Probably from the vernacular readings of the two characters with assimilation. Zhangzhou chī-choa̍h is a contraction of 是誰仔／是谁仔 (chī-chūi-á).
是誰
- (Hokkien, chiefly Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien, dated in Taiwanese Hokkien) who; whom
Dialectal synonyms of
誰 (“who; whom”)
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| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
誰1, 疇, 孰, 誰人, 何人, 何者, 阿誰
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
誰1, 誰人
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
誰1
|
| Taiwan
|
誰1
|
| Ulanhot
|
誰1
|
| Tongliao
|
誰1
|
| Chifeng
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
誰1
|
| Harbin
|
誰1
|
| Shenyang
|
誰1
|
| Malaysia
|
誰1
|
| Singapore
|
誰1
|
| Olginsky (Mikhaylovka)
|
誰1
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Weifang (Weicheng)
|
誰1
|
| Weifang (Fangzi)
|
誰1
|
| Changle
|
誰1
|
| Shouguang
|
誰1
|
| Wulian
|
誰1
|
| Jinan
|
誰1
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
誰1
|
| Qingdao
|
誰1
|
| Weifang (Hanting)
|
誰1
|
| Changyi
|
誰1
|
| Gaomi
|
誰1
|
| Zhucheng
|
誰1
|
| Anqiu
|
誰1
|
| Linqu
|
誰1
|
| Qingzhou
|
誰1
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
誰1
|
| Wanrong
|
哪𠰻
|
| Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
啥外
|
| Zhengzhou
|
誰1
|
| Xi'an
|
誰1
|
| Xining
|
阿個, 阿一個, 啥人
|
| Yanqi
|
誰1
|
| Xuzhou
|
誰1, 哪個
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
誰1
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
誰1
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
誰1
|
| Bayanhot
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Lanzhou
|
誰1, 誰個, 誰們
|
| Ürümqi
|
誰1, 誰一個, 誰們
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
哪個, 啥子人
|
| Wuhan
|
哪個, 啥個
|
| Guiyang
|
哪個
|
| Kunming
|
哪個
|
| Guilin
|
誰1, 哪個
|
| Liuzhou
|
哪個, 哪人
|
| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
哪個
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
哪個
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
哪個
|
| Yangzhou
|
哪個, 哪一個
|
| Nantong
|
哪個, 哪一個, 哪個人
|
| Hefei
|
哪個, 哈個
|
| Huanggang
|
哪個, 啥個
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
邊個, 乜誰, 乜人, 阿誰
|
| Hong Kong
|
邊個, 乜誰, 阿誰
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
邊個, 哪誰
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
阿誰
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
哪誰
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
哪誰人
|
| Macau
|
邊個
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
邊個
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
乜誰
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
乜誰
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
乜誰
|
| Foshan
|
邊個
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
邊個
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
邊個
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
邊個
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
邊個
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
邊個
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
邊個
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
邊個, 乜誰
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
阿誰
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
邊個
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
誰, 邊個
|
| Taishan
|
阿誰
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
乜誰, 阿誰, 乜人
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
哥誰
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
唔個
|
| Dongguan
|
鼠個, 乜誰
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
乜誰
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
哪人
|
| Qingyuan
|
邊個
|
| Fogang
|
邊個
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
邊個
|
| Shaoguan
|
邊個
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
邊個
|
| Renhua
|
邊個
|
| Lechang
|
邊個
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
乜誰
|
| Sihui
|
邊個
|
| Guangning
|
邊個
|
| Deqing
|
邊個
|
| Yunfu
|
邊個
|
| Xinxing
|
不個
|
| Luoding
|
邊個
|
| Yangjiang
|
乜誰
|
| Xinyi
|
乜人, 乜誰
|
| Lianjiang
|
乜人
|
| Nanning
|
邊個
|
| Wuzhou
|
邊個
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
乜人
|
| Baise
|
邊個
|
| Qinzhou
|
乜人, 邊人, 邊個
|
| Beihai
|
乜人
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
乜人
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
邊個, 乜人
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
乜人
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
邊個
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
邊個
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
邊個
|
| Móng Cái
|
乜人
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
哪個
|
| Lichuan
|
哪個
|
| Pingxiang
|
哪仔, 哪個仔
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
麼人, 哪儕
|
| Xingning
|
哪隻
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
哪誰, 哪隻
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
哪隻, 哪人
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
哪人, 麼個人
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
哪下
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
哪下, 哪下人
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
哪下
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
哪人
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
哪儕
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
哪儕, 麼人
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
麼人, 哪儕
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
哪誰
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
哪隻
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
哪隻
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
哪隻
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
哪咧
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
哪個
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
哪個
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
哪
