Etymograph

English

Teochew

Teochew comes from Teochew 潮州.

  1. Teochewmodern潮州dio⁵ ziu¹
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1955Teochew

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Teochewmodern潮州dio⁵ ziu¹
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1955Teochew

Earliest quotation: 1955, Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press:: “Fong Kai is a well known porcelain-producing center in…”

Today it means

name A variety of Southern Min Chinese, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and its diaspora.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Teochew 潮州 / Teochew