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娃 (Kangxi radical 38, 女+6, 9 strokes, cangjie input 女土土 (VGG), four-corner 44414, composition ⿰女圭)
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 261, character 29
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 6262
- Dae Jaweon: page 528, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1042, character 6
- Unihan data for U+5A03
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Old Chinese
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街
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*kreː, *kreː
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鞋
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*ɡreː, *ɡreː, *ɡreː
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娾
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*ŋreː, *ŋreːʔ
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佳
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*kreː
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鮭
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*ɡreː, *kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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涯
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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崖
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*ŋreː, *ŋre
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啀
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*ŋreː
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厓
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*ŋreː
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捱
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*ŋreː
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睚
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*ŋreːs
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娃
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*qreː
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洼
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*qreː, *qʷraː, *kʷeː
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哇
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*qreː, *qʷraː
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胿
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*ɡeː, *kʷeː
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溎
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*qeːns
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觟
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*ɡʷraːʔ
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黊
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *ɡʷreːs, *ɡʷeː
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蘳
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*ɡʷraːʔ, *qʰʷe
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蛙
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*qʷraː, *qʷreː
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窪
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*qʷraː
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卦
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*kʷreːs
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挂
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*kʷreːs
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掛
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*kʷreːs
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詿
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs
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罣
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*kʷreːs, *ɡʷreːs, *kʷeːs
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絓
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*kʰʷreː, *ɡʷreːs
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鼃
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*ɢʷreː, *qʷreː
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圭
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*kʷeː
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珪
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*kʷeː
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邽
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*kʷeː
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閨
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*kʷeː
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袿
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*kʷeː
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窐
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*kʷeː, *ɡʷeː
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茥
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*kʷeː, *kʰʷeː
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桂
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*kʷeːs
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筀
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*kʷeːs
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奎
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*kʰʷeː
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刲
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*kʰʷeː
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蝰
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*kʰʷeː
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楏
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*kʰʷeː
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睳
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*qʰʷeː
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畦
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*ɡʷeː
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眭
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*ɡʷeː, *sqʰʷe, *qʰʷe, *qʰʷi
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烓
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*qʷeː, *kʰʷeːŋʔ
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跬
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*kʰʷeʔ
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恚
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*qʷes
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硅
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*qʰʷreɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *qreː) : semantic 女 + phonetic 圭 (OC *kʷeː).
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): wá (wa2)
- (Zhuyin): ㄨㄚˊ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): wa2
- (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): wā
- (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ва (va, I)
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): waa1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): va1
- Gan (Wiktionary): ua4 / ua1
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): vâ
- (Meixian, Guangdong): va1
- Jin (Wiktionary): va1
- Northern Min (KCR): uá
- Eastern Min (BUC): uă
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): oa
- (Teochew, Peng'im): ua1
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 1ua
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): ua2
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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娃
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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4542
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Phonetic component
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圭
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Rime group
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支
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Rime subdivision
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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娃
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Old Chinese
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/*qreː/
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娃
- † beautiful
- † beautiful girl
- girl; lady; female
- child; kid; infant
- 娃子 [Guanzhong Mandarin] ― wázi [Guanzhong Pinyin] ― boy
- child (son or daughter)
- 他有一個娃/他有一个娃 [Guanzhong Mandarin] ― Tǎ yòu yǐgē wā [Guanzhong Pinyin] ― He has a child.
