chaozhou
/ˈt͡ʃaʊˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.29 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
name
Alternative form of Teochew (“variety of Southern Min Chinese”).
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Chaozhou has eight citation tones, as follows: […]"
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 潮州
Inflected Forms
Chaou-chow (alternative, obsolete)
Chaochow (alternative, obsolete)
Chaochou (alternative)
Ch'ao-chou (alternative)
Chaojhou (alternative)