Chaochowfu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 潮州府 (Cháozhōufǔ, literally “Chaozhou prefectural seat”).

Proper noun

Chaochowfu

1. (historical) Synonym of Chaozhou (“city”)

   the Swatow-Chaochowfu Railway

   • 1912 April 11, C. L. L. Williams, “Motor Boats for Chinese Waterways”, in Commercial Reports: Daily Consular and Trade Reports‎^[1], volume 2, number 86, page 153:

     These are the first motor launches to be used commercially in this vicinity, and if successful, as there seems good reason to believe they should be, should prove the forerunners of many more. It is expected that motor launches for use on the Han River above Chaochowfu, as previously reported by me, will arrive from Hongkong shortly.

   • 1921, G. Zay Wood, The Twenty-one Demands, Japan versus China‎^[2], Fleming H. Revell Company, pages 75–76:

     And thirdly, it may be pointed out, the demand conflicted with certain engagement which the Chinese Government had made on August 24, 1914, giving preference to the British and Chinese Corporation, Limited, for the projected line from Nanchang to Chaochowfu.

   • 1925, Harry A. Franck, Roving Through Southern China‎^[3], The Century Company, page 208:

     On the river at Chaochowfu were many Hakka boats, larger than most river craft of southern China, with a high flaring bow and swallow-tail sterns, the sails of unique shape, like two immense triangles fastened together in the center, giving them a striking appearance as they sailed away up the river under their vast spread of canvas.