Meaning of Hai Lok Hong | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Haklau Min (a linguistic variety of Southern Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)
   Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
2. a person who traces his/her ancestry to Hailufeng or the surrounding area
   Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore

Examples

“[…]Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Chaouzhou, and Hainanese, are the most widely recognized. The Min dialect of Hailokhong (Mandarin Hailufeng) is closest to the Zhangzhou subgroup in vowel reflexes but in initial nasals is close to Chaozhou, a conservative feature. Hailokhong is noteworthy for being the only current SM dialect preserving a distinction between e and ei as in be³ 'horse' 馬 and bei³ 'buy' 買. (More information on Hailokhong is given in Bodman 1982b pp.620-21. The Min dialect must be distinguished from the Hakka dialect of Hailu[…]”

“[…]and the Hinhua did not seem to have leaders of such calibre. The situation in Sumatra was probably more telling. There were few Hokchia moneylenders in the east coast of Sumatra as the occupation was dominated not by the Chinese but by the Chettiar. But Chinese plantation workers of the Hailokhong dialect group (administratively classified under the Teochew) and other dialect groups intermarried with Indonesians.144 Though less conspicuous, intermarriage also took place between totok petty traders and Indonesian[…]”

“[…]Hai-Lok-Hong sinkhehs ( a composite term for the Hai Hong and Lok Hong districts in Kwangtung province ) to pay back twice the amount of their real debt.2 The Labour Code of 1895 limited verbal contracts to thirty days and laid down[…]”

“[…] For instance, the Kelang Lama area (Fig. 3) was initially inhabited by Hakkas growing tapioca; the Teochius particularly from the Teoh Yeoh District (潮陽縣), 300 to 400 strong, occupied Keladi, and the Hailokhong (海陸豐) were located in the Belakang Tebok, both practising mixed-farming and pig-rearing. In the case of the contracted labourers, although the working conditions had been improved under British rule, abuses and harsh exploitations on the part of the[…]”

“[…]the Chinese community in Medan. He had left a wife behind in China and married a peranakan girl from Penang. After the death of this second wife, he married another peranakan girl whose father was a Hai Lok Hong, descendants of Southern Chinese fighters and pirates. This girl who was to be Queeny's mother had a rebellious character, but proved to be a good choice to help him to entertain his distinguished guests which included the Sultan of Deli and the high officials from the Dutch community.[…]”

“A Hailokhong is boisterous, hot-tempered and flares up easily; Keh and Macao calmer and more forbearing although more inclined to kill anyone they hate, or to make plans for doing so. The Hailokhong is usually considered to be the best cultivator, is stronger and better able to do heavy work than the other clans who, on the other hand, are more careful and […]”

“[…] Pangkalan Brandan was the most difficult and the least enviable. The Chinese in that region were mostly Hai Lok Hongs, descendants of Southern Chinese fighters and pirates, unruly and fearless; but grandfather Lim, himself a Hai Lok Hong, had them well under control.”

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