Mǐn nán huà

Traditional: 閩南話

闽南话 (Mǐn nán huà) is a Chinese word meaning “Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas; Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min”.

Meanings

  1. 1Southern Min, a family of Sinitic languages spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas
  2. 2Hokkien, major variety of Southern Min

Characters in 闽南话

闽Mǐn · short name for Fujian 福建[Fu2 jian4]南nā · used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]话huà · dialect

Related words

话dialect话old variant of 話|话[hua4]电话telephone打电话to make a telephone call说话to speak谈话to talk (with sb)实话truth说实话to speak the truth笑话joke; jest讲话a speech废话nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words的话if (coming after a conditional clause)

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