Chaochou

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

Chaochou

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

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

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

     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.

   • 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:

     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.

   • 2020 April 6, Shelley Shan, “Rail electrification project expected to finish this year”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 06 April 2020‎:

     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.

   • 2021, “Lee, Ang”, in Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students‎, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 192:

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

   • 2021 April 25, George Liao, “Tree-lined country road in southern Taiwan becomes popular destination”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 25 April 2021, Travel & Cuisine‎:

     A tree-lined country road in Chaochou Township, Pingtung County has become both a popular site for residents to cycle and stroll as well as a photogenic tourist attraction.

   • 2022 July 14, Sz-ruei Yang, Matthew Mazzetta, “Pingtung to pay bounty for removal of invasive 'mile-a-minute vine'”, in Focus Taiwan‎, archived from the original on 14 July 2022, Society‎:

     Apart from those events, cash bounties for destruction of the invasive species will also be paid year-round at Forestry Bureau offices in Kaohsiung's Qishan and Liugui districts and in Chaochou and Hengchun in Pingtung, every Tuesday and Thursday, the office said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chaochou.

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Chaochou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 728, column 2