Want to use Hoklo correctly in a sentence? These 8 example sentences show the word in context, together with its meaning.
Hoklo in a sentence
Hoklo meaning
- A member of a group of Han Chinese whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China.
- A member of a Southern Min-speaking Chinese people who inhabit or originate from eastern Guangdong; (loosely) Teochew.
Example types with hoklo
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
There are many families of mixed Hakka, Hoklo, and Aboriginal bloodlines. (11 words)
The Hoklo Boat people were the first to show interest in Macau as a trading centre for the southern provinces. (20 words)
As with the official-language controversy, objections to the use of Taiwanese came not only from Mainlander groups, but also Hoklo, Hakka and aborigines. (24 words)
There was thinly sliced goose with turnip and tofu braised in two types of sauces: one to represent Chinese mainlanders of Teochew descent (“It has more spices,” Jewel Tsai said) and another in the style of the Hoklo (“More simple,” she said). (42 words)
The Hoklo people are the largest Han subgroup (70% of the total population), whose ancestors migrated from the coastal southern Fujian region across the Taiwan Strait starting in the 17th century. (31 words)
Plains aboriginals who were mixed and assimilated into the Hoklo Han population at different stages were differentiated by the historian Melissa J. Brown between "short-route" and "long-route". (29 words)
Example sentences (8)
There was thinly sliced goose with turnip and tofu braised in two types of sauces: one to represent Chinese mainlanders of Teochew descent (“It has more spices,” Jewel Tsai said) and another in the style of the Hoklo (“More simple,” she said).
One of its main rival gangs is the Sun Yee On, which was founded by Chiu Chow and Hoklo immigrants from northeastern Guangdong who speak a Fujianese dialect.
As with the official-language controversy, objections to the use of Taiwanese came not only from Mainlander groups, but also Hoklo, Hakka and aborigines.
Plains aboriginals who were mixed and assimilated into the Hoklo Han population at different stages were differentiated by the historian Melissa J. Brown between "short-route" and "long-route".
Taiwanese Hoklo Han settlers and Japanese were often the victims of headhunting raids as they were considered by the aborigines to be liars and enemies.
The Hoklo Boat people were the first to show interest in Macau as a trading centre for the southern provinces.
The Hoklo people are the largest Han subgroup (70% of the total population), whose ancestors migrated from the coastal southern Fujian region across the Taiwan Strait starting in the 17th century.
There are many families of mixed Hakka, Hoklo, and Aboriginal bloodlines.
Common combinations with hoklo
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the hoklo 4×
- hoklo han 2×