hoklo
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
noun
A member of a Southern Min-speaking Chinese people who inhabit or originate from eastern Guangdong; (loosely) Teochew.
Obsolete
name
A variety of Southern Min Chinese originating from the Hailufeng region.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Today Hualien is a city of 110,000, unique in having almost equal numbers of Hakka, Hoklo, mainlander and aboriginal citizens: the last group are primarily Atayal and Ami."
- "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."
- "It lies on the borders of the Hok-lo, and the Hakka or Kheh (or they call themselves Khah) populuation, Hok-lo is the name given to those who speak Tie Chew."
- "There are a few districts west of Macao where the Hakka and Hoklo population had dwindled down from 600,000 to 30,000, exclusive of the Punti slain in battles, starved, or sold into slavery."
- "Later on, a third class of natives, speaking another dialect (Tiehchiu, or Swatow dialect), settled at Shaukiwan, Tokwawan, Hunghom and Yaumati. These people, generally called Hoklos, were all seafaring men, bolder in character than either Hakkas or Puntis, and specially addicted to smuggling and piracy. Among all the pirates on the coast, these Hoklos were most dreaded on account of their ferocious and daring deeds."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 學佬