- (regional) son
- (regional) young animal
- doll
- 洋娃娃 ― yángwáwa ― doll
Dialectal synonyms of
小孩 (“child; kid”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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子, 孩, 童, 孺子, 幼
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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兒童, 小孩, 孩子, 小孩子, 小朋友, 小童, 孩童, 幼兒, 孩提
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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小孩兒
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Taiwan
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小孩, 小孩子, 小朋友
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Langfang
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小孩兒
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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小孩兒
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Harbin
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小孩兒, 小孩伢子, 小尕兒, 小尕子, 毛孩子, 小孩崽子, 孩崽子, 小屄崽子, 小豆包兒
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Malaysia
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小孩子
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Singapore
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小孩子, 小朋友
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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小孩兒, 小巴拉子, 小嘎巴豆子 humorous, 小毛孩子, 小毛孩兒, 小屁孩兒
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Tangshan
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小孩兒
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Cangzhou
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小孩子
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Baoding
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小孩兒
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Shijiazhuang
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小孩兒
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Jinan
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小孩兒, 孩子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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小孩兒, 小孩子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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小孩兒, 孩子
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Daming
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小孩兒
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Wanrong
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小娃, 猴娃子
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Kaifeng
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小孩兒
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Xi'an
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娃, 碎娃, 碎娃兒, 碎子兒
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Xining
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娃娃家, 尕扎兒, 尕娃, 尕脬蛋
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Xuzhou
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小孩兒, 小孩子, 孩子, 孩子蛋, 坷垃頭兒, 坷垃頭子, 小巴狗兒, 巴狗兒
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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娃娃, 娃
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Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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娃
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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娃娃
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Bayanhot
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娃娃
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Lanzhou
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娃娃, 尕的個, 狗娃, 尕, 壞子兒, 子子子
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Ürümqi
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娃娃, 尕娃娃, 巴郎子, 子子子, 尕子兒, 尕子子子, 泡克子兒, 尕蹦豆兒, 尕㞞, 熱子兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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娃兒, 小娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃娃, 娃子, 小人, 崽崽, 崽兒
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Wuhan
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小伢, 伢, 小把戲, 小蘿蔔坨, 蘿蔔坨
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Guiyang
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娃娃, 娃兒, 小崽
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Kunming
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娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼, 小鬼娃娃
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Guilin
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把爺, 小把爺, 把爺崽
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Liuzhou
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娃崽, 小娃崽
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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娃兒, 娃娃, 小娃兒, 小孩兒, 孩子
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Yangzhou
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霞子, 小霞子, 小鬼豆子, 小把戲
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Nantong
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伢兒, 小人兒, 小把戲, 小伢兒, 小兵瘌子, 小八瘌子, 小蘿蔔頭兒, 細伢兒
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Hefei
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小霞子, 伢子, 小伢子
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Huanggang
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細伢兒
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Mandarin
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Nanping (Yanping)
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阿崽哥
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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細路, 細路仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿
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Hong Kong
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細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥, 細路哥, 細蚊仔, 豆釘, 塞竇窿, 小朋友
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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細蚊仔
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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細蚊仔, 細佬仔, 細佬哥
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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細佬哥
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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細蚊仔
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Macau
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細蚊仔
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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細蚊仔, 細佬仔
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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細佬哥
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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細蚊仔, 細路仔, 人仔
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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細蚊仔
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Foshan
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細蚊仔, 細路仔
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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嫩蚊仔
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Foshan (Shunde)
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細路哥
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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細路哥
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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細蚊仔
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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細佬哥
