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潮汕

潮汕

Chinese

		tide; current; damp tide; current; damp; moist; humid	Swatow
simp. and trad. (潮汕)		潮	汕

Proper noun

潮汕

Chaoshan (a region of northeastern Guangdong, China)

See also

潮州 (Cháozhōu)
汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu)

Etymology

From abbreviation of 潮州 (Cháozhōu) + abbreviation of 汕頭／汕头 (Shàntóu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): Cháoshàn

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄠˊ ㄕㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ciu⁴ saan³
Min Nan

(Hokkien, POJ): Tiô-sòaⁿ

(Teochew, Peng'im): diê⁵ suan¹ / dio⁵ suan¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: Cháoshàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄠˊ ㄕㄢˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Chaurshann
  - IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɑʊ̯³⁵ ʂa̠n⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ciu⁴ saan³
  - Yale: chìuh saan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsiu⁴ saan³
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːu̯²¹ sɑːn³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiô-sòaⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: Tiô-suànn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dioisvoax
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɤ²⁴⁻²² suã²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɤ²⁴⁻²² suã⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɤ¹³⁻²² suã²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tio²⁴⁻¹¹ suã¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɤ²³⁻³³ suã²¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: diê⁵ suan¹ / dio⁵ suan¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tiê suaⁿ / tiô suaⁿ
  - IPA ^(key): /tie⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/, /tio⁵⁵⁻¹¹ sũã³³/
  - Note: diê5 suan1 - Chaozhou; dio5 suan1 - Shantou.