southern min
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.28 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A group of local languages of Min Chinese, which can trace their origins to southern Fujian province, China.
name
Hokkien, including Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien and other varieties in Southeast Asia.
name
Hokkien, including Amoy, Taiwanese Hokkien and other varieties in Southeast Asia.
Example Sentences
- "To truly complete the journey and discover the roots of Taiwan’s southern Min majority one would have to travel to the P’eng-hu islands (Pescadores) and then still farther west to the shores of southern Fukien and the cities and towns along the province’s east-facing coast, which is where new history of Taiwan begins."
Etymology
Partial calque of Chinese 閩南 /闽南 (Mǐnnán).