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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細路仔
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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細佬哥
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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細佬哥
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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細佬哥
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Taishan
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細民仔, 細佬哥
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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細民仔
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Enping (Niujiang)
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細蚊仔, 細路仔
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Heshan (Yayao)
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心滿仔
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Dongguan
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細蚊仔, 細路哥, 細路
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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細蚊仔, 細佬哥
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Shenzhen (Dapeng)
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細蚊仔
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Qingyuan
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細佬哥, 細蚊仔
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Fogang
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細蚊仔
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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細佬哥, 細蚊仔
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Yangshan
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細蚊仔, 正蚊仔
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Lianshan (Butian)
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細子兒
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Shaoguan
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細佬哥, 細蚊仔
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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細蚊仔, 細路哥
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Renhua
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細佬哥
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Lechang
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細蚊仔
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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細蚊仔, 細佬哥
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Sihui
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細蚊仔, 細佬哥
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Guangning
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細蚊仔
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Deqing
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細佬仔
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Huaiji
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細蚊仔
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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兒仔
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Yunfu
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細佬哥
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Xinxing
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細蚊仔
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Luoding
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細蚊仔
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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細佬哥
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Yangjiang
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細蚊仔, 細仔
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Xinyi
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儂, 細儂
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Lianjiang
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細蚊仔, 細路仔
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Nanning
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細鬼, 細蚊仔, 細佬哥
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Wuzhou
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細路仔, 細佬哥, 蘇蝦仔
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Yulin
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儂兒, 𱒃儂
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Hepu (Shatian)
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儂伢
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Beihai
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細蚊仔
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Beihai (Nankang)
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細路哥
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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儂伢兒
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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細蚊仔, 細佬哥
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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細蚊仔, 細佬仔
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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細佬哥
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Danzhou
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細儂
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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細蚊仔
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Penang (Guangfu)
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細路, 細路仔
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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細路, 細路仔, 細佬哥
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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細蚊仔
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Móng Cái
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細佬哥
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Gan
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Nanchang
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細人子, 細伢子, 小朋友, 小把戲, 鬼鬼子, 小鬼, 細鬼, 孩兒
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Lichuan
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伢崽兒
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Pingxiang
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伢妹仔
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Hakka
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Meixian
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細人仔, 細𧊅仔, 細鬼仔, 細佬哥, 細仔
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Xingning
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細仔子, 阿僬哩, 阿僬伯
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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細佬哥, 細仔
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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細仔
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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細仔
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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細仔
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿僬仔
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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細佬哥
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Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
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阿僬仔
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Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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僬仔
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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細蚊仔哎
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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老弟仔, 老妹仔
