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  2. Fuchien Province, Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    Fuchien Province [I] [1] (Mandarin pronunciation: [fǔ.tɕjɛ̂n] ⓘ), also romanized as Fujian and rendered as Fukien, is a de jure administrative division of the Taiwan (ROC). Provinces remain a titular division as a part of the Constitution of the Republic of China , but are no longer considered to have any practical administrative function.

  3. Glossary of French words and expressions in English

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    French uses the capital É, because the use of a capital letter alters the meaning of the word (État: a State, as in a country; état: a state of being). It also cannot be shortened as coup as is often the case in English- because this literally means a "hit" in French, but can be used figuratively to mean many more things.

  4. French orthography - Wikipedia

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    French orthography encompasses the spelling and punctuation of the French language.It is based on a combination of phonemic and historical principles. The spelling of words is largely based on the pronunciation of Old French c. 1100 –1200 AD, and has stayed more or less the same since then, despite enormous changes to the pronunciation of the language in the intervening years.

  5. Written Hokkien - Wikipedia

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    Pe̍h-ōe-jī (白話字) is a Latin alphabet developed by Western missionaries working in Southeast Asia in the 19th century to write Hokkien. Pe̍h-ōe-jī allows Hokkien to be written phonetically in Latin script, meaning that phrases specific to Hokkien can be written without having to deal with the issue of non-existent Chinese characters.

  6. Fujian - Wikipedia

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    The English word "tea" is borrowed from Hokkien. Mandarin and Cantonese pronounce the word chá. Nanyin is a popular form of music of Fujian. Fuzhou bodiless lacquer ware, a noted type of lacquer ware, is noted for using a body of clay and/or plaster to form its shape; the body later removed. Fuzhou is also known for Shoushan stone carvings.

  7. Fuzhou dialect - Wikipedia

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    When two or more than two morphemes combine into a word, the tonal value of the last morpheme remains stable but in most cases those of the preceding morphemes change. For example, "獨", "立" and "日" are words of Iòng-ĭk (陽入) with the same tonal value ˥, and are pronounced [tuʔ˥], [liʔ˥], and [niʔ˥], respectively.

  8. Watch: What you need to know about Kwanzaa day 3: Ujima! - AOL

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    On this day, we pledge to build and maintain our community together and make our brother’s and sister’s problems our […] The post Watch: What you need to know about Kwanzaa day 3: Ujima ...

  9. Fukien - Wikipedia

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    Fukien (Chinese: 福建) can refer to Fujian , a province of the People's Republic of China Fuchien Province, Republic of China , a titular province of the Republic of China (Taiwan)