Chaoshan (潮汕) is distinct linguistic and cultural region in eastern Guangdong Province. The Chaoshan region encompasses about 10,500 square km stretches from the border of Fujian to the city of Shanwei on the coast. It has a population of approximately 10 million, and includes the cities of Raoping, Chaozhou, Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang, Puning, Chao'an, Huilai, and Shanwei.

Unlike the Cantonese speaking people of southwestern Guangdong, the inhabitants of Chaoshan speak Teochiu or the Chaozhou dialect, a Minnan language.

The name Chaoshan (潮汕) is a recent creation resulting from contraction of the two largest administrative areas, Chaozhou (潮 州) and Shantou (Traditional Chinese 汕頭, Simplified Chinese 汕头)