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Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
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阿僬仔
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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僬仔
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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僬仔
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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細仔哩, 阿僬哩
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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細人哩, 細仔哩, 細哩, 細佬哥
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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細仔哩, 阿僬哩
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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阿僬哩
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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細蚊仔, 鬼仔
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Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
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阿僬仔, 細佬仔
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Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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細佬哥
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Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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細蚊仔
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Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
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細佬哥
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Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
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細佬哥
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Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
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細佬哥
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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細人子, 細蚊子
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Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
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細佬哥
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Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
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細仔
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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細佬仔
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Liannan
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細子
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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細仔
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Jiexi
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細人
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Changting
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細人哩
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Wuping
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細人子
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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細人子
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Liancheng
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細人子
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Ninghua
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大細子, 子女, 子女哩
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Yudu
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細人子, 小鬼
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Ruijin
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細人子
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Shicheng
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大細子
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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細伢子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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細人仔, 細孲仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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細人仔, 細孲仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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細人仔, 細孲仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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細人, 細孲
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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細人仔, 細子人, 細孲仔
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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細子, 細子人
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Hong Kong
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僬仔, 細佬哥
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Luchuan
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大細兒
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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大細兒
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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細蚊仔, 細佬哥
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Senai (Huiyang)
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阿僬仔, 細蚊仔
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Kuching (Hepo)
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細人
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Singkawang
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細貨, 細人
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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細人家, 細鬼, 妹, 細家伙
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Shexian
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小人家
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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囝, 囝仂家, 細兒囝, 細囝
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Xiuning
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囝仂家
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Yixian
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囝兒
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Qimen
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小囝, 囝
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Wuyuan
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細人家, 細人
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Dexing
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嫩人家
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Jingde
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小免伲
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Shitai (Xianyu)
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點點們兒
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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娃娃, 小娃娃, 小鬼
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Xinzhou
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娃娃
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Hohhot
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娃娃
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Zhangjiakou
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小孩兒
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Handan
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小孩兒
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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囝仔, 囝仔人
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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囝仔
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Songxi
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囝仔, 囝仔人
