What is Hokkien?
a group of Min Nan Chinese dialiects
Where is it used?
throughout Southeast Asia, Taiwan, and by many other overseas Chinese.
Where is it originated from?
southern Fujian
Does it have sister languages?
yes
What are they?
Teochew and Hainanese.
Do they understand each other?
mutual comprehension is difficult
When they say Hokkien what they mean in Chinese?
Fujian province
How they are classified?
under the Quanzhang Division
How that name is derived?
from the first characters of the two main Hokkien urban centers Quanzhou and Zhangzhou
Do they have other names?
yes
What is one of them?
Min Nan
Any other name?
pinyin
Where the term Hokkien mostly used?
in South East Asia
What does it mean?
Min-nan dialects
Going back what Hokkien means in pinyin?
pinyin: Mǐnnányǔ, Mǐnnánhuà;
How about what Quanzhang means in pinyin?
piàn