Ch'ao-shan
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 潮汕 (Cháoshàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻao²-shan⁴.
Proper noun
Ch'ao-shan
- Alternative form of Chaoshan
- 1979, Chi-Keung Leung, Ngok Lee, China, Development and Challenge: Historical experiences and Marxism, Maoism, and Politics, →OCLC, page 98:
- As the depression in the sugar trade deepened year after year, a considerable portion of the existing sugarcane acreage, particularly in the Ch'ao-shan region, was permanently turned to the cultivation of vegetables.
- [1998, Redefining History: Ghosts, Spirits, and Human Society in Pʻu Sung-ling's World, 1640-1715, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 200–201:
- In the south, in the Ch'ao-Shan (Ch'ao-an-Shan-t'ou) region of eastern Kwangtung[...]]
Translations
Chaoshan — see Chaoshan
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