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Zhenghe
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囝仔
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Jianyang
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囝仔
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Wuyishan
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囝仔
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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囝仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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兒囝, 兒囝哥, 孩兒
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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兒囝
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Fuqing
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兒囝, 兒囝哥, 兒囝鬼
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Yongtai
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兒囝
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Gutian
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傀儡囝
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Fu'an
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傀儡
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Ningde
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傀儡
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Shouning
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傀儡
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Zhouning
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傀儡, 傀儡囝
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Fuding
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傀儡, 傀儡囝
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Matsu
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兒囝, 兒囝哥
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Sitiawan (Gutian)
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傀儡囝
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔兄, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 小髫
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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囡仔
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Quanzhou
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囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 囡仔栽, 小髫
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Jinjiang
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囡仔
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Hui'an
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囡仔
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Yongchun
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囡囝
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Zhangzhou
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囡仔, 囡仔儂, 細漢囝, 細漢囡仔, 細漢的, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔囝, 囡仔疕, 囡仔栽, 囡仔包, 囡仔鬼, 小髫
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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囡仔, 嬰仔
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Zhangpu
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囡仔
|
Yunxiao
|
小囡仔
|
Zhao'an
|
囡仔, 細囝仔
|
Taipei
|
囡仔
|
Taipei (Wanhua)
|
囡仔
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
囡仔
|
Kaohsiung
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝
|
Yilan
|
囡仔
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
囡仔
|
Taichung
|
囡仔
|
Taichung (Wuqi)
|
囡仔
|
Tainan
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝
|
Taitung
|
囡仔
|
Hsinchu
|
囡仔
|
Kinmen
|
囡仔
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
囡仔
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
囡仔, 囡仔儂, 囡仔囝, 囝
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
囡仔, 囡仔疕, 囡仔嬰, 囡仔儂, 無拉, 細囝, 小髫
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
囡仔
|
Longyan
|
嬰仔儂
|
Zhangping
|
嬰儂
|
Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
嬰仔儂, 嬰仔
|
Datian
|
囡仔
|
Chaozhou
|
孥囝
|
Shantou
|
孥囝, 細囝
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
孥囝
|
Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
孥囝, 細孥囝
|
Jieyang
|
孥囝, 孥囝鬼
|
Haifeng
|
郎仔, 郎仔儂
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Chiang Mai (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Hat Yai (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Penang (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Batam (Teochew)
|
孥囝
|
Leizhou
|
儂囝
|
Wenchang
|
孧囝
|
Haikou
|
細囝, 孧囝
|
Qionghai
|
孧囝
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
孧囝
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
呆囝, 阿毜, 阿毜師
|
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
家矮, 家矮儂
|
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
呆囝, 阿毜師
|
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
呆囝, 阿毜, 阿毜師
|
Xianyou
|
囝矮, 阿咪師
|
Xianyou (Fengting)
|
囝矮, 阿咪師
|
Xianyou (Youyang)
|
呆囝
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
囝仔倽
|
Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
囝仔倽, 囝仔
|
Sanming (Shaxian)
|
囝仔倽
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
細蚊囝
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
細佬哥
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
細蚊崽, 細鬼崽, 鬼崽
|
Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
生仔
|
Luoyuan
|
細仔
|
Sanming
|
細仔
|
Shunchang
|
細仔哥
|
Hua'an
|
細仔
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
細仔
|
Chaozhou
|
細仔
|
Fengshun
|
細人仔
|
Waxiang
|
Guzhang (Gaofeng)
|
伢子子
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
小人, 小囡, 囡, 小八臘子, 小把戲, 小赤佬, 小鬼頭, 小鬼, 小棺材, 小鬼三
|
Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
小囡, 小把戲
|
Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
|
小囡
|
Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
|
小囡
|
Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
|
小囡, 小囡兒
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
小囡, 小囡頭子, 小官, 小官頭子
|
Suzhou
|
小人, 小干, 小干兒, 小囡, 小赤佬, 小鬼
|
Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
|
小百戲
|
Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
|
小百戲
|
Wuxi
|
佬小, 小佬小, 細佬小, 小倌
|
Changshu
|
小干, 小鬼, 小活生
|
Kunshan
|
小干, 小鬼
|
Jiaxing
|
小人, 小鬼頭
|
Changzhou
|
小佬
|
Liyang
|
細佬家
|
Yixing
|
小佬, 細俵則, 細賊
|
Danyang
|
小兒, 小把戲, 小鬼頭子
|
Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
|
小鬼
|
Jingjiang
|
小想, 小鬼
|
Jiangyin
|
小人, 小干, 小伢兒
|
Huzhou (Shuanglin)
|
小把戲, 囡囡
|
Hangzhou
|
小伢兒, 小鬼頭兒
|
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
|
小人
|
Shaoxing
|
小人, 小鬼
|
Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
|
小人
|
Shengzhou (Chongren)
|
小人, 小活猻, 小鬼頭
|
Shengzhou (Taiping)
|
小人, 小活猻
|
Ningbo
|
小人, 小小人, 小朋友, 小鬼, 小巴癩子, 小巴癩施, 小赤佬, 小癟三
|
Yuyao
|
小人, 小囡
|
Zhoushan
|
小人
|
Taizhou (Huangyan)
|
小猢猻, 小鬼
|
Wenzhou
|
細兒, 瑣細兒, 瑣個兒, 小溜溜, 娒娒, 娒, 阿娒, 蟹飯, 小細兒
|
Quzhou
|
小鬼, 小伢兒
|
Jinhua
|
小個, 小人, 小干, 小個人, 小碗
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
小儂兒
|
Yiwu
|
小干
|
Yongkang
|
小人
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
細伢子, 細人子, 伢妹子, 伢細子, 雞屎粒子 derogatory
|
Xiangtan
|
細人唧
|
Loudi
|
細人唧, 細個唧, 細把戲唧
|
Shuangfeng
|
細人唧
|
Dialectal synonyms of
兒女 (“sons and daughters; children”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
兒女, 子女, 孩兒, 孩子
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
兒女, 孩子
|
Taiwan
|
兒女, 孩子
|
Harbin
|
子女
|
Malaysia
|
孩子
|
Singapore
|
孩子
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
兒女, 子女, 孩子
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
兒和女
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
兒女, 孩子
|
Wanrong
|
兒女
|
Xi'an
|
兒女, 娃
|
Xining
|
子女, 娃娃們
|
Xuzhou
|
子女
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
兒女
|
Lanzhou
|
兒女
|
Ürümqi
|
兒女, 子女
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
兒女, 子女, 娃娃些
|
Wuhan
|
兒女, 兒子姑娘, 伢, 伢們
|
Guiyang
|
