潮州話

潮州話

1. Teochew, a variety of Southern Min Chinese native to Chaoshan, a region of Guangdong province
   • 1910, 吳趼人 [Wu Jianren], 二十年目睹之怪現狀 [Bizarre Happenings Eyewitnessed over Two Decades], chapter 60:

     我在房裡，忽聽見他拍桌子跺腳的一頓大罵。他說的潮州話，我不甚懂，還以為他罵茶房。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     我在房里，忽听见他拍桌子跺脚的一顿大骂。他说的潮州话，我不甚懂，还以为他骂茶房。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     Wǒ zài fáng lǐ, hū tīngjiàn tā pāi zhuōzǐ duòjiǎo de yī dùn dàmà. Tā shuō de cháozhōuhuà, wǒ bù shèn dǒng, hái yǐwéi tā mà cháfáng. [Pinyin]

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   • 1931, 熊理, “南洋經濟社會的分析”, in 傅无悶, editor, 星洲日報二週年紀念刊, Singapore: 星洲日報有限公司, page 庚一一六:

     因為來的中國人，多是福建人廣府人客人海南人潮州人，又不能不懂福建話廣東話客話海南話潮州話；所以住在南洋的華僑，大都能懂幾種話。 [MSC, trad.]
     因为来的中国人，多是福建人广府人客人海南人潮州人，又不能不懂福建话广东话客话海南话潮州话；所以住在南洋的华侨，大都能懂几种话。 [MSC, simp.]

     Yīnwèi lái de zhōngguórén, duō shì fújiànrén guǎngfǔrén kèrén hǎinánrén cháozhōurén, yòu bùnéng bùdǒng fújiànhuà guǎngdōnghuà kèhuà hǎinánhuà cháozhōuhuà; suǒyǐ zhù zài Nányáng de huáqiáo, dàdōu néng dǒng jǐ zhǒng huà. [Pinyin]

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   • 1939 November 28, “追思蟻光炎先生”, in 中國國民黨黨報社論集（六）, 中央執行委員會宣傳部, published 1939, page 35:

     他口中只說潮州話，不能通國語，然言談中提起國事，熱烈忠誠，使人感奮。 [MSC, trad.]
     他口中只说潮州话，不能通国语，然言谈中提起国事，热烈忠诚，使人感奋。 [MSC, simp.]

     Tā kǒu zhōng zhǐ shuō cháozhōuhuà, bùnéng tōng guóyǔ, rán yántán zhōng tíqǐ guóshì, rèliè zhōngchéng, shǐ rén gǎnfèn. [Pinyin]

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   • 1958, 周耀文, “潮州話与普通話有什么差別”, in 方言与普通話集刊, volume 1, page 140:

     潮州話是粤东的一种与厦門話很相近的方言。潮州府置于明代，清仍之，轄潮安、揭陽、澄海、潮陽、惠來、丰順、饒平、大埔、普宁等九县。这九县的人民（說客家話的除外）到外地时都自称潮州人，称所說的話为潮州話。 [MSC, simp.]
     潮州話是粵東的一種與廈門話很相近的方言。潮州府置於明代，清仍之，轄潮安、揭陽、澄海、潮陽、惠來、豐順、饒平、大埔、普寧等九縣。這九縣的人民（說客家話的除外）到外地時都自稱潮州人，稱所說的話為潮州話。 [MSC, trad.]

     Cháozhōuhuà shì yuèdōng de yī zhǒng yǔ xiàménhuà hěn xiàngjìn de fāngyán. Cháozhōu fǔ zhì yú Míngdài, Qīng réng zhī, xiá Cháo'ān, Jiēyáng, Chénghǎi, Cháoyáng, Huìlái, Fēngshùn, Ráopíng, Dàbù, Pǔníng děng jiǔ xiàn. Zhè jiǔ xiàn de rénmín (shuō kèjiāhuà de chúwài) dào wàidì shí dōu zìchēng cháozhōurén, chēng suǒ shuō de huà wéi cháozhōuhuà. [Pinyin]

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   • 2019, 陈晓锦, 肖自辉, 泰国华人社区的汉语方言, Guangzhou: 世界图书出版广东有限公司, →ISBN, page 3:

     潮州话是泰国华社的强势汉语方言，泰国华人，特别是中老年华人，无论祖籍是否为广东潮汕地区，通常都会说潮州话，有的甚至不会说自己祖籍地的方言，只说潮州话。 [MSC, simp.]
     潮州話是泰國華社的強勢漢語方言，泰國華人，特別是中老年華人，無論祖籍是否為廣東潮汕地區，通常都會說潮州話，有的甚至不會說自己祖籍地的方言，只說潮州話。 [MSC, trad.]

     Cháozhōuhuà shì Tàiguó huáshè de qiángshì hànyǔ fāngyán, tàiguó huárén, tèbié shì zhōnglǎonián huárén, wúlùn zǔjí shìfǒu wéi Guǎngdōng Cháoshàn dìqū, tōngcháng dōu huì shuō cháozhōuhuà, yǒude shènzhì bùhuì shuō zìjǐ zǔjídì de fāngyán, zhǐ shuō cháozhōuhuà. [Pinyin]

     Teochew is the dominant Chinese dialect within the Chinese community of Thailand. Thai Chinese, especially the middle-aged and elderly, are often able to speak Teochew regardless of whether their ancestral hometowns are located in the Chaoshan region of Guangdong or not. Some are even unable to speak the dialects of their ancestral hometowns, speaking only Teochew.

2. (specifically) the dialect of Teochew spoken in the city of Chaozhou

• In Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, it is common to use 潮州話 as the general term for the Teochew dialect. This usage is often considered dated in Mainland China, especially in Guangdong, where 潮汕話／潮汕话 (cháoshànhuà) may be preferred as the general term.