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Definition(s) for: 闽南语

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
闽南语 mǐn nán yǔ - Southern Min, a Sinitic language spoken in southern Fujian and surrounding areas
- Hokkien, the most widely spoken variety of Southern Min

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - - 45,580 27,732

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
闽 mǐn- short name for Fujian province 福建[Fu2 jian4]
- also pr. [Min2]
南 nán- surname Nan
南 nā- used in 南無|南无[na1mo2]
- Taiwan pr. [na2]
南 nán- south
语 yǔ- dialect
- language
- speech
语 yù- (literary) to tell; to let (sb) know

Other Words Containing 闽南语

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo