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unusual facts about Hokkien



Astro Hua Hee Dai

Astro Hua Hee Dai or Astro Hua Hee Dai HD (for HD version) is a 24-hour Hokkien (Min Nan) channel operated by Malaysian pay-TV channel operated by Astro.

Goh Chok Tong

Goh's father was from Yongchun County, Fujian province, China, while he was born in Singapore and his family belongs to the Hokkien dialect group, now more commonly known as Minnan.

Hokkien mee

Hokkien hae mee (Hokkien prawn noodles) is commonly served in Penang and Singapore while Hokkien char mee (Hokkien fried noodles) is commonly served in Kuala Lumpur and the Klang Valley.

Hoklo

The Hoklo people, a geographically widespread cultural-linguistic group originating in southeast China (Fujian province), also called Hokkien

Jenjarom

Jenjarom has a significant Chinese (Hokkien) population, and the village is the site of the Dong Zen Fo Guang Shan Buddhist Temple and Institute in Sungai Jarom.

Kota Marudu

It had a population of more than 80,900 people in 2011, made up mainly by Dusun (Kimaragang Dusun, Tobilung, and more), Rungus, Bajau, Orang Sungai, Suluk, and Chinese (mostly Hakka and Hokkien).

Philippine Hokkien

Starting from the early 19th century, Chinese migrants from Fujian province, specifically from Quanzhou eventually eclipsed those from Guangdong province, establishing Hokkien as the primary variety of Chinese spoken in the Philippines.

Philippine Hokkien is largely derived from the Hokkien dialect spoken in Quanzhou.

Rebecca Lim

Rebecca was born to a Hokkien family.The second child of three children, Rebecca studied at CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls' School (Primary and Secondary), Victoria Junior College and Singapore Management University (SMU).

Taiwanese Hokkien

Apart from Yilan and Lugang, which still preserves the original Zhangzhou and Quanzhou accents respectively, every region of Taiwan speaks a variant of Hokkien based on a mixture of Quanzhou and Zhangzhou Hokkien.

Tan Lark Sye

As chairman of the Hokkien Huay Kuan (Hokkien clan association), he developed many schools under the auspices of the association: Kong Hwa School in Guillemard, Tao Nan School in Marine Parade, Nan Chiau School in River Valley and Chongfu Primary School in Yishun.

Tekka Centre

In Hokkien, the market was known as Tek Kia Kha, literally meaning "foot of the small bamboos", as bamboo plants once grew on the banks of the Rochor Canal.

Xiangcheng District, Zhangzhou

Xiangcheng is the second place where dominated by 邱 (Qiū, Khoo in Hokkien) surnames settlers, and the second is Penang, Malaysia.


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