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潮州人,福建祖

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Pronunciation

Peng'im: dio5 ziu1 nang5
POJ: tiô-tsiu-nâng
Variety: chaozhou

Pronunciation note: Chaozhou [ie] ~ Shantou [io] (潮 dio5).

Peng'im: hog4 giang3 zou2
POJ: hok-kiàng-tsó͘
Variety: chaozhou

Meanings and usage

idiom: Teochew people have Fujian ancestors
潮州人,福建祖

2 candidate readings from Wiktionary — genuine Chaozhou colloquial form not yet confirmed by a speaker. Note: the two candidates are not alternate pronunciations of the same words but sequential syllable groups for the proverb's two halves (潮州人 / 福建祖).

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