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Foochownese
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English
Noun
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en US dated A person from Fuzhou.
en 1930 The National Medical Journal of China - Volume 16 J. H. Liu; Lien-tê Wu; Yui C. Voonping 100 That the Chinese still do it when they are away from their homeland with regrettable result to themselves, is evident from cases reported by Manson (1880) in a Foochownese, by Koo (1924) in a Shantunguese, Seymour (? Cantonese), from South America (Cantonese), from the Philippines (Amoynese), and recently in this hospital in a native of Kiangsu who got the infection in Yokohama.
en 1939 Proceedings - Issues 13-30 Hawaiian Academy of Sciences 103 Other elements are Hakkas, some Foochownese, some mixtures of Chinese and aborigines in the south, a few remaining Japanese, and many refugees from East China and other parts of China.
en 1987 A Latterday Confucian: Reminiscences of William Hung, (1893-1980) Susan Chan Egan; William Hung 1987 0674512979 During their first few years in Shantung, Hung and his brothers continued their education under their Foochownese tutor, Master Hsieh.
en 1988 September The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research 14 3 Primary choriocarcinoma in the uterine cervix: report of 4 cases Yat-San Tsai; Shi-Chiy Su; Tai-Te Wang; Chien-Tien Hsu; Yun-Nan Lin The patient was a 53-year-old, married, Foochownese housewife.
Usage notes
Proper noun
en US The dialect spoken in the area around Fuzhou.
en 1874 Zoology Reprints and Separata, Etc - Volume 112 Cui Sung (Foochownese Romanization);
en 1963 Adult Education in People's Republic of China, 1950-1958 https://books.google.com/books?id=T6JNAQAAMAAJ Vincent Tsing Ching Lin 961069422 64 The character 林, for instance, has the same meaning for all, although it is pronounced Lin in Pekinese, Ling in Foochownese, Liem in Foganese, Lam in Cantonese, etc.