teochew
/tiˈoʊt͡ʃuː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A variety of Southern Min Chinese, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and its diaspora.
Example Sentences
- "[…] 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."
- "'I do not speak English,' the young man said sanguinely in Malay, then said it again in Teochew, to test the white man."
- "Fong Kai is a well known porcelain-producing center in eastern Kwangtung. It is only 8 li away from Teochow (Chaochow), and easily accessible."
- "As mentioned previously (in Chapter II), the Huang Kang Uprising in Teochew (also known as the first Teochew Uprising) had been fermenting long before the formation of the T'ung Meng Hui."
- ""I miss my family in Teochew. […] Returning to Teochew now is also not an option […]""
- "It has been said that this dish was created by the court house chefs when the secretaries of the various civil departments in Teochew City did not want their officials to look uncivilised eating chicken with bones at formal events."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 潮州
Usage
Inflected Forms
Teo Chew (alternative)
Diojiu (alternative)
Teochiu (alternative)
Tiuchiu (alternative)
Tie-chiu (alternative)
Teochow (alternative)
Chiuchow (alternative)
Chiu Chow (alternative)
Chiu Chau (alternative)
Taechew (alternative, Thailand)
Taechiew (alternative, Thailand)
Taechiu (alternative, Thailand)