Teochew

English

Alternative forms

• Diojiu, Teochiu, Tiuchiu, Tie-chiu, Teochow, Chiuchow

Etymology

From transliteration of (deprecated template usage) [etyl]  潮州 (dio5 ziu1).

Proper noun

Teochew

1. A dialect of Min Nan Chinese, spoken in the Chaozhou region of eastern Guangdong.
2. (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 waa^6-2), 潮州话 (ciu⁴ zau¹ waa^6-2)

  Hakka: 潮州話／潮州话, 潮州话 (Chhèu-chû-fa)

  Mandarin: 潮州話／潮州话 (zh) (cháozhōuhuà), 潮州话 (Cháozhōuhuà)

  Min Dong: 潮州話／潮州话 (dièu-ciŭ-uâ), 潮州话 (Dièu-ciŭ-uâ)

  Min Nan: 潮州話／潮州话 (zh-min-nan), 潮州话 (Tiô-chiu-ōe)

  Teochew: 潮州話／潮州话 (zh-min-nan), 潮州话 (die5 ziu1 uê7, dio5 ziu1 uê7)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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