Singaporean Hokkien is a local variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively in Singapore. Within Chinese linguistic academic circles, this dialect...
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Singapore, after English. Due to its widespread usage, Singaporean Mandarin has replaced Singaporean Hokkien as the lingua franca of the Chinese community today...
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century, forming the bulk of the Chinese Singaporean population in existence today. Most Chinese Singaporeans are Hokkien, with a minority from Cantonese, Hakka...
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Malaysian Hokkien, including Singaporean Hokkien, is based on the Tung'an dialect, with Philippine Hokkien on the Quanzhou dialect, and Penang Hokkien & Medan...
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as an ingredient. The Singaporean version of Hokkien mee was created after World War II by Chinese sailors from Fujian (Hokkien) province in southern...
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Colloquial Singaporean Mandarin, resulting in a Hokkien-style Singaporean Mandarin widely spoken in the country. Some Hokkien Singaporeans are unable...
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people Hokkien culture Hokkien architecture Written Hokkien Hokkien media Taiwanese Hokkien Southern Malaysia Hokkien Singaporean Hokkien Medan Hokkien Lan-nang-oe...
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to Hokkien spoken in Amoy, Quanzhou, and Zhangzhou, as well as dialectal forms used in Southeast Asia, such as Singaporean Hokkien, Penang Hokkien, Philippine...
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Philippine Hokkien, like other Southeast Asian variants of Hokkien (e.g. Singaporean Hokkien, Penang Hokkien, Johor Hokkien and Medan Hokkien), has borrowed...
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Singaporean Mandarin, the dialect of Mandarin Chinese spoken in Singapore Singaporean Hokkien, historically the largest vernacular of the Singapore Chinese Malaysian...
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Languages of Singapore (redirect from Singaporean Language)
Singaporean President Halimah Yacob during her 2018 speech, "Through the education system, we adopted a common working language in English." Hokkien (Min...
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people Hokkien culture Hokkien architecture Written Hokkien Hokkien media Penang Hokkien Singaporean Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien Medan Hokkien Philippine...
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Singlish vocabulary (category Singaporean culture-related lists)
frustrated, and originates from Singaporean Hokkien 迫促 (POJ: pek-chhek). It is used in casual contexts between Singaporeans, but is avoided in formal events...
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Hokkien, Singaporean Hokkien – Jī bài (鸡拜), (vagina) a Hokkien slang for fuck KNN Penang Hokkien, Singaporean Hokkien – Kan Ni Nia (幹你娘), a Hokkien slang...
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Hokkien, a variety of Chinese that forms part of the Southern Min family and is spoken in Southeastern China, Taiwan and Southeast Asia, does not have...
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architecture Written Hokkien Hokkien media Southern Malaysia Hokkien Penang Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien Medan Hokkien Singaporean Hokkien Amoy dialect Lan-nang-ue...
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that comprise "Singaporean Chinese cuisine" today were originally brought to Singapore by the early southern Chinese immigrants (Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese...
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Southern Min (section Hokkien)
South-East Asia include Singaporean Hokkien, Penang Hokkien, Southern Peninsular Malaysian Hokkien, Medan Hokkien, and Philippine Hokkien. Teo-Swa or Chaoshan...
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Singlish (redirect from Colloquial Singaporean English)
varieties, such as Hokkien.[citation needed] The continuum runs through the following varieties: Acrolectal: Acrolectal Singaporean English is very similar...
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Hoklo people (redirect from Hokkien people)
more specifically Hokkien people (福建儂; Hok-kiàn-lâng). In Malaysia and Singapore, Hokkien-speaking Chinese Malaysians and Singaporeans generally refer to...
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Wang Weiliang (category Singaporean people of Hokkien descent)
Wang Weiliang (born 11 October 1987) is a Singaporean comedian, host, actor, singer and businessman. A getai performer-turned-actor, Wang grew prominence...
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Singapore alongside Hokkien (a south-eastern Chinese topolect) since the end of the Second World War. Before the standardisation of Singaporean Mandarin in the...
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Sandra Riley Tang (category Singaporean Hokkien pop singers)
Riley Tang (born 25 December 1990), known mononymously as RRILEY, is a Singaporean artist and musician who made her debut into the industry in 2012 as a...
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Narelle Kheng (category Singaporean Hokkien pop singers)
(born 24 September 1993) is a Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer. She made her debut in the Singaporean band The Sam Willows in 2012...
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Benjamin Kheng (category Singaporean Hokkien pop singers)
15 August 1990) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, and former national swimmer. Kheng made his music debut with the Singaporean band The Sam Willows...
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by Taiwanese aboriginals), while Singaporean Hokkien contains many loanwords from Malay and English. Philippine Hokkien on the other hand, showcases a few...
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This article contains Hokkien text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hàn-jī, Pe̍h-ōe-jī...
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A-do (category Singaporean Hokkien pop singers)
A-du (阿杜; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: A-tō͘), is a Singaporean singer. Du was a construction foreman before being spotted by Singaporean producer Billy Koh in his company's...
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Taiwanese speak a dialect called Taiwanese Hokkien or simply Taiwanese. The majority of Chinese Singaporeans, Chinese Malaysians, Chinese Filipinos, Chinese...
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Whatever Will Be, Will Be (TV series) (category Hokkien-language television shows)
Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Chinese: 天公疼憨人) is a 2023 Singaporean dialect drama series starring Chen Hanwei, Richie Koh, Yvonne Lim, Kym Ng, Zhu Houren...
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