Min Dong Chinese
Bàng-uâ
Min Dong Chinese is a Sino-Tibetan language spoken in China, United States, Malaysia, and Taiwan, by about 10.3 million people.
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Eastern Min or Min Dong (traditional Chinese: 閩東語; simplified Chinese: 闽东语; pinyin: Mǐndōngyǔ, Foochow Romanized: Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄) is a branch of the Min group of the Chinese languages of China. The prestige form and most commonly cited representative form is the Fuzhou dialect, the speech of the capital of Fujian.
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Words in Min Dong Chinese
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| mother | 依媽 | ĭ-mă |
| child | 伲囝 | niê-giāng |
| man | 男 | nàng |
| woman | 女界 | nṳ̄-gái |
| person | 儂 | nè̤ng |
| name | 名 | miàng |
| friend | 朋友 | bèng-īu |
| eye | 目 | mĕk |
| ear | 耳 | ngê |
| nose | 鼻 | pé |
| tooth | 牙 | ngà |
| tongue | 喙舌 | chói-siĕk |
| hand | 手 | chiū |
| heart | 心臟 | sĭng-câung |
| head | 頭 | tàu |
| blood | 血 | háik |
| skin | 皮膚 | puòi-hŭ |
| knee | 跤腹頭 | kă-bók-tàu |
| liver | 肝臟 | găng-câung |
| water | 水 | cūi |
| fire | 火 | huōi |
| moon | 月光 | nguŏk-guŏng |
| star | 星 | sĭng |
| rain | 雨 | huô |
| snow | 雪 | siók |
| wind | 風 | hŭng |
| mountain | 山 | săng |
| river | 河 | ò̤ |
| sea | 海 | hāi |
| tree | 樹 | chéu |
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- Min Bei ChineseSino-Tibetan37% alike
- Pu-Xian ChineseSino-Tibetan36% alike
- Leizhou ChineseSino-Tibetan35% alike
- Min Zhong ChineseSino-Tibetan28% alike
- Hakka ChineseSino-Tibetan24% alike
- HainaneseSino-Tibetan23% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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