hakka

Questions about hakka

What does hakka mean?

hakka means "a member of a people of southeastern China (especially Hong Kong, Canton, and Taiwan) who migrated from the north in the 12th century". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in hakka?

hakka has 2 syllables and divides as hak-ka under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for hakka?

Close synonyms include Hakka dialect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is hakka a common word?

hakka is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.