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Amoy
A·moy 1 A0262800 (ä-moi′) See Xiamen1.
A·moy 2 A0262800 (ä-moi′, ə-moi′)n. The variety of Chinese spoken in and around the city of Xiamen in Fujian province in southeast China. Also called Xiamen.
[After Amoy (Xiamen).]Amoy (əˈmɔɪ) n1. (Placename) a port in SE China, in Fujian province on Amoy Island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River opposite Taiwan: one of the first treaty ports opened to European trade (1842). Pop: 746 000 (2005 est). Modern Chinese name: Xiamen 2. (Languages) the dialect of Chinese spoken in Amoy, Taiwan, and elsewhere: a Min dialectXia•men (ˈʃyɑˈmœn) also Hsiamen
n. 1. an island near the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Strait. 2. a seaport on this island. 507,390. Also called Amoy. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Amoy - any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien provinceFukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min dialect, Taiwanese, MinChinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system |
Amoy
Related to Amoy: AmwaySynonyms for Amoynoun any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien provinceSynonyms- Fukien
- Fukkianese
- Hokkianese
- Min dialect
- Taiwanese
- Min
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