Of, relating to, or designating a dialect of Southern Min traditionally spoken in south-eastern China, and now one of the major Chinese dialects…

Designating the southern Fujian (Hokkien) dialect of Chinese spoken by the people of Amoy (Xiamen); of or relating to this language.

Of or relating to Canton, its inhabitants, or its dialect.

Of or relating to a people belonging to the Han Chinese group, living esp. in parts of south-eastern China, including Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi…

Used attributively of a group of Chinese dialects spoken in Shanghai, the south of Jiangsu province, and most parts of Zhejiang province, China. Also…

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Szechuan or its people, or of the Chinese spoken there.

The traditional literary language or style of China, superseded in the twentieth century by pai-hua, n.

Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Hunan or of the Chinese spoken there.

The Chinese dialect spoken in the Jiangxi province and in south-eastern areas of Hubei province. Also attributive or as adj.

Of or relating to the district of Min in Fujian province in south-eastern China or to the group of Chinese dialects spoken there.

The name of a minority nationality in China, distributed over Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou; = Lolo, n.1 Also, the language of this people. Also attrib…

(A member of) a people of the Swatow district of Kwangtung in southern China; the dialect spoken by this people. Also attributive.

A bronze battle-axe or halberd, esp. one of the Shang period.