What does "hoklo" mean?
A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
Hoklo
name, noun
name, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
- Grammar: hoklo is listed as name, noun.
- Nearest alternatives: fukien, fukienese, hokkien.
- Usage evidence: Growing up in the countryside of Tainan County, the village was almost entirely populated by Hoklo people, with no Hakkas, no mainlanders, and even less chance of aborigines settling there.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
"Growing up in the countryside of Tainan County, the village was almost entirely populated by Hoklo people, with no Hakkas, no mainlanders, and even less chance of aborigines settling there."
- 2 A member of a Southern Min-speaking Chinese people who inhabit or originate from eastern Guangdong; (loosely) Teochew. obsolete
"From our friends and others, we gathered the following information concerning the number of inhabitants. Malays 6000, Bugis 5000, Fuhkeën and other Chinese 100 families, Hok-lo 1000 families, Khĕh 500 families."
Proper Noun
- 1 Taiwanese, the variety of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan and the native language of the Hoklo.
"The revivalists’ goal is not only to keep Hoklo alive, but also to make it capable of challenging the hegemony of Mandarin Chinese as the officially defined "national language." For revivalists who advocate the complete alphabetization of Hoklo, traditional Chinese characters represent antiquated, unwholesome “feudalism,” and by contrast, the romanization system is a symbol of modernity. Using phonetic script to write Hoklo, they believe, will not only facilitate the felicitous expression of the Hoklo Taiwanese mind, but would also grant the less-ducated an easier access to various kinds of modern knowledge."
- 2 A variety of Southern Min Chinese originating from the Hailufeng region. Hong-Kong
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"Growing up in the countryside of Tainan County, the village was almost entirely populated by Hoklo people, with no Hakkas, no mainlanders, and even less chance of aborigines settling there."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "hoklo"?
Common synonyms include: fukien, fukienese, hokkien.
How do you use "hoklo" in a sentence?
Growing up in the countryside of Tainan County, the village was almost entirely populated by Hoklo people, with no Hakkas, no mainlanders, and even less chance of aborigines settling there.
Etymology
Borrowed from a southern Chinese lect; compare Cantonese 學佬／学佬 (hok6 lou2), Hakka 學佬／学佬 (Ho̍k-ló), Hokkien 福佬 (Ho̍h-ló). The Hailufeng variety sense is influenced by Hong Kong Cantonese 學佬 /学佬 (hok⁶ lou²).