Min — English Dictionary

Proper noun

1. An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation.

Proper noun

1. A river in Fujian, China.

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   The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min.

   We traveled down the Min River from Nanping in a small sampan, flying the American flag for protection against bandits and soldiers. Those were the days when the Stars and Stripes still afforded some protection.

   Matsu is about 200 miles north of Quemoy and flanks the mouth of the Min River. The mainland city of Foochow, famed for its lacquer craftsmanship, is a short distance up the Min.

   We left Foochow after an early breakfast, and after half an hour on a boat ferry that took us from the city environs across the Min River and up a tributary, we landed in Minhou county, and took the highway that led across Yungtai county to Tehua.

   Foochow was a picturesque city of considerable size and consequence before its designation in 1842 as one of the five original treaty ports. It was the headquarters of Manchu civil and military offcialdom in Fukien Province. Its location on the Min River, which flowed through a major tea-producing district, and its excellent harbor gave the city additional importance as a port.

   In a small store in Tingjiang, across the Min River in Lianjiang County, questions about smuggling people into America prompted a lively discussion.

2. A group of related Chinese languages from Fujian, including Hokkien and Eastern Min.

3. A widely construed ethnic group composed of the speakers of those languages.

4. Fujian province.

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   […]. They were started by people from Min [Fujian]. Now as a result, the profit is similar to that of Min.”

   In the early 1900s, because of the joining of regional cuisines of Zhe (Zhejiang), Min (Fujian), Xiang (Hunan) and Hui (Anhui) Cuisines, […]

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   In 1685 (kangxi 24), the provincial governor (xunfu 巡撫) of Jiangsu "personally went to the seaports to inspect the local circumstances and suggested to fix (the following) regulations: trading certificates are granted for sailing overseas; merchants from Min province (Fujian) are called "birth ships" (wuchuan 烏船);[…]

Proper noun

1. A river in Sichuan, China.

Proper noun

1. A male given name.

2. A female given name.

Proper noun

1. The Mountain Ok ethnic group of Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.

Noun

1. any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province

   Synonyms

   Min dialectFukienFukkianeseHokkianeseAmoyTaiwaneseAmoy languageFukkianese languageHokkianese languageTaiwanese languageFukien languageMin language

   Broader terms

   Chinese