| 释义 |
Teochew, Teo-chew|ˌtiːəʊ ˈtʃjuː|
Also Teochieu, Teochiu, Tiuchiu.
[A place-name in Swatow Chinese, = Putonghua Cháozhoū.]
(A member of) a people of the Swatow district of Kwangtung in southern China; the dialect spoken by this people. Also attrib.
1893J. D. Ball Things Chinese (ed. 2) 229 By..1891 there were 43,791 Teo Chews in the Straits Settlements: Teo Chews is the term applied generally to them in that part of the country, while Hoklo is the name by which they are generally known by the Cantonese speakers in China; the former name being derived from the Departmental city Ch‘ao Chao fú (in the local dialect Tíú Chíú fú, or Teo Chew fu). 1927in R. J. H. Sidney In Brit. Malaya To-Day xii. 144 Trouble had been brewing between Hok-kiens and the Teo-chews for some time. 1962B.B.C. Handbk. 109 Adaptations..in the following languages: Chibemba,..Teochew. 1966M. Freedman Chinese Lineage & Society iii. 95 People will assume for all Hakka or Hokkien or Cantonese or Tiuchiu that [etc.]. 1970M. Pereira Pigeon's Blood xv. 164 He was speaking in the Teo-chieu dialect. 1979China Now Jan.–Feb. 10/2 The Teochiu group from one district in Guangdong (Kwangtung) province. |