Chekiangese

English

Etymology

From Chekiang +‎ -ese.

Noun

Chekiangese (plural Chekiangese)

1. (chiefly in the plural) Alternative form of Zhejiangese (“Of, from, or pertaining to the province or people of Zhejiang (Chekiang), China”)
   • 1971, Pichon Pei Yung Loh, The early Chiang Kai-shek: A STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, 1887-1924‎^[1], Columbia University Press, page 138:

     Like Chou, Shao Yüan-ch'ung was from Chekiang. The three Chekiangese had had a long-standing association going back to the days of Chiang's association with Ch'en Ch'i-mei.

   • 2000, Stella Dong, Shanghai The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City‎^[2], HarperCollins, page 85:

     In Shanghai, where the alliance had established a central China bureau only three months earlier, its leader was Chen Chi-mei, a thirty-four-year-old Chekiangese who had studied police and military methods in Tokyo.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Chekiangese", "writing about Chekiangese cuisine as a Chekiangese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Chekiangese") or before a noun like person, man, or woman ("writing about Chekiangese cuisine as a Chekiangese person"). See also -ish, which is similarly only used primarily as an adjective or as a plural noun.