About Chaoshan:Chaoshan or Teo-Swa (Chinese: 潮汕話; pinyin: Cháoshànhuà, Teochew dialect: Diê5suan3 uê7, Shantou dialect: Dio5suan3 uê7) is a Southern Min language spoken by the Teochew people of the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong province, China, and by their diaspora around the world. It is closely related to Hokkien, with which it shares some cognates and phonology, though the two are largely mutually unintelligible.
So this blog is mostly my own personal notes to help me remember things as I study Chinese. Ba Jin – Born in Chengdu in 1904, died in 2005, best known for his book “The Family”. Can Xue – Born in 1953 with her major works spanning from 1989 to present. Ding Ling (1904-1985) –…
Today the weather is good. The temperature outside is not too hot, and not too cold. It was a little cloudy in the morning, and then the sun came out in the afternoon. Now it is evening, and there are some clouds again. I am going dancing tonight, so I think it will not be…