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chao zhou hua

English translation: Chaozhou dialect


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Chinese term or phrase:Chaozhou hua
English translation:Chaozhou dialect
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Chinese to English translations [Non-PRO]
Linguistics / Language
Chinese term or phrase: chao zhou hua
It is one of many Chinese dialects. What do you call it in English?

Any input would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Kardi Kho
Indonesia
Local time: 00:35
Chaozhou dialect
Explanation:
Unfortunately, Chaozhou is often written as "Teow Chow" or in some other way. However, "Chaozhou" is the cirrect ("official") spelling.
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Rod Nelson
Canada
Local time: 10:35
Grading comment
Thanks, Rod.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +7Chaozhou dialect
Rod Nelson
5Swatow
Lu Zou


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Chaozhou dialect


Explanation:
Unfortunately, Chaozhou is often written as "Teow Chow" or in some other way. However, "Chaozhou" is the cirrect ("official") spelling.

Rod Nelson
Canada
Local time: 10:35
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Thanks, Rod.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Kevin Yang: Chaozhou is a county located in Guangdong Province, China. It is written in Chinese as 挭廈.
12 mins

agree  Scott Li
2 hrs

agree  Donglai Lou
8 hrs

agree  Chinoise
12 hrs

agree  Kvasir
13 hrs

agree  lance: Could someone pinpoint the dialect family Chaozhou dialect belong to?
16 hrs

agree  ahowell: Chaozhou or Teochew or the Min dialect (3rd tone) is a group of nine mutually unintelligible dialects of Fujian and Taiwan (Source: Dictionary of Languages by Andrew Dalby, 1998)
21 hrs
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1 day0 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Swatow


Explanation:
这是老式拼法,就象粤语是Cantonese,而不叫Guangdong dialects一样


    Reference: http://www.vasbc.org/
Lu Zou
Australia
Local time: 03:35
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
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