Hoisanese

English

Etymology

Hoisan +‎ -ese. From Taishanese 台山 (hoi3 san1).

Proper noun

Hoisanese

1. The Chinese dialect spoken in the greater Hoisan area of Guangdong Province, China; a dialect of Yue Chinese (Cantonese).

Translations

a dialect of Cantonese

• Burmese: လက်တိုစကား (laktuica.ka:), အင်္ကျီတိုစကား (angkyituica.ka:)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 台山話 (toi⁴ saan¹ waa^6-2), 台山话 (toi⁴ saan¹ waa^6-2)

  Hoisanese: 台山話 (toi⁴ saan¹ waa^6-2), 台山话 (hoi³ san¹ va^5*)

  Mandarin: 台山話 (Táishānhuà), 台山话 (táishānhuà)

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• French: hoisanais m, taishanais m, toisanais m
• Russian: тайша́ньский m (tajšánʹskij) (диале́кт), тайшаньхуа́ m (tajšanʹxuá)

Noun

Hoisanese (uncountable)

1. A person who speaks the dialect of Hoisanese.
2. A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Hoisan in Guangdong Province, China.

Adjective

Hoisanese (not comparable)

1. Pertaining to the area of greater Hoisan of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region.

Synonyms

• Taishanese, Toishanese, Toisanese