As proper nouns the difference between teochew and hokkien
is that teochew is a dialect of Min Nan Chinese, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong while Hokkien is a dialect subgroup of the Min Nan branch of the Chinese language which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China, Fujian, in Taiwan, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.
teochew
English
Alternative forms
* Diojiu
* Teochiu
* Tiuchiu
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
A dialect of Min Nan Chinese, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong.
Synonyms
* (dialect) Chaozhou
See also
* Other branches of Min Nan (limited mutual intelligibility): Hokkien/Taiwanese (Min Tai Division); Zhenan Min Division; Zhongshan Min Division; Qiongwen Division; Leizhou Min Division; Longyan Min Division hokkien
English
Proper noun
(
en proper noun)
a dialect subgroup of the Min Nan branch of the Chinese language which is mainly spoken in the south-eastern part of mainland China, Fujian, in Taiwan, by the Chinese minorities in Southeast Asia and by many overseas Chinese worldwide.
Synonyms
* Min Nan, Minnan, Southern Min, Hoklo, and Taiwanese
See also
* Other branches of Min Nan (limited mutual intelligibility): Teochew (Chaoshan Division); Zhenan Min Division; Zhongshan Min Division; Qiongwen Division; Leizhou Min Division; Longyan Min Division
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