| In addition to his native Hokkien and Mandarin, he is fluent in English, Japanese, Spanish, Russian and German. |
| Singlish is influenced mostly by Hokkien Chinese, and if you don't know Hokkien, you may not understand Singlish that well. |
| Although these passages were written in Chinese characters, they make sense only to speakers of Hokkien. |
| In Hokkien, it would be easier and more natural sounding to employ the Tongyong system. |
| Finally, roughly 35 percent of the people questioned favored the their proposal to designate Hokkien as a national language alongside Mandarin. |
| A child who speaks Hokkien at home may be schooled in Mandarin Chinese at school. |
