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潮ciu4州zau1

ciu4 zau1Cháo zhōu

English

  1. see 潮州市[Chao2 zhou1 Shi4]
  2. Chaozhou; Teochew; Chiu Chow
  3. Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect 閩南語|闽南语[Min3 nan2 yu3] spoken in east Guangdong

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 城市名;位於中國廣東省東部,鄰近福建;廣義亦都可以指成個潮汕地區,大部份居民講潮州話

Examples

  • 潮州話

    Teochew language

  • 潮州粥

    Teochew-style Congee

  • 潮州人

    a native of Teochew, or a person whose ancestral clan is from Teochew

  • 潮州音樂

    literally, Teochew music

  • 我係潮州人。

    I am Teochew.

    Tatoeba · Pengaterch CC BY

  • 潮州嘅市花係玉蘭。

    Teochew's floral emblem is magnolia.

  • 儘管係噉,好多潮州人,特別係年輕一代,都轉向晒英文同中文作為佢哋嘅主要口語。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

  • 喺新加坡,潮州話仍然係好多新加坡人嘅祖先語言,潮州血統係新加坡第二大群體,繼福佬之後。

    Tatoeba · Matthewyau1367 CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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