Teochew or Chiuchow (;

peng'im (: ( Teochew) (Swatow), : or , : or ) is a Teochew dialect romanisation system as a part of Guangdong Romanisation published by Guangdong Provincial Education Department in 1960. Tone of this system is based on Swatow dialect. The system ...

: ''Dio⁵ziu¹'' ) is a historical area that is mostly within the modern Chaoshan region, eastern Guangdong, China. Teochew may also refer to: * Teochew dialect, a dialect of Southern Min Chinese, commonly used in eastern Guangdong and Southeast Asia *

Teochew people The Teochew people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa and Chaoshan in Standard Chinese also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names) is anyone native to the historical Chaoshan region in south ...

, a group of people originating from eastern Guangdong, known as the Teochew prefecture during the Qing dynasty * Teochew cuisine, a branch of Chinese cuisine created by the Teochew people *

Teochew opera Teochew opera or Chaozhou opera, Chiuchow opera (especially in Hong Kong), is one of the many variants of Chinese opera, originating in southern China's Chaoshan region. It is popular in eastern Guangdong, southern Fujian, Hong Kong, Macau, Thailan ...

, a branch of traditional Chinese opera originating from Chaoshan The most common modern romanization for the characters is ''Chaozhou'' using Hanyu Pinyin. ''Teochew'' is a local romanisation of ''潮州''. Chaozhou (Mandarin romanization) or Teochew may also mean: *

Chaozhou Chaozhou (), alternatively Chiuchow, Chaochow or Teochew, is a city in the eastern Guangdong province of China. It borders Shantou to the south, Jieyang to the southwest, Meizhou to the northwest, the province of Fujian to the east, and the Sou ...

city, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong, China *

Chaozhou, Pingtung Chaozhou Township (also spelled Chaojhou; ) is an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan. Name Chaozhou is named after Chaozhou, a city in eastern Guangdong, China. According to some historians, settlers from that city landed here ...

(潮州鎮), an urban township in western Pingtung County, Taiwan *

5217 Chaozhou 5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on eac ...

, a main belt asteroid

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