Fujian

Fujian

See also: Fújiàn

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 福建 (Fújiàn).

Alternative forms

• Fu Jian
• (dated) Fukien, Fu-kien, Fuhkien, Fokien, Fo-kien, Fuk Kin, Fo-kyen
• (from Wade–Giles) Fu-chien, Fuchien

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌfuːˈd͡ʒæn/, /ˌfuːd͡ʒiˈæn/

Proper noun

Fujian

1. A province of People's Republic of China, located on the southeastern coast. Capital: Fuzhou.
   • 1998 May, Li HongZhi, CHINA FALUN GONG (REVISED EDITION) (English Version)‎, Hong Kong: Falun Fo Fa Publishing Co., →ISBN, OCLC 754094128, page 43:

     According to the county annals of Yong Tai in Fujian Province, Chen Jun was born in the first year of Zhong-He time (881 AD.) under the reign of Empire Xi-Zong during the Tang Dynasty.

2. A province of the Republic of China (Taiwan), consisting of Kinmen (Quemoy) and Matsu (Lienchiang).
   • 2019 June 4, “Kinmen Shueitou Harbor District”, in National Fire Agency‎, archived from the original on 20 September 2020:

     Kinmen is under the jurisdiction of Fujian Province, and is composed of 16 big and small islands with a total area of 178.956 square kilometers, while the geology is composed of granite-gneiss.

Derived terms

• Fujianese

Related terms

• Hokkien

Translations

province of China

Arabic: فُوجْيَان‎ m (fujyān) Armenian: Ֆուցզյան (Fucʿzyan) Chinese: Cantonese: 福建 (fuk1 gin3) Hakka: 福建 (Fuk-kien, Fuk-kian) Mandarin: 福建 (zh) (Fújiàn) Min Dong: 福建 (Hók-gióng) Min Nan: 福建 (zh-min-nan) (Hok-kiàn) Czech: Fu-ťien Georgian: ფუძიანი (puʒiani) Greek: Φουτσιάν (Foutsián) Hungarian: Fucsien (hu) Japanese: 福建 (ふっけん, Fukken) Korean: 복건 (ko) (Bokgeon), 푸젠 (Pujen) Latvian: Fudzjaņa Lithuanian: Fudzianas Macedonian: Фуџиан (Fudžian) Manchu: ᡶᡠᡤᡳᠶᠠᠨ (fugiyan) Okinawan: 福建 (ふちゃん, Fuchan) Russian: Фуцзя́нь m (Fuczjánʹ) Swedish: Fujian Tagalog: Hukyen Tibetan: ཧྥུའུ་ཅན་ཞིང་ཆེན (hphu'u can zhing chen) Vietnamese: Phúc Kiến (vi) Zhuang: Fuzgen

References

1. Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015), “Transliteration Tables”, in , Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan‎, Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, page 430: “Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji […] Fukien (Fuchien) / Fujian / 福建”

Etymology 2

From Fuji +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfuːd͡ʒi.ən/

Adjective

Fujian (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or related to, Mount Fuji.

Further reading

• “Fujian”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “Fujian, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Fujian at OneLook Dictionary Search
• “Fujian”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
• “Fujian” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2023.