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Zhangzhounese en · NOUN

Etymology

From Zhangzhou + -n- + -ese.

Meanings

1. (plural, plural-only) The people of Zhangzhou
   • In addition to the Fukeinese, Quanzhounese, Zhangzhounese and Sanjiangnese, the Cantonese flocked to Japan and established their own sphere of Chinese influence in Yokohama port when the Sino-Japan Recovery Contract was enacted in[…] 2005, 教育研究 [Educational Studies], volume 47, Mitaka, Japan: International Christian University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 196:

Zhangzhounese en · PROPN

Etymology

From Zhangzhou + -n- + -ese.

Meanings

1. The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou
   • Most varieties spoken in and around Xiamen (Hk: Ē-mûin, Ml: Emoei), Taiwan, and Southeast Asia constitute intermediate dialects with varying inclinations toward Zhangzhounese and Quanzhounese. As Zhangzhou was the chief Fujianese[…] 2021 August 15, Tom G. Hoogervorst, Language Ungoverned: Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911–1949, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 39: