Eastern Min

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 閩東語／闽东语 (mǐndōngyǔ).

Proper noun

Eastern Min

A Chinese language, spoken in the eastern part of Fujian, including its capital city Fuzhou.

Synonyms

(from Mandarin) Min Dong

Translations

language of Fuzhou

Chinese:
Cantonese: 閩東／闽东 (man⁵ dung¹)

Eastern Min: 閩東／闽东 (mìng-dĕ̤ng)

Hokkien: 閩東／闽东 (bân-tang)

Mandarin: 閩東／闽东 (zh) (mǐndōng, míndōng)
Russian: восточноми́ньский m (vostočnomínʹskij) (диале́кт, язы́к), минь-ду́н m (minʹ-dún)

See also

Ethnologue entry for Eastern Min, cdo ⁠
Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Min terms

Anagrams

Mertensian, intermeans, mertansine, nemertians

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