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Fukienese en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Fujianese.
    alt of Fujianese
    • Naming it for the city-state’s Fukienese people, who hailed from Amoy, China, the company wove in Chinese-themed detailing throughout the hotel. Rooms are named with Fukienese surnames like “Chen” and “Huang”; employees don traditional Chinese cheongsams. 2014 November 11, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, “Hotel Review: Amoy Hotel in Singapore”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2014, Travel:
    • Bridegroom's lanterns (新郎燈), a gift used in the traditional Southern Fukienese (閩南) wedding, play an important role in Kinmen's traditional wedding custom.[…] In the Southern Fukienese language, the lantern is used to symbolize fertility. 2023 January 7, “The making of Kinmen's traditional wedding lantern captured on film”, in Ministry of Culture, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2023, Latest News:

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Fukienese en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Fujianese.
    alt of Fujianese
    • Chen said that the temple is considered a bao zhong Yimin temple (褒忠義民廟), a specific type of temple reserved for those of Hakka heritage, but the owner of the plot of land on which the structure stands said that the temple was built in 1910 by Fukienese. 2016 October 22, Chang An-chiao, Jake Chung, “Temple harks back to uprising”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2016, Taiwan News, page 4:
    • Miaoli County features cultural essence and rich tourism resources, embracing multi-ethnic groups of Fukienese, Hakka, and indigenous tribes. 2018 December 18, “"Blessing in Miaoli, Shining in the World."”, in Culture and Tourism Bureau, Miaoli County [苗栗縣政府文化觀光局], archived from the original on 29 Jun 2022, Tourism & Culture:

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Fukienese Number=Plur lexicographic