Teochew people

Teochew People
潮州人 / 潮汕人 / 汕頭人 / 揭阳人
Total population
25,000,000[1]
Regions with significant populations
 Mainland China10 million
 Hong KongMinority population
 ThailandLargest group of Thai Chinese
 CambodiaLargest group of Chinese Cambodians (200,000–800,000)
 SingaporeOne of the three largest groups of Chinese Singaporeans
 MyanmarOne of the three largest groups of Burmese Chinese
 MalaysiaOne of the largest groups of Malaysian Chinese
 IndonesiaOne of the largest groups of Chinese Indonesians
 VietnamSecond largest group of Hoa people ( 34% ~250,000 )
 LaosOne of the largest groups of Laotian Chinese
 PhilippinesMinority population
 United StatesMinority population
 CanadaMinority population
 AustraliaMinority population
 New ZealandMinority population
 FranceMost Chinese from France are of Teochew background
 TaiwanFull assimilation into Hoklo Taiwanese society
Languages
Teochew language (including Teochew and Swatow), Standard Chinese (lingua franca) & other languages of their countries of residence
Religion
Predominantly Chinese folk religions (including Taoism, Confucianism, ancestral worship and others), Protestant,Roman Catholic, Mahayana Buddhism, Islam.
Related ethnic groups
Hokkien people, Cantonese people, Hakka people, She people
Teochew people
Chinese潮州人
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCháozhōurén
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingciu4 zau1 jan4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTiô-chiu-lâng
Teochew Peng'imdiê5 ziu1 nang5 / dio5 ziu1 nang5

The Teochew people or Chaoshanese, Teo-Swa people or Chaoshan people (rendered Têo-Swa in romanized Teoswa[clarification needed] and Cháoshàn in Modern Standard Mandarin also known as Teo-Swa in mainland China due to a change in place names[1]) is an ethnic group native to the historical Chaoshan region in south China[2] who speak the Teochew language. Today, most ethnic Teochew people live throughout Chaoshan and Hong Kong, and also outside China in Southeast Asia, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Vietnam, and the Philippines. The community can also be found in diasporas around the world, including the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and France.[3]

  1. ^ a b 10 Things You Must Know As A Teochew. The Teochew Store.
  2. ^ "Map of China showing location of Chaoshan region" – via ResearchGate.
  3. ^ N Ng (2021), "Engaging with a Genre in Decline: Teochew Opera in Western Sydney", The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 22 (2–3): 162–183, doi:10.1080/14442213.2021.1923794