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潮汕話

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Mandarin · pinyin Cháo shàn huà

Chaoshan or Teo-Swa, a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region 潮汕 Cháo shàn

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潮: cháo · tide; moist, wet, damp; flow
汕: shàn · basket for catching fish; bamboo; Swatow (Shantou)
話: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect
话: huà · speech, talk, language; dialect

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2–4–4 · Chao2 shan4 hua4

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Teochew (one of the divisions of the Chinese language)

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