1. Hokkien - Adjective
2. Hokkien - Proper noun
(chiefly Southeast Asia) A linguistic subgroup of the Min Nan branch of the Sinitic branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian province), Taiwan, and by overseas Chinese of Hoklo descent.
(chiefly Southeast Asia) A group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
(dated) Any person from Fujian.
Of or relating to the Fujianese people.
(chiefly Southeast Asia) Of or relating to the Hokkien language and its dialects or variants.
(dated) Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgBecause of intermingling with Siraya people as well as Dutch colonial rule, the Hokkien dialects started to deviate from the original Hokkien spoken in mainland China. Source: Internet
Despite the fact that not all Chinese Filipinos can fluently speak Hokkien or any other Chinese variant, most can still understand at least some Hokkien. Source: Internet
For example, the landlord might be known simply as Towkay ( Hokkien for "boss") to his tenants or workers while a bread seller would be called "Mianbao Shu" 面包叔 (literally, Uncle Bread). Source: Internet
In fact, even private Chinese vernacular schools encourage the usage of only Mandarin, while other tongues such as Cantonese and Hokkien (commonly referred to as dialects) are not allowed. Source: Internet
In the following years, in order to prevent people from rebelling, the Qing court instituted a ban on migration to Taiwan, especially the migration of Hakka people from Guangdong province, which led Hokkien to become a prestige language in Taiwan. Source: Internet
Han characters are also used by Taiwan’s Hokkien literary circle for Hokkien poets and writers to write literature or poetry in Taiwanese Hokkien. Source: Internet