Definition of fukien:
(adj) :
Of or relating to the province of Fujian in China, the Fujianese people, or the Hokkien language.
(n) :
(Philippines) A (member of a) group of Han Chinese people whose traditional ancestral homes are in southern Fujian, South China, especially those that ancestrally spoke the Hokkien language.
(n) :
(Philippines and Hong Kong) The Hokkien language.
(n) :
(Hong Kong) any Sinitic variety spoken in the Fujian province of China, particularly Hokkien or Foochow varieties.
(n) :
(dated) Alternative form of Fujian. [A geographic region consisting of two provinces in East Asia both known as Fujian, one in China (PRC) and the other in Taiwan (ROC); formerly a single province.]