- pinyin: Táishān; Jyutping: Toi4saan1),
alternately romanized in
Cantonese as
Toishan or Toisan, in
local dialect as Hoisan, and
formerly known as
Xinning or...
-
Toishan is a
convention used by the
United States Postal Service, the
Defense Language Institute and the 2000
United States Census. The
terms Toishan...
- Chinese. For example, many tong lau in
Chekham and
diaolou in
Hoiping and
Toishan built in the
early 20th
century incorporate architectural features from...
- mid-19th century, most
particularly in
British Columbia.
Since the 1980s the
Toishan, a Yue
dialect predominant in the area, has been
replaced by mainstream...
- Chinatown. The On
Leong and its
affiliate Ghost Shadows were of
Cantonese and
Toishan descent, and
controlled Mott, Bayard, Canal, and
Mulberry Streets. The...
-
Chung Shan, with a
smaller group from Sze Yap or the "Four Districts" in
Toishan. Some also came from Sam Yap or "Three Districts." " As the 20th century...
- needed] Alternatively,
since the
majority of
Kwongs trace their origins to
Toishan[clarify] and Panyu, both
coastal counties in Kwangtung[clarify] province...
- work in
places like Cuba
under exploitative contracts. Lau
Chung Mun,
Toishan Historian,
recounted the way
generations of his
family were “sold like...
- Po-chu Xin**** Lai Man-Wai, Alan Tam, Gigi Leung,
Hacken Lee,
Gillian Chung Toishan Tony Leung,
Donnie Yen, Wong Ka Kui,
Danny Chan
Kaiping Chow Yun-fat, Kenny...
- Jue (1983). "Chin Gee-hee,
Chinese Pioneer Entrepreneur in
Seattle and
Toishan". The
Annals of the
Chinese Historical Society of the
Pacific Northwest...