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
哪人, 哪個
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
哪儕
|
| Liannan
|
哪人
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
哪人
|
| Jiexi
|
哪儕
|
| Changting
|
哪個, 哪個哩
|
| Wuping
|
哪個, 麼人
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
麼人
|
| Liancheng
|
哪個, 麼人
|
| Ninghua
|
台人
|
| Ruijin
|
哪人, 哪個
|
| Shicheng
|
斯里
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
哪人, 哪個人
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
麼人, 麼儕
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
麼人, 麼儕, 哪儕
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
麼儕, 哪儕
|
| Hong Kong
|
哪人
|
| Luchuan
|
麼人
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
麼人
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
哪人
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
麼人
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
哪儕
|
| Singkawang
|
麼儕
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
哪個
|
| Shexian
|
哪個
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
哪個
|
| Xiuning
|
哪個
|
| Yixian
|
哪個
|
| Qimen
|
何望
|
| Wuyuan
|
何一個, 唆羅
|
| Fuliang
|
誰個
|
| Dexing
|
麼人
|
| Jingde
|
哪個
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
誰1, 誰們 usually plural
|
| Pingyao
|
誰1, 誰家 plural, 誰家們家 plural, 誰們 plural
|
| Xinzhou
|
誰1, 誰們 usually plural
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Linhe
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Jining
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Hohhot
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Baotou
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Dongsheng
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Haibowan
|
誰1, 誰們 plural
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
孰人, 孰麼人
|
| Songxi
|
哪人
|
| Zhenghe
|
孰麼人
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
哪隻, 若隻
|
| Jianyang
|
孰人
|
| Wuyishan
|
什麼人
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
孰人, 孰麼人
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
底儂
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
底儂
|
| Fuqing
|
底儂, 什乇儂
|
| Pingtan
|
底儂
|
| Yongtai
|
底儂
|
| Gutian
|
底儂
|
| Fu'an
|
底儂
|
| Ningde
|
底儂, 儂
|
| Shouning
|
呢乇儂, 哪個
|
| Zhouning
|
底儂
|
| Fuding
|
乇儂
|
| Matsu
|
底儂
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
底儂
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
誰2, 誰3, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂, 啥物儂, 什物儂, 底儂
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Quanzhou
|
誰2, 誰4, 是誰, 啥儂
|
| Jinjiang
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Nan'an
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Shishi
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Hui'an
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Anxi
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Yongchun
|
底儂, 誰3
|
| Dehua
|
底儂, 誰3
|
| Zhangzhou
|
誰5, 是誰, 啥儂, 哪儂, 什物儂, 佗一股, 佗一個, 佗一
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
誰5
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
誰5
|
| Hua'an
|
底股
|
| Nanjing
|
誰5
|
| Pinghe
|
誰5
|
| Zhangpu
|
誰5
|
| Yunxiao
|
誰5
|
| Zhao'an
|
什物儂
|
| Dongshan
|
是誰, 底儂
|
| Taipei
|
啥物儂
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
啥儂
|
| Kaohsiung
|
啥物儂
|
| Yilan
|
啥儂, 誰2
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
啥物儂, 誰2
|
| Taichung
|
誰5, 啥儂
|
| Tainan
|
啥物儂
|
| Hsinchu
|
誰2, 啥物儂
|
| Kinmen
|
誰3, 啥儂, 誰2
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
誰3
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
誰誰, 誰誰儂, 是誰
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
啥儂, 誰2, 啥物儂, 是誰, 誰3
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
誰仔, 啥儂
|
| Longyan
|
底儂, 誰2
|
| Zhangping
|
底儂, 誰2
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
誰1
|
| Datian
|
什儂, 底儂
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
乜儂
|
| Guilin (Biyange)
|
乜儂
|
| Chaozhou
|
底𫢗, 𫢗
|
| Shantou
|
底𫢗, 底儂
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
底𫢗
|
| Jieyang
|
底𫢗
|
| Haifeng
|
𫢗, 底𫢗
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
底𫢗
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Teochew)
|
底𫢗
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
底𫢗
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
底𫢗
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
底𫢗
|
| Leizhou
|
誰3, 誰儂
|
| Wenchang
|
誰3
|
| Haikou
|
誰3
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
什儂
|
| Xianyou
|
什儂
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
誰儕, 何隻
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
何隻
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
啥人
|
| Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
|
誰人
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
底儂
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
底儂
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
哪個
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
哪個
|
| Shehua
|
Luoyuan
|
什人
|
| Sanming
|
哪個
|
| Shunchang
|
什人
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
什個人
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
哪個
|
| Lishui
|
哪個
|
| Longyou
|
哪個
|
| Chaozhou
|
哪個
|
| Fengshun
|
麼人
|
| Waxiang
|
Luxi (Lijiatian)
|
何條
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
啥人
|
| Shanghai (Xinzhuang, Minhang)
|
哈人
|
| Shanghai (Fengxian)
|
哈人
|
| Shanghai (Jinshan)
|
哈人
|
| Shanghai (Qingpu)
|
哈人
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
哈人
|
| Suzhou
|
啥人
|
| Wuxi
|
啥人
|
| Danyang
|
哪個, 點高人
|
| Hangzhou
|
哪個
|
| Ningbo
|
啥人, 誰儂 dated
|
| Wenzhou
|
何乜人, 乜人, 誰人, 何人
|
| Jinhua
|
哪個
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
哪個, 何至個 suburbs
|
| Xiangtan
|
哪個, 哪
|
| Loudi
|
哪個, 誰個
|
| Shuangfeng
|
哪個
|
| Quanzhou
|
哪個
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