Teochew

English

Alternative forms

Diojiu
Teochiu
Tiuchiu
Tie-chiu

Etymology

From transliteration of Teochew 潮州 (dio5 ziu1).

Proper noun

Teochew

A dialect of Min Nan Chinese, spoken in the Chaozhou region of eastern Guangdong.
(dated) A city in the eastern part of China's Guangdong province, now more commonly called Chaozhou.

Synonyms

Chaozhou

Translations

one of the divisions of the Chinese language

Chinese:
Cantonese: 潮州話, 潮州话 (ciu⁴ zau¹ waa⁶^-²)

Hakka: 潮州話, 潮州话 (Chhèu-chû-fa)

Mandarin: 潮州話, 潮州话 (Cháozhōuhuà)

Min Dong: 潮州話, 潮州话 (Dièu-ciŭ-uâ)

Min Nan: 潮州話 (zh-min-nan), 潮州话 (Tiô-chiu-ōe)
Teochew: 潮州話 (zh-min-nan), 潮州话 (die5 ziu1 uê7, dio5 ziu1 uê7)

French: teochew (fr) m
Japanese: 潮州語 (ja) (ちょうしゅうご, chōshūgo)
Korean: 조주어 (jojueo)
Malay: bahasa Teochew
Russian: чаоша́ньский m (čaošánʹskij)
Thai: แต้จิ๋ว (dtɛ̂ɛ-jǐu)
Vietnamese: tiếng Triều Châu

city — see Chaozhou

See also

Other branches of Min Nan (limited mutual intelligibility): Hokkien/Taiwanese (Min Tai Division); Zhenan Min Division; Zhongshan Min Division; Qiongwen Division; Leizhou Min Division; Longyan Min Division

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