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Definition 2024

		tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid	province; state (United States); sub-prefecture
simp. and trad. (潮州)		潮	州

潮州

From 潮 (cháo, “tide”) + 州 (zhōu, “prefecture”)

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Cháozhōu

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄓㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ zau¹
Hakka

(Sixian, PFS): Chhèu-chû

(Meixian, Guangdong): cau² zu¹
Min Dong (BUC): Dièu-ciŭ
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): Tiô-chiu

(Teochew, Peng'im): diê⁵ ziu¹ / dio⁵ ziu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Cháozhōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄓㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chaurjou
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu⁴ zau¹
  - Yale: chìuh jāu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ dzau¹
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ t͡sɐu̯⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhèu-chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: ceuˇ zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: ceu² zu¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰe̯u¹¹ t͡su²⁴/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: cau² zu¹
  - IPA: /t͡sʰau¹¹ t͡su⁴⁴/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: Dièu-ciŭ
  - IPA ^(key): /tieu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(t͡s-)ʒieu⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiô-chiu
  - Tâi-lô: Tiô-tsiu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioiciw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɤ²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɤ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tio²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diê⁵ ziu¹ / dio⁵ ziu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiê tsiu / tiô tsiu
  - IPA ^(key): /tie⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/, /tio⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡siu³³/
  - Note: diê5 ziu1 - Chaozhou; dio5 ziu1 - Shantou.