Amoy
pronunciation
How to pronounce Amoy in British English:
UK [əˈmɔi]
How to pronounce Amoy in American English:
US [ɑˈmɔɪ]
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- Noun:
- any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Word Origin
- Amoy
- old name for the island of southeastern China, now known as Xiamen. From 1851 as the name of a dialect of Chinese.
Example
- 1. They liberated foochow on august 17 and amoy on october 17 .
- 2. State health care is the amoy network that sells museum .
- 3. For the members in the above amoy for your favorite objects , select the regular way to trade .
- 4. We are leaving for amoy tomorrow if it doesn 't rain .
- 5. The seventh paper reports an entirely new sort of intelligence contest of earthquake knowledge among primary school pupils jointly organized by the seismological society and earthquake office of amoy city , fujian province .