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'''{{TX|Exmngg}}''' / {{TX|Exmuii}} ({{w|Xiamen}}/Amoy) si laam [[Tionghoaa Jinbiin Kioxnghøkog|Tiongkog]] [[Hokkiexn-serng]] hayhvoa [[Banlaam]] textai ee cidee [[huosefngkib sviachi]]. Exmngg huokin u [[Ciangciw]], [[Zoanciw]]. Exmngg zafkii ti kokzex bwtaai ee miazhefng høxzøx ''Amoy''; zef si kinkux [[Banlamgie]] ee hoat'ym. Hiexnzwsii Amoy kab auxlaai ee ''Xiamen'' ([[Hoaguo]] hoat'ym) lorng u laang iong.

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]] 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; [[peqhøo]]), kowtow (磕頭; [[khaothaau]]), and possibly Japan ([[Jidpurn]]) and "[[ketchup]]" (茄汁; kiøzab) originated from Hokkien. The words "Amoy" and "Quemoy" (金門; [[Kimmngg|Kimmuii]]) more specifically originate from the [[Ciangciw]] accent of the Amoy dialect.