Hakka
Americannoun
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a member of a Chinese people originally of northern China, now widely distributed throughout southeastern China, in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and in Southeast Asia.
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the Chinese language spoken by the Hakka.
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The Cantonese migrants worked in carpentry and the ship-fitting industry, while the Hakka Chinese worked in the tannery and food business.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
The awards celebrate not only Mandopop but also artists singing in Taiwanese - also known as Hokkien - Hakka and indigenous languages, a visible sign of the government's efforts to promote tongues other than Mandarin.
From Reuters • Jul. 2, 2023
In Taiwan after World War II, the Nationalist government imposed Mandarin as the official language on a population that mostly spoke the Minnan or Hakka variants of Chinese.
From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023
One of Chin’s ancestors prepares “good, solid Hakka soul food” to console a neighboring family whose child who died during the deadly 1918 flu epidemic.
From Washington Post • Apr. 27, 2023
Hung Sin-tsuan, the leader in the Taiping rebellion, was a Hakka.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
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