Home › Words › T › teochewteochew/tiˈoʊt͡ʃuː/teochew means relating to the Chaoshan region of China or its people.teochew is pronounced /tiˈoʊt͡ʃuː/.EtymologyFrom Teochew 潮州 (dio⁵ ziu¹). See also Hokkien 潮州 (Tiô-chiu). Doublet of Chaozhou.adjRelating to the Chaoshan region of China or its people.e.g.“[…] when Rev. Guthrie Gamble started the first company in the southern Chinese Teochew city of Swatow […]” — 1996, Danny Tze-Ken Wong, Our Anchor Holds: A History of the Boy's Brigade in Malaysia, 1946-1996:nameA variety of Southern Min Chinese, spoken in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong and its diaspora.A city in the eastern part of China's Guangdong province, now more commonly called Chaozhou.e.g.“Fong Kai is a well known porcelain-producing center in eastern Kwangtung. It is only 8 li away from Teochow (Chaochow), and easily accessible.” — 1955, Review of Hong Kong Chinese Press:The Chaoshan region where Teochew is spoken.nounA person of Chaoshan heritage.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.chiuchow 71% match — Relating to the Chaoshan region of China and/or its people. vs teochew →foochownese 67% match — A person from Fuzhou. vs teochew →chinee 62% match — A person from China. vs teochew →cheena 59% match — A mainland Chinese person vs teochew →chinoy 57% match — A Chinese Filipino (a Filipino with Chinese descent, whether mixed or pure ethnic Chinese, especially one who identifies as such.) vs teochew →chow 55% match — A Chow Chow (Chinese breed of dog). vs teochew →she 54% match — The female (typically) person or animal previously mentioned or implied. vs teochew →chen 54% match — A Chinese person whose name is not known to the speaker. vs teochew →