List of Hokkien dictionaries


Below is a list of Hokkien dictionaries, also known as Minnan dictionaries or Taiwanese dictionaries, sorted by the date of the release of their first edition. The first two were prepared by Western Christian missionaries and the third by the Empire of Japan, but the rest were prepared by ethnic Hoklo scholars.A Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese LanguageWalter Henry MedhurstChinese–English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, with the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew DialectsCarstairs Douglas and Thomas BarclayComprehensive Taiwanese–Japanese Dictionary – Siáu-chhoan Siōng-gī for the Office of the Governor-General of TaiwanPractical English–Hokkien DictionaryChiang Ker Chiu A comprehensive dictionary of Taiwanese, with sections on the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou varieties of Southern Min – Chén Xiū and Chén Wénjīng Xiamen Fangyan CidianZhou Changji Dictionary of Taiwanese VocabularyYáng Qīngchù Minnan Fangyan Da Cidian – Zhou Changji et al.Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan MinnanMinistry of Education Longyan Fangyan Cidian 龙岩方言词典 – Guo Qixi et al.