Zhangzhounese

English

Etymology

From Zhangzhou +‎ -n- +‎ -ese.

Noun

Zhangzhounese (plural Zhangzhounese)

  1. (chiefly in the plural) A person from Zhangzhou
    • 2005, 教育研究 [Educational Studies]‎, volume 47, Mitaka, Japan: International Christian University, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 196:
      In addition to the Fukeinese, Quanzhounese, Zhangzhounese and Sanjiangnese, the Cantonese flocked to Japan and established their own sphere of Chinese influence in Yokohama port when the Sino-Japan Recovery Contract was enacted in […]

Proper noun

Zhangzhounese

  1. The Hokkien dialect of Zhangzhou
    • 2021 August 15, Tom G. Hoogervorst, Language Ungoverned: Indonesia's Chinese Print Entrepreneurs, 1911–1949, Cornell University Press, →ISBN, page 39:
      Most varieties spoken in and around Xiamen (Hk: Ē-mûin, Ml: Emoei), Taiwan, and Southeast Asia constitute intermediate dialects with varying inclinations toward Zhangzhounese and Quanzhounese. As Zhangzhou was the chief Fujianese […]
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