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China vs Hoisanese - What's the difference?

china | hoisanese |

As nouns the difference between china and hoisanese

is that china is (uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend) while hoisanese is a person who speaks the dialect of hoisanese.

As a proper noun hoisanese is

chinese dialect spoken in the greater hoi san area of guangdong province, china; a dialect of yue chinese (cantonese).

As an adjective hoisanese is

pertaining to the area of greater hoi san of guangdong province, china; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region.

china

English

(wikipedia China)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.

    • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    hoisanese

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • Chinese dialect spoken in the greater Hoi San area of Guangdong Province, China; a dialect of Yue Chinese (Cantonese)

    • Noun

    (-)
  • A person who speaks the dialect of Hoisanese
  • A person from the area; or descended from people of the area of greater Hoi San in Guangdong Province, China

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • pertaining to the area of greater Hoi San of Guangdong Province, China; its people; their descendants; the main dialect of the region

    • Synonyms

    * Taishanese, Toishanese, Toisanese