Amoy

A·moy ¹

 (ä-moi′)

See Xiamen¹.

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A·moy ²

 (ä-moi′, ə-moi′)

n.

The variety of Chinese spoken in and around the city of Xiamen in Fujian province in southeast China. Also called Xiamen.

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[After Amoy (Xiamen).]

Amoy

(əˈmɔɪ)

n

1. (Placename) a port in SE China, in Fujian province on Amoy Island, at the mouth of the Jiulong River opposite Taiwan: one of the first treaty ports opened to European trade (1842). Pop: 746 000 (2005 est). Modern Chinese name: Xiamen

2. (Languages) the dialect of Chinese spoken in Amoy, Taiwan, and elsewhere: a Min dialect

Xia•men

(ˈʃyɑˈmœn)

also Hsiamen

n.

1. an island near the Chinese mainland in the Taiwan Strait.

2. a seaport on this island. 507,390.

Also called Amoy.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

Amoy - any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Min dialect, Taiwanese, Min Chinese - any of the Sino-Tibetan languages spoken in China; regarded as dialects of a single language (even though they are mutually unintelligible) because they share an ideographic writing system