Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhangzhounese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zhangzhounese
IPA

38

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou

noun

The people of Zhangzhou

Example Sentences

"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[…]"
"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[…]"

Etymology

From Zhangzhou + -n- + -ese.

Questions

What does zhangzhounese mean?: The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou
Where does zhangzhounese come from?: From Zhangzhou + -n- + -ese.

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