Foochownese
(US) The dialect spoken in the area around Fuzhou.
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#1·Apr 27, 2026
(US) The dialect spoken in the area around Fuzhou.
Cui Sung (Foochownese Romanization);
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#2·Apr 27, 2026
(US, dated) A person from Fuzhou.
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 Sou…
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