Early settlers in Taiwan referred to Min-nan speakers as min ren (" Minnanese ") and Hakkas as" yue ren "( Cantonese people), and this is reflected in historical records from that time, but the term" yue ren "was used ambiguously. Everyone immigrating to Taiwan from eastern Guangdong Province was referred to as yue ren.
台灣省早期的移民文獻，簡單地將閩南人和客家人稱作「閩人」和「粵人」。粵東移民中的客家人和河洛人（潮州人）均被統稱為「粵人」。