Yunnanese
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- noun
- During the festival, many Yunnanese people came together to celebrate their rich culture and traditions.
Examples
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Although I have described Chinese funerals as if their meaning to the audience and participants were straightforward, in fact, the description is based on my observations and on what religious specialists, beginning with the fa shi in the Yunnanese village, have told me.
Academic text (1992) -
She identified herself as a Yunnanese because her family has lived in Yunnan for generations.
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This is the city's population of Yunnanese Chinese immigrants who began coming to Chiang Mai in the 1950s.
Academic text (1992) -
Their relations with other Chinese groups in the city are complex, but suffice it to say that the Yunnanese have invigorated Chinese religious life with the authority of religious traditions brought recently from China, as well as with financial contributions to Chinese temples.
Academic text (1992) -
However, because some Shan principalities were not in an adversarial relationship with the KMT and enjoyed amicable relations with Yunnanese traders, there was not a unified response from the Shan leadership.
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For the Yunnanese Chinese, each level of the underworld is penetrated by ducking under a table; for Chinese who are Teochiu or Hakka, each level of hell is approached over a "bridge" made of wrought iron railings.
Academic text (1992) -
It is estimated that 80 percent of the KMT forces were Yunnanese Han (ibid., 34), which made trade with the Shan easy; trade routes had traversed the region for centuries, and historical examples of cultural contact are abundant.
Academic text (2016) -
The Yunnanese cuisine is known for its bold flavors, featuring unique ingredients indigenous to the region.
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Etymology
Yunnanese comes from Yunnan plus -ese, the same ending in Chinese, and it simply means a person 'from' Yunnan or whose family comes from there. So calling someone Yunnanese tells you their origin.