Eastern Min

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 閩東語／闽东语 (mǐndōngyǔ).

Proper noun

Eastern Min

1. A Chinese language, spoken in the eastern part of Fujian, including its capital city Fuzhou.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin) Min Dong

Translations

language of Fuzhou

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 閩東／闽东 (man⁵ dung¹)

  Eastern Min: 閩東／闽东 (mìng-dĕ̤ng)

  Hokkien: 閩東／闽东 (bân-tang)

  Mandarin: 閩東／闽东 (zh) (mǐndōng, míndōng)

• Russian: восточноми́ньский m (vostočnomínʹskij) (диале́кт, язы́к), минь-ду́н m (minʹ-dún)

See also

• Ethnologue entry for Eastern Min, cdo ⁠

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Eastern Min terms

Anagrams

• Mertensian, intermeans, mertansine, nemertians