Pu-Xian Min

Pu-Xian Min

Pu–Xian or Puxian Min (simplified Chinese: 莆仙话; traditional Chinese: 莆仙話; pinyin: Púxiān huà), also known as Xinghua, is a branch of Min Chinese.

Puxian is a word combination of two place names of Putian City (莆田市) and Xianyou County (仙游县).

It is spoken mostly in Fujian province, particularly in Putian and Xianyou, parts of Fuzhou, and parts of Quanzhou. More than 2000 people in Shacheng, Fuding (福鼎) in northern Fujian also speak Puxian. There are minor differences between the dialects of Putian and Xianyou.

Overseas populations of Puxian speakers exist in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore. Speakers of Puxian are also known as Henghua (simplified Chinese: 兴化; traditional Chinese: 興化; pinyin: Xīnghuà), Hinghua, or Xinghua.