Meaning of Foochownese | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person from Fuzhou.
   US, dated
2. The dialect spoken in the area around Fuzhou.
   US

Examples

“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.”

“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.”

“During their first few years in Shantung, Hung and his brothers continued their education under their Foochownese tutor, Master Hsieh.”

“The patient was a 53-year-old, married, Foochownese housewife.”

“Cui Sung (Foochownese Romanization);”

“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.”

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