Tio Ciu

Proper noun

Teochew

1. A variety of Southern Min Chinese, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and its diaspora.
   • […] Lim Peng Siang, Low Kim Pong, Teo Sian Keng and Lee Choon Guan were leaders of Fukien dialect group; Lam Kim Seng, Chua Tse Yong were Teochew leaders; Loke Yew and Lam Wai Fong were Cantonese leaders.1995, Yen Ching-hwang, Community and Politics: The Chinese in Colonial Singapore and Malaysia, Marshall Cavendish International, →ISBN

   Synonyms:

   Chaozhou

2. (dated, uncommon) A city in the eastern part of China's Guangdong province, now more commonly called Chaozhou.
   • Fong Kai is a well known porcelain-producing center in eastern Kwangtung. It is only 8 li away from Teochow (Chaochow), and easily accessible.1955, Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press
3. The Chaoshan region where Teochew is spoken.
   • In Fukien and the Teochew region of eastern Kwangtung there are places where every man in every village within a radius of twenty miles or more bears the same surname, the clan being virtually a small nation with its own territory.1972, Austin Coates, China, India and the Ruins of Washington, page 94

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