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閩南語

mín nán yǔ·ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄋㄢˊ ㄩˇ

“a Chinese dialect originating from ancient Chinese, formed in southern Fujian by migration and mixing with local speech; spoken in Taiwan, southern Fujian, parts of Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Hainan”

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閩

mín·ㄇㄧㄣˊ

Short name for Fujian province; an ancient ethnic group; a historical kingdom in the tenth century.

南

nán·ㄋㄢˊ

South; southern; southward; the direction opposite of north; also used in Buddhist chants; a surname.

語

yǔ·ㄩˇ

language; speech; words; to speak; to say; to talk; to tell; to express