Teochew people

E215507

Han Chinese subgroup ethnic group

The Teochew people are a Han Chinese subgroup from the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong, known for their distinct Teochew dialect, cuisine, and diaspora communities across Southeast Asia and beyond.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Teochew people canonical	15
Chaozhou people	4
Teochew Chinese community	1
Teochew community in Hong Kong	1
Teochew community in Macau	1
Teochew community in Singapore	1
Teochew community in Thailand	1
Teochew culture	1

Statements (65)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Han Chinese subgroup ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Teochew people ⓘ surface form: Chaozhou people Chiuchow people ⓘ surface form: Chiu Chow people Chiuchow people ⓘ Teo-Swa people ⓘ
associatedWith	Teochew cuisine ⓘ surface form: Chaoshan cuisine Mazu worship ⓘ Teochew cuisine ⓘ Teochew embroidery ⓘ Gongfu tea ceremony ⓘ surface form: Teochew gongfu tea ceremony Teochew music ⓘ Teochew opera ⓘ Teochew temples ⓘ Chaoshan handicrafts ⓘ surface form: Teochew woodcarving ancestor worship ⓘ
cuisineFeature	TeochewColdCrab ⓘ TeochewFishBall ⓘ TeochewMooncake ⓘ Teochew rice noodles ⓘ surface form: TeochewRiceNoodles braisedDishes ⓘ lightSeasoning ⓘ ricePorridgeCongee ⓘ useOfSeafood ⓘ
culturalRegion	Lingnan ⓘ
dialectDistinctFrom	Cantonese ⓘ Hakka ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ surface form: Mandarin
dialectMutualIntelligibility	partiallyMutuallyIntelligibleWithOtherSouthernMinVarieties ⓘ
diasporaCommunityIn	Australia ⓘ Cambodia ⓘ Canada ⓘ France ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Indonesia ⓘ Macau ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Thailand ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
economicRole	activeInTradeAndCommerceInSoutheastAsia ⓘ
ethnicallySubgroupOf	Han Chinese ⓘ
historicalMigrationPattern	migratedToSoutheastAsiaIn19thAnd20thCenturies ⓘ
languageFamily	Chinese language ⓘ surface form: Sinitic languages Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ Southern Min ⓘ
majorSettlement	Chaozhou ⓘ Jieyang ⓘ Püning ⓘ surface form: Puning Raoping County ⓘ Shantou ⓘ
nativeCountry	China ⓘ
nativeTo	Chaoshan region ⓘ eastern Guangdong ⓘ
region	Guangdong Province ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Chinese folk religion ⓘ Christianity ⓘ Taoism ⓘ
romanizationSystem	Pengim ⓘ
traditionalScript	Chinese characters ⓘ
usesLanguage	Teochew ⓘ surface form: Teochew dialect

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Teochew → usedBy → Teochew people ⓘ

Teochew cuisine → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Teo-Swa → alternativeNameOf → Teochew people ⓘ

Teo-Swa → hasAlternativeName → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaozhou people

Chiuchow → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaozhou people

Chaoshan culture → diasporaCommunity → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew community in Thailand

Chaoshan culture → diasporaCommunity → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew community in Singapore

Chaoshan culture → diasporaCommunity → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew community in Hong Kong

Chaoshan culture → diasporaCommunity → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew community in Macau

Chaoshan culture → subgroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Teochew opera → ethnicGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Teochew people → alsoKnownAs → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaozhou people

Hoa (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam) → relatedGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoa

Hoa → relatedEthnicity → Teochew people ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoa people

Hoklo people → relatedEthnicGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Chaoshan Min → usedByEthnicGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Chinese Singaporeans → majorDialectGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Chaozhou → demonym → Teochew people ⓘ

Chaozhou → isCulturalCenterOf → Teochew people ⓘ

Shantou → isCulturalCenterOf → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaozhou people

Jieyang → associatedWithEthnicGroup → Teochew people ⓘ

Jieyang → associatedWithCulture → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew culture

Chợ Lớn → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Teochew people ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew Chinese community