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福佬

福佬

Chinese

 
good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev); a surname
male; man (Cantonese)
simp. and trad.
(福佬)

Noun

福佬

  1. Hoklo, Hakka (a Chinese topolect)
  2. Han Chinese people who speak Hoklo.

Usage notes

  • There are several way to write the word in Chinese; 河洛 (héluò) is prescribed by the Taiwanese government. Ho̍h-ló is the common Pe̍h-ōe-jī romanised spelling to the language and Hoklo culture.

Synonyms

  • 河洛 (héluò)
  • 鶴佬鹤佬

Derived terms

  • 福佬人

See also

Hoklo people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia