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Associations to the word «Hakka»

Wiktionary

HAKKA, adjective. Of or relating to the Hakka (Kejia, 客家), an ethnic group of the Han Chinese.
HAKKA, noun. A person of Hakka descent.
HAKKA, proper noun. A Chinese language mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China (Fujian and Guangdong), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia.

Dictionary definition

HAKKA, noun. A member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century.
HAKKA, noun. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China by the Hakka.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats