Luichew

• Lui chew, Lui Chew, Lui-chew
• Luichiu, Lui Chiu, Lui-chiu

From either or both Leizhou Min 雷州 and Hokkien 雷州 (Lûi-chiu). Doublet of Leizhou and Luichow.

Luichew

1. A peninsula in Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

   Synonyms: Leizhou, Luichow, Loi Chau

   • 1987, Craig Alan Lockard, “Social Organization and Community Life, 1847-1900”, in From Kampung to City: A Social History of Kuching Malaysia, 1820-1970 (Monographs in International Studies Southeast Asia Series), number 75, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Center for International Studies Center for Southeast Asian Studies, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 65:

     A few members of other speech groups also settled in Kuching. These included Foochows (Hokchius), from the city and surrounding districts in northern Fukien; Henghuas, from the coastal area of Fukien midway between Hokkien and Foochowspeaking areas; Hokchias, closely related to Henghuas and emanating from a small district between Henghua and Foochow; and Luichews, whose home area was the Luichew Peninsula of Kwangtung.

2. A county-level city of Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China.

   Synonyms: Leizhou, Luichow

3. (Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) Luichew Min (a linguistic variety of Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family)

Luichew (plural Luichews)

1. (Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) a person who traces his/her ancestry to Leizhou or the surrounding area, especially those that ancestrally speak Luichew Min.

Luichew (not comparable)

1. (Southeast Asia, chiefly Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore) of or relating to the linguistic variety under Coastal Min under Min Chinese of the Sinitic family and its speakers or people of heritage from Leizhou