闽南 (Mǐnnán): Minnan

Meanings

1 Minnan
2 southern Fujian region
3 the Hokkien-speaking area of southeastern China

Characters

闽

Mǐn

abbreviation for Fujian

南

nán

south

Examples

闽南人喜欢喝功夫茶。

Mǐnnán rén xǐhuān hē gōngfūchá.

Minnan people enjoy drinking gongfu tea.

他会说闽南话。

Tā huì shuō Mǐnnánhuà.

He can speak Hokkien (the Minnan dialect).

Tips

culture

闽 is the abbreviation for Fujian Province (福建). 闽南 (southern Fujian) covers Xiamen, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou — the homeland of the Hokkien language and the ancestral home of most Taiwanese and Singaporean Chinese.

In Pop Culture

闽南语 Mǐnnányǔ

Hokkien / Minnan language

A major Sinitic language spoken across southern Fujian, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia — distinct enough from Mandarin to be mutually unintelligible.

Stroke Order

闽 Mǐn

南 nán

Related Words

闽南话 mǐnnánhuà

Southern Min / Hokkien (Sinitic language of southern Fujian, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities)

华南 Huánán

South China / southern China (region)

闽剧 mǐnjù

Fujian opera / Min opera (opera of eastern Fujian and Taiwan)

南方 nánfāng HSK 2 #2,940

the south / southern China

江南可采莲 jiāngnánkěcǎilián

in Jiangnan, lotus can be gathered / (fig.) a classic evocation of summer leisure in southern China / (lit.) South-of-the-River, may pick-lotus

南都 Nándū

Southern Capital (historical) / historical name applied to various southern capitals

南航 Nánháng

China Southern Airlines (abbr.) / Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (abbr.)

南疆 Nánjiāng

Southern Xinjiang / southern part of Xinjiang (south of the Tianshan Mountains)

悠然见南山 yōuránjiànnánshān

leisurely catching sight of the southern mountain — an image of unhurried, detached contentment / literally: in a relaxed manner, one sees the southern mountain

南拳 nánquán

Nanquan (Southern Fist); Southern-style Chinese martial arts