Chaozhou
See also: Cháozhōu
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Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 潮州 (Cháozhōu).
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Chaozhou
- A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.
- 2020 December 21, “Private firm Huaying to build 6 million T LNG terminal in southern China”, in Reuters[2], archived from the original on 21 December 2020, Energy & Environment:
- Located in the port city Chaozhou in Guangdong province, the project involves a first phase investment of 8 billion yuan ($1.22 billion) and is expected to start operations in 2023, according to state-backed China News and Chaozhou city government-backed Chaozhou News on Monday.
- Alternative form of Teochew (“variety of Southern Min Chinese”)
- 1999, Zhiming Bao, “Tonal Contour and Register Harmony in Chaozhou”, in Linguistic Inquiry, :
- Chaozhou has eight citation tones, as follows: […]
- 2015, J. K. Chua, “Cultivating Gratitude: The Seven Signs from Heaven”, in Pebbles in the Pond: Transforming the World One Person at a Time, Wave Four[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 52:
- During my grandparents’ generation and the generation before, most of the clansmen were illiterate, but they were deeply religious and followed traditional ways. They spoke the Chaozhou (Teochew) dialect and were originally from the Chenghai district of the city of Shantou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China.
- An urban township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
- 2024 February 22, Matthew Strong, “Prosecutors charge Taiwan council speaker with buying signatures for Foxconn founder”, in Taiwan News[4], archived from the original on March 17, 2024, Politics[5]:
- Prosecutors said Chou, a Kuomintang (KMT) member, paid a first installment of NT$1.5 million at his home on Sept. 1 to Chaozhou Township Mayor Chou Pin-chuan (周品全), per CNA. A couple of weeks later, he gave the mayor and his secretary, surnamed Chen (陳), an additional NT$3.5 million.
Synonyms edit
- (from Teochew) Teochew
- (from Cantonese) Chiuchow
- Chaochowfu
Translations edit
city
one of the divisions of the Chinese language — see Teochew
References edit
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Chaochow or Ch’ao-chou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 371, column 2
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chaozhou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[6], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 728, column 3