Is 兴化 Hokkien?

[106gunner]

Knew a childhood friend who told me his dialect was 兴化 but he spoke Hokkien at home with his mum and sibling

 

[Shion]

no

10char 3words

 

[106gunner]

no

10char 3words

Then is simi dialect?

 

[Shion]

Then is simi dialect?

兴化 lor

莆田话

 

[ninjaghost]

nope.

10 char

 

[106gunner]

兴化 lor

莆田话

Oh but he spoke Hokkien with his mum and sibling at home

 

[Shion]

Oh but he spoke Hokkien with his mum and sibling at home

both have >50% similarity

but dun think many ppl in sg can still speak henghua today

 

[buttbERry]

is an area in fujian

 

[106gunner]

dun think many ppl in sg can still speak henghua today

Ok, when he told me Heng Hua moi also blur blur last time

Now have some idea after seeing some 兴化 F&B in Chinatown

 

[106gunner]

is an area in fujian

So is Hokkien la, since Fujian is Hokkien

 

[Euqorab]

Quite close

u say like Malaysia and Singapore

different but same same

 

[Shion]

 

[pattanispirit]

Then is simi dialect?

Hokkien is a province 省, 兴化 is only a region 市 in 福建省

兴化 = 莆田 = 福清 = 福州 Hokjiak, they r the Jews of the Hokkien province

they stay around 莆田市 福州市

and they control the economy + mafia of the region,

in Sg, they r prominent bankers, ppty developers like Ng Teng Fong & family,

in Msia, they run biz in monopoly in certain sectors & area, like Yong Peng of Johor, Perak & Sarawak.

In Indon & Thailand, they also quite prominent.

they r also very hardworking ppl that can work 7 days wo rest.

in traditional biz, they r into bicycles repair, trading & manufacturing.

they r also notorious 福清帮

 

[106gunner]

Hokkien is a province 省, 兴化 is only a region 市 in 福建省

兴化 = 莆田 = 福清 = 福州 Hokjiak, they r the Jews of the Hokkien province

they stay around 莆田市 福州市

and they control the economy + mafia of the region,

in Sg, they r prominent bankers, ppty developers.

in Msia, they run biz in monopoly in certain sectors & area, like Yong Peng of Johor, Perak & Sarawak.

In Indon & Thailand, they also quite prominent.

they r also very hardworking ppl that can work 7 days wo rest.

in traditional biz, they r into bicycles repair, trading & manufacturing.

they r also notorious 福清帮

Oh so is similar like guanzhou where all the Cantonese ppl reside?

 

[Tony.Manero]

So is Hokkien la, since Fujian is Hokkien

Fujian has Hakka people too

 

[106gunner]

Fujian has Hakka people too

Hokay

 

[pattanispirit]

both have >50% similarity

but dun think many ppl in sg can still speak henghua today

I can speak Hokkien, but can't understand > 10% of Henghua dialect

Oh so is similar like guanzhou where all the Cantonese ppl reside?

u mean Guangzhou ?

Guangzhou is the provincial capital of Guangdong province 广东省

there r diff region 市 in 广东省 and speak diff dialects.

Teochew is spoken in 潮州 (new name Chaozhou) & Swatow 汕头 (new name Shantou), Hakka is spoken in 惠州 梅州 深圳 (partial of Hakka cuz Hakka spread to many other provinces too)

even Teochew share similarity w Hokkien dialect, but they belong to diff provinces.

there r some minority dialects fr Guangdong province were heard in Sg in 80s, now probably not many ppl speaks. one example is 海陆丰 located in 汕尾市. there are Teochew version of 福佬话 and Hakka version of 海陆腔 which Taiwanese Hakka speak.

another dialect that i can't heard anymore in Sg is 广西话 Guangxi

 

[hotamp]

henghua dialect like a bit " rough", i was at my friend hse, then overheard him and his mom talking in henghua majam like arguing like that

 

[congster2]

Oh so is similar like guanzhou where all the Cantonese ppl reside?

In case there is any confusion. We are all 汉 Chinese. Dialects are a tongue, not a race.

 

[Scrabbi]

heng hua, its where the phrase heng ah originated