Explore: Toisan Dialect

Language Institute and the 2000 United States Census. The terms Toishan, Toisan, and Toisaan are all based on Cantonese pronunciation and are also frequently

most Chinese emigrants to Western nations; one coastal county, Taishan (or Tóisàn, where the Sìyì or sei yap variety of Yue is spoken), alone may be the origin

Amoy dialect in southern seaports. via the early immigrants to the American West during gold rush era, e.g. chop suey. Heavily influenced by the Toisan dialect

Counties') refers to the four former counties of Xinhui (Sunwui), Taishan (Toisan), Kaiping (Hoiping) and Enping (Yanping) on the west side of the Pearl River

2014-01-05. Chinese Emigration, the Sunning Railway and the Development of Toisan by Lucie Cheng and Liu Yuzun with Zheng Dehua, Amerasia 9(1): 59–74, 1982

backgrounds from rural villages in Toisan and the eight districts within Guangdong Province. Guangdong province, particularly Toisan, experienced severe floods

immigrants from the county-level city of Taishan (Toisan in Cantonese), who speak a distinctive dialect related to Cantonese called Taishanese (or Toishanese)

from rural villages of Toisan, as well as the eight districts in Guangdong Province. The Guangdong province, especially Toisan, experienced extreme floods

Fong,[citation needed] in accordance with the pronunciation of the local dialect. In addition, at the beginning of the 20th century, when many new Chinese

Liang Daoming, king of Palembang during the Ming dynasty. Chow Ah Chi, a Toisan Cantonese was Sir Stamford Raffles' ship carpenter who was the first man