Northern Min

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 閩北語 / 闽北语 (mǐnběiyǔ).

Proper noun

Northern Min

1. A variety of Min Chinese, spoken in northern Fujian, represented by the Jian'ou dialect.

Synonyms

• Min Bei

Hyponyms

• Jianyang, Jian'ou, Songxi, Shibei, Shaowu, Jiangle

Translations

Chinese language

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 閩北語 / 闽北语 (zh) (mǐnběiyǔ, mínběiyǔ)

  Northern Min: 閩北語 / 闽北语 (mâing-bă̤-ngṳ̌)

• Dutch: Minbei n
• Finnish: Min Bei
• French: minbei (fr) m
• Japanese: 閩北語 (ja) (びんほくご, binhokugo, ミンベイご, minbeigo)
• Korean: 민북어 (minbugeo)
• Spanish: min del norte m
• Vietnamese: tiếng Mân Bắc

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Northern Min terms