Teochew

E39184

Chinese language variety Sinitic language Southern Min dialect

Teochew is a Southern Min Chinese dialect originating from the Chaoshan region of Guangdong, widely spoken in overseas Chinese communities across Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Teochew canonical	32
Min Nan	6
Teochew dialect	5
Teochew language	4
Shantou dialect	3
Teochew Chinese	2
Chaozhou dialect	1
Chaozhou language	1
Teochew Min	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese language variety ⓘ Sinitic language ⓘ Southern Min dialect ⓘ
associatedWith	Chaoshan culture ⓘ Teochew cuisine ⓘ Teochew opera ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Teochew self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shantou dialect Swatow dialect ⓘ
country	China ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Chaoshan dialect ⓘ Teochew ⓘ surface form: Chaozhou dialect Chiuchow ⓘ Teo-Swa ⓘ
ISO639-3	nan ⓘ
isVarietyOf	Chaoshan Min ⓘ
languageFamily	Sino-Tibetan languages ⓘ
linguisticRegion	southern China ⓘ surface form: Southern China
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Cantonese ⓘ Hakka ⓘ Mandarin Chinese ⓘ
originatesFrom	Chaoshan region ⓘ Guangdong Province ⓘ
partiallyIntelligibleWith	Hakka ⓘ surface form: Hokkien
phonologicalFeature	extensive tone sandhi ⓘ preservation of entering tones ⓘ rich tone system ⓘ
spokenIn	Cambodia ⓘ Chaozhou ⓘ Fujian ⓘ surface form: Fujian Province Guangdong Province ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong Indonesia ⓘ Jieyang ⓘ Laos ⓘ Macau ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Shantou ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam overseas Chinese communities ⓘ
subgroupOf	Min Chinese ⓘ Southern Min ⓘ
usedBy	Teochew people ⓘ
writingSystem	Chinese characters ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

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

Chinese Indonesians → languageUsed → Teochew ⓘ

Lingnan → language → Teochew ⓘ

Teochew → hasAlternativeName → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaozhou dialect

Teochew → closelyRelatedTo → Teochew self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shantou dialect

Hokkien language → closelyRelatedTo → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew language

Pontianak → commonlySpokenLanguage → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew Chinese

Chinese Malaysians → language → Teochew ⓘ

Overseas Chinese communities → hasLanguage → Teochew ⓘ

Tan → languageContext → Teochew ⓘ

Wong → usedInDialect → Teochew ⓘ

Min Chinese → hasMajorVariety → Teochew ⓘ

Sook Ching massacre → languageOfName → Teochew ⓘ

Southern Min → hasVariety → Teochew ⓘ

Southern Min → hasAlternativeName → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min Nan

Teo-Swa → alternativeNameOf → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew language

Teo-Swa → hasLanguageName → Teochew ⓘ

Teo-Swa → hasAlternativeName → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chaozhou language

Chiuchow → alternativeName → Teochew ⓘ

Chiuchow → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shantou dialect

nan → represents → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew language

nan → appliesTo → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew Chinese

Chaoshan culture → language → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew language

Teochew people → usesLanguage → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew dialect

Hoa (ethnic Chinese in Vietnam) → language → Teochew ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoa

Shantou Special Economic Zone → languageUsed → Teochew ⓘ

Hoa → languageUsed → Teochew ⓘ

subject surface form: Hoa people

Pe̍h-ōe-jī → languageWritten → Teochew ⓘ

Quanzhou dialect → subclassOf → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min Nan

Singapore Hokkien → subclassOf → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min Nan

Singapore Hokkien → influencedBy → Teochew ⓘ

Medan Hokkien → subclassOf → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min Nan

Medan Hokkien → influencedBy → Teochew ⓘ

Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish) → influencedBy → Teochew ⓘ

subject surface form: Singlish

Zhangzhou dialect → subclassOf → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min Nan

Chaoshan region → language → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew dialect

Chaoshan dialect → alternativeName → Teochew ⓘ

Chaoshan Min → hasVariety → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew dialect

Chaoshan Min → hasVariety → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shantou dialect

Chaoshan Min → hasAlternativeName → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew Min

Penang Hokkien → subclassOf → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Min Nan

Penang Hokkien → hasInfluenceFrom → Teochew ⓘ

Chinese Singaporeans → language → Teochew ⓘ

Chinese Thais → ancestralSubgroups → Teochew ⓘ

Chaozhou → ethnicCulture → Teochew ⓘ

Chaozhou → alternateName → Teochew ⓘ

Teoh → associatedWithDialect → Teochew ⓘ

Cheong → usedInDialect → Teochew ⓘ

Shantou → languageSpoken → Teochew ⓘ

this entity surface form: Teochew dialect