1936
Hunanese1937
Gan1943
Min1959
Yi1960
Teochew1970
yüeh1978
1937 J. R. Firth Papers in Ling. 1934–51 (1957) vii. 80 It will be found convenient to regard the Hunanese monosyllable as having one, two, or perhaps three places in which the phonetic diacritica may be said to occur.
1957 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Nov. 677/1 The structural analysis of an element in a Hunanese dialect.
1964 L. Mitchison Gillian Lo v. 54 Ai-yang was clucking with excitement, her Hunanese accent..strong.
1972 N.Y. Times 3 Nov. 24/6 It is probably correct to say that there are tricky but fruitful points of similarity between Hunanese food and the food of southern France.
B. n.
a. An inhabitant of Hunan.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Asia > the Chinese > [noun] > native or inhabitant of China > parts of
Formosan1707
Yarkandi1841
Yunnanese1849
Macanese1852
Manchurian1855
Cantonese1857
Pekingese1860
Khotanese1882
Teochew1893
Lisu1896
Lahu1900
Shanghailander1917
Szechuanese1918
Hunanese1937
Taiwanese1942
Yi1960
Shanghainese1964
1937 E. Snow Red Star over China ii. iii. 65 Li Chiang-lin was a Hunanese.
1967 Everyman's Encycl. VI. 643/2 Since the time of the Taiping rebellion..the Hunanese have been noted for their pride and obstinacy in admitting outside control.
b. The dialect of Hunan.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Sino-Tibetan > [noun] > Chinese > dialects of
Pekingese1849
Hakka1864
Amoy1880
Cantonese1883
Yunnanese1927
Tonkinese1934
Gan1943
Szechuanese1947
Hunanese1948
Min1948
Yüeh1954
Teochew1962
Shanghainese1964
Sze Yap1964
Wu1964
1948 J. R. Firth Papers in Ling. 1934–51 (1957) ix. 127 With the help of Mr. K. H. Hu, of Chang~sha, I studied the pronunciation and phonology of his dialect of Hunanese.
1972 ‘M. Hebden’ Killer for Chairman ii. iv. 162 There was a variety of dialects among the crowd from Chekiangese and Hunanese to the difficult Szechwanese.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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