Chaochou

C3H4A1O1C3H4O1U1

A form of Chaozhou — A prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong, China.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Chaozhou.

    Ang Lee was born Lǐ Ān on October 23, 1954, in Chaochou, Pingtung, Taiwan, a military dependents' village.

    2021, “Lee, Ang”, in Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192
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    Wanluan, Chutien, Neipu, and other Hakka areas to the north on the plain not only were farther away but were separated from Hsinpi and Chiatung by Chaochou, a Hokkien enclave.

    1972, Burton Pasternak, “Sources of Variation”, in Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 145–146

    The island’s eel industry began in 1967 in southern Taiwan. In nine years, the eel culture acreage has expanded from less than 60 hectares to 1,800 hectares (about 4,500 acres). There are 2,936 eel raisers on the island, based at Chaochou in Pingtung County in southern Taiwan, Lukang in Chiayi County in central Taiwan and Ilan County in northern, Taiwan.

    Free China Weekly

    1976 July 18, “Developed eel industry has bright future”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVII, number 28, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1

    43.0 X, at entrance to Chaochou; stay straight (N) on NR1 . To go into Chaochou for lodging or food, disconnect and go left here, then reconnect at this intersection to continue.

    1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 105

    A Pingtung brother also told me what he knows about Chung Yuan-feng and his relationship with Cheng Tai-chi: Chung Yuan-feng was a brother from Chaochou Township. After he came out of prison, he became involved in operating gambling dens in Pingtung.

    2003, Ko-lin Chin, “From Big Brother to Politician”, in Heijin: Organized Crime, Business, and Politics in Taiwan, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 110

    The section between Chaochou Township (潮州) and Fangliao Township (枋寮) in Pingtung County has had its electrification completed and the upgraded line has been in use since December last year, it said.

    2020 April 6, Shelley Shan, “Rail electrification project expected to finish this year”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Apr 2020, Taiwan News, page 2

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 潮州 (Cháozhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao²-chou¹.

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APA

Chaochou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaochou

MLA

“Chaochou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaochou. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Chaochou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Chaochou.

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