Fukien /ˈfuːˈkjɛn/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.Two of the schools were Cantonese while the other was Fukien. — 1976 noun1 •(Philippines) A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.The Fukiens were skilled in trading, import and export, building ships and ocean shipping, intermediary business, running hotels and restaurants and manufacturing rubber products. — 2008 formsFukiens
