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咱人

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Chinese

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(inclusive) we man; person; people
simp. and trad.
(咱人)
alternative forms 咱儂咱侬
㑑人
儂儂侬侬 Longyan

Pronunciation

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Note: lán-nâng/nán-nâng - with instance of nasal assimilation on syllable initial/s usually from a previous syllable's nasal ending.

Pronoun

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咱人

  1. (Hokkien, inclusive) we; us

Synonyms

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Noun

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咱人 (Hokkien)

  1. (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) Chinese calendar
  2. (Philippine Hokkien, rare in Taiwanese Hokkien) ethnic Chinese person or people (especially in a one of us conception, such as fellow Chinese Filipino/s for speakers in the Philippines)

Usage notes

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  • Depending on context, Chinese Filipinos usually use this term to broadly refer to either fellow ethnic Chinese people in general or more specifically to fellow Chinese Filipino/s, especially as an endonym when dealing with other fellow Chinese Filipinos.

Synonyms

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Adjective

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咱人

  1. (Philippine Hokkien) Chinese (especially describing Chinese-Filipino / Filipino-Chinese cultural matters)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Tagalog: langlang
  • Tausug: Lannang