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amoy::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fukien, fukkianese, hokkianese, min, min dialect, taiwanese |
| Type of | chinese |
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Amoy speakers also spread to Southeast Asia, where it became widely known as Hokkien.
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Amoy and Taiwanese are both combinations of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou speech.
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Amoy is widely used and understood across the southern region of Fujian province as well as overseas.
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Amoy is similar to other Min Nan dialects in that it makes use of five tones, though only two in checked syllables.
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Amoy grammar shares a similar structure to other Chinese dialects, although it is slightly more complex than Mandarin.
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Amoy complement constructions are roughly parallel to Mandarin ones, although there are variations in the choice of lexical term.
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- Min: any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
- Xiamen , also known as Amoy , is a coastal city in southeastern China. It is administered as a sub-provincial city under Fujian province in the People's Republic of China. It looks out to the Taiwan Strait and borders Quanzhou to the north and Zhangzhou to the south.
- Amoy (Xiamen) is a Hokkien dialect which originally comes from Southern Fujian province (in Southeast China), in the area centered around the city of Xiamen. It is highly similar to Taiwanese, and is widely known as Hokkien in Southeast Asia. ...
- A city, now officially known as Xiamen, in southern China; the Jiulong Jiang river; The Amoy language/dialect
