Fuzhounese
adj, name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An inhabitant of Fuzhou; a person of Fuzhounese descent. in-plural
"A sixth wave, largely visible to the public, if not to the Fuzhounese themselves, is made up of children born in the United States but sent back to China as infants."
- 1 Of, from or pertaining to Fuzhou.
"Since the early 1980s, Fuzhounese immigrants have been the primary force behind the transformation and revitalization of New York's Chinatown."
- 1 The dialect of Eastern Min that is spoken in Fuzhou.
"Nine months of intensive Fuzhounese lessons got me only so far in listening comprehension of the local chitchat in Longyan. Once I opened my mouth and needed to communicate predominantly in the national dialect of Mandarin (with a smattering of simple Fuzhounese), phenotype be damned—my foreignness was marked."
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More examples"Since the early 1980s, Fuzhounese immigrants have been the primary force behind the transformation and revitalization of New York's Chinatown."
Etymology
From Fuzhou + -n- + -ese.