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daanˍ₆蜑gaaˉ¹家
Pinyin: dan4 jia1
Translations
nounboat dwellers
nounTanka is an ethnic group in China that has traditionally lived on junks in coastal parts of Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, and Hainan provinces, as well as Hong Kong and Macau [Var.] 疍家 , 蛋家 [also] 艇家 , 水上人 , 曲蹄
daanˍ₆蜑gaaˉ¹家waaˊ²話
简 蜑家话
Pinyin: dan4 jia1 hua4
Translations
nounTanka dialect
nounTanka dialect, formerly the boat people ethnic subgroup in Southern China