Ciangciw Chi

Ciangciw 🔊 (Ciafng+ciw; 漳州; Zhangzhou)

Notes

• Prefecture-level city in southeastern Hokkiexn, bordered to the north by Zoanciw.

• Source of the southern accent of Taigie. It's the basis for writing Taai+oaan as Taioaan (tone #5 changes to tone #7, see tone sandhi).

• Source of the western terms Amoy ([e˨˩mui˧˥]) and Quemoy ([kim˧˧mui˧˥])

• Ciangciw-oe is associated with Taiwan's northern coastal Gilaan (Yilan) accent. The distinguishing feature of the coastal speech is the use of the vowel ‘vui’ in place of ‘ng’.