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Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
番仔話 (Hokkien)
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) foreign language or expression
- (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) unreasonable words or expressions
- (Taiwanese, Philippine, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) language spoken by the natives
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Taiwanese aboriginal language (one of the Formosan languages)
- (Philippine Hokkien) one of the Philippine languages, especially Tagalog or Cebuano Bisaya or etc. (depending on the region)
- (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) Malay language
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
馬來語 (“the Malay language”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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馬來語, 馬來文
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Taiwan
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馬來語
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Malaysia
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馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語, 巫文, 國語, 國文
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Singapore
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馬來語, 馬來話, 馬來文, 巫語
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Cantonese
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Hong Kong
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馬拉話, 馬拉文
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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馬拉話
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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馬拉話
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Southern Min
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Penang (Hokkien)
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番仔話, 番仔
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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番仔話, 番仔
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Manila (Hokkien)
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馬來話
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Singapore (Teochew)
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番囝話
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