潮汕话

Traditional form:

潮汕話

Pinyin (reading):

Cháoshànhuà

Definitions:

• Chaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region 潮汕 ( Cháoshàn)

Characters:

• 潮 - tide, current; damp, moist, wet
• 汕 - bamboo; basket for catching fish; Shantou
• 话 - talk, speech; language, dialect

Traditional characters:

• 潮 - tide, current; damp, moist, wet
• 汕 - bamboo; basket for catching fish; Shantou
• 話 - talk, speech; language, dialect