Teochew Association at UCLA

The Teo-Chew Association (TCA) at UCLA provides a place where students can meet and connect with other Teo-Chew people to strengthen and preserve our culture, language, and heritage. Teo Chew, Chiu-Chow, Chao-Zhou, Taejiu, TrieuChau, Diojiu . . . no matter how you say it, it's one and the same. Although this language and culture is referred to by a variety of names, Teo-Chew is unknown to many, and some students don’t even identify themselves as Teo-Chew because many of them have integrated identities (i.e. Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Thai, French, Philippine, Australian). We are so dispersed, it's important to bridge the gaps between us as a community.