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== Xiamen == | == Xiamen == | ||
Xiamen was the port of trade first used by Europeans (mainly the Portuguese ([[ | Xiamen was the port of trade first used by Europeans (mainly the Portuguese ([[Portugal-laang]])) in 1541. It was China's main port in the nineteenth century for exporting tea. As a result, [[Hokkiexn-oe|Hokkien]] (also known as the Amoy dialect) had a major influence on how Chinese terminology was translated into English and other European languages. For example, the words "Amoy" (廈門/下門; Exmuii), "tea" (茶; [[tee]]), "cumshaw" (感謝; [[kafmsia]]), and "Pekoe" (白毫; [[peqhQo]]), kowtow (磕頭; [[khaothaau]]), and possibly Japan ([[Jidpurn]]) and "ketchup" (茄汁; kiQzab) originated from Hokkien. The words "Amoy" and "Quemoy" (金門; [[Kimmngg|Kimmuii]]) more specifically originate from the [[Ciangciw]] accent of the Amoy dialect. | ||
[[Category:Banlaam]] | [[Category:Banlaam]] | ||
[[Category:Tiongkog sviachi]] | [[Category:Tiongkog sviachi]] | ||
Revision as of 04:19, 4 May 2014
Exmngg 🔊/Exmuii 🔊 (E+mngg; 廈門/下門; Xiamen/Amoy)
Xiamen
Xiamen was the port of trade first used by Europeans (mainly the Portuguese (Portugal-laang)) in 1541. It was China's main port in the nineteenth century for exporting tea. As a result, Hokkien (also known as the Amoy dialect) had a major influence on how Chinese terminology was translated into English and other European languages. For example, the words "Amoy" (廈門/下門; Exmuii), "tea" (茶; tee), "cumshaw" (感謝; kafmsia), and "Pekoe" (白毫; peqhQo), kowtow (磕頭; khaothaau), and possibly Japan (Jidpurn) and "ketchup" (茄汁; kiQzab) originated from Hokkien. The words "Amoy" and "Quemoy" (金門; Kimmuii) more specifically originate from the Ciangciw accent of the Amoy dialect.