Hakka

American  

[hah-kuh, hahk-kah] / ˈhɑ kə, ˈhɑkˈkɑ /

noun

plural

Hakkas,

plural

Hakka

1. 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.

2. the Chinese language spoken by the Hakka.

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Example Sentences

A member of the Hakka Chinese community, Mr Hou's family moved from India to Canada in the 1980s and then to the US.

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