Chinese edit

 
red; scarlet; bare
red; scarlet; bare; naked
Laos; fellow-official; hut
simp. and trad.
(赤寮)

Etymology edit

Named such due to frequent drought in the Ming era.[1]

Pronunciation edit


Note: ciah4 liao5 - Chaoyang.

Proper noun edit

赤寮

  1. (historical) Chiliao (a place in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China; modern Gurao); (dated) Gurao (a town in Chaoyang district, Shantou, Guangdong, China)

Synonyms edit

References edit

  1. ^ 中華人民共和國地名詞典:廣東省, 商務印書館, 1994