娃娃, 娃兒
|
Guilin
|
崽女
|
Liuzhou
|
崽女
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
子女, 孩子
|
Yangzhou
|
兒女, 子女, 霞子
|
Nantong
|
侯啊丫頭
|
Hefei
|
兒女
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
仔女
|
Hong Kong
|
仔女
|
Dongguan
|
仔女
|
Yangjiang
|
仔女, 仔妹
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
仔女
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
仔女
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
崽女, 兒女
|
Lichuan
|
崽女
|
Pingxiang
|
崽女
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
子女, 細人仔
|
Yudu
|
子女, 小鬼
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
子女, 子兒, 子息
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
子女
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
子女, 子兒, 子息
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
子女, 子兒, 倈妹, 子息
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
子女, 子兒, 子息
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
子兒, 子女
|
Hong Kong
|
細佬哥
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
兒子女
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
兒女, 娃娃
|
Pingyao
|
孩兒, 孩兒們
|
Xinzhou
|
子女, 子弟, 子孫, 子顆 derogatory, 子秧 derogatory
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
囝仔, 囝姩
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
囝兒, 男女囝, 囝, 兒囝, 兒囝哥
|
Matsu
|
囝
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
囝兒
|
Quanzhou
|
囝兒
|
Zhangzhou
|
囝兒
|
Taipei
|
囝兒
|
Kaohsiung
|
囝兒
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
囝, 囝兒
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
囝兒
|
Chaozhou
|
囝兒
|
Shantou
|
囝兒, 兒女, 子女, 孥囝
|
Jieyang
|
囝, 囝兒, 孥囝
|
Leizhou
|
囝
|
Haikou
|
囝兒, 囝
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
男女, 崽女
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
子女, 大細, 囡大細 dated
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
男女
|
Suzhou
|
兒子囡兒, 小人, 大細
|
Wuxi
|
佬小
|
Danyang
|
子女, 兒女
|
Hangzhou
|
兒女
|
Ningbo
|
兒囡, 兒子囡, 子女
|
Wenzhou
|
男女, 男兒女兒, 男兼女, 子女, 細兒
|
Jinhua
|
兒囡
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
崽女
|
Loudi
|
崽女
|
Shuangfeng
|
崽女, 崽
|
Dialectal synonyms of
兒子 (“son”)
[map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
|
子, 兒, 男兒
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
兒子, 男孩, 男孩子
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
兒子, 小子
|
Taiwan
|
兒子
|
Chengde
|
小子
|
Chifeng
|
兒子, 小子
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
兒子
|
Heihe
|
兒子, 小子
|
Qiqihar
|
兒子, 小子
|
Harbin
|
兒子, 小子
|
Jiamusi
|
兒子, 小子
|
Baicheng
|
兒子, 小子
|
Changchun
|
兒子
|
Tonghua
|
兒子, 小子
|
Shenyang
|
兒子, 小子
|
Jinzhou
|
兒子, 小子
|
Malaysia
|
兒子
|
Singapore
|
兒子
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
兒子, 小子, 少的
|
Tangshan
|
兒子, 小子
|
Cangzhou
|
兒子, 小子
|
Baoding
|
兒子, 小子
|
Shijiazhuang
|
兒得
|
Lijin
|
兒, 小廝
|
Weifang (Weicheng)
|
兒
|
Weifang (Fangzi)
|
兒
|
Changle
|
兒
|
Shouguang
|
兒
|
Wulian
|
小兒
|
Jinan
|
兒, 兒子, 小子
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
兒子
|
Dandong
|
兒子, 小子
|
Yantai
|
小子
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
兒郎, 兒
|
Qingdao
|
兒
|
Weifang (Hanting)
|
兒
|
Changyi
|
兒
|
Gaomi
|
兒
|
Zhucheng
|
兒
|
Anqiu
|
兒
|
Linqu
|
兒
|
Qingzhou
|
兒
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
兒子
|
Lingbao
|
兒子
|
Jining
|
兒, 兒子
|
Wanrong
|
娃, 兒
|
Linfen
|
兒
|
Shangqiu
|
兒得
|
Yuanyang
|
兒子, 小子
|
Zhengzhou
|
孩兒, 小子
|
Xinyang
|
兒
|
Baihe
|
兒子
|
Xi'an
|
兒, 兒子
|
Baoji
|
兒
|
Tianshui
|
兒子, 後人
|
Xining
|
兒子, 娃娃, 尕娃
|
Xuzhou
|
兒子, 小子
|
Fuyang
|
兒子
|
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
兒子, 兒
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
兒子
|
Lanzhou
|
兒子, 後人
|
Dunhuang
|
娃子
|
Hami
|
兒子
|
Ürümqi
|
兒子
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
兒子, 兒
|
Nanchong
|
兒子
|
Dazhou
|
兒子, 娃兒
|
Hanyuan
|
兒, 兒子
|
Xichang
|
兒, 兒子, 娃娃
|
Zigong
|
兒子
|
Chongqing
|
兒子, 娃兒, 兒
|
Wuhan
|
兒子
|
Yichang
|
兒子, 小鬼
|
Xiangyang
|
兒子
|
Tianmen
|
兒子
|
Guiyang
|
兒子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒
|
Zunyi
|
娃兒, 兒
|
Bijie
|
兒子
|
Liping
|
崽
|
Zhaotong
|
兒子
|
Dali
|
兒子
|
Kunming
|
兒子, 小子
|
Mengzi
|
兒子
|
Guilin
|
崽, 兒子
|
Liuzhou
|
崽, 兒子
|
Sanjiang (Danzhou)
|
娃崽
|
Jishou
|
兒
|
Changde
|
兒子
|
Hanzhong
|
兒子
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
兒子
|
Yangzhou
|
兒子
|
Lianyungang
|
兒子
|
Lianshui
|
兒子
|
Nantong
|
侯
|
Anqing
|
兒子
|
Wuhu
|
兒子
|
Hefei
|
兒子
|
Huanggang
|
兒
|
Hong'an
|
兒, 兒把子
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
仔
|
Hong Kong
|
仔, 阿仔, 仔仔
|
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
仔
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
仔
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
仔
|
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
仔
|
Macau
|
仔
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
仔
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
仔
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
仔
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
仔
|
Foshan
|
仔
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
仔
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
仔
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
仔
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
仔
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
仔
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
仔
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
仔
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
仔
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
仔
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
仔
|
Taishan
|
仔
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
仔
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
仔
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
仔
|
Dongguan
|
仔
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
仔
|
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
阿仔
|
Qingyuan
|
仔
|
Fogang
|
仔
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
仔
|
Yangshan
|
仔
|
Lianshan (Butian)
|
仔
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
仔
|
Shaoguan
|
仔
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
仔
|
Renhua
|
仔
|
Lechang
|
仔
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
仔
|
Sihui
|
仔
|
Guangning
|
仔
|
Deqing
|
仔
|
Huaiji
|
仔
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
仔
|
Yunfu
|
仔
|
Xinxing
|
仔
|
Luoding
|
仔
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
仔
|
Yangjiang
|
仔
|
Xinyi
|
仔
|
Maoming (Xinpo)
|
仔
|
Lianjiang
|
仔
|
Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
仔, 仔兒
|
Nanning
|
仔
|
Wuzhou
|
仔
|
Yulin
|
儂
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
仔
|
Guiping
|
仔
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
兒
|
Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
儂
|
Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
仔
|
Baise
|
仔
|
Bobai
|
仔
|
Lingshan
|
仔
|
Pubei
|
仔
|
Qinzhou
|
仔
|
Beihai
|
仔
|
Beihai (Nankang)
|
仔
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
仔
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
仔
|
Ningming
|
仔
|
Hengzhou
|
兒
|
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
仔
|
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
仔
|
Danzhou
|
兒
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
仔
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
仔
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
仔
|
Móng Cái
|
仔
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
崽
|
Lichuan
|
崽, 子
|
Pingxiang
|
崽, 倈牯, 倈
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
倈仔
|
Xingning
|
倈哩
|
Dabu (Xihe)
|
倈兒, 子
|
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
阿仔, 子
|
Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
阿仔
|
Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
阿仔
|
Huiyang
|
倈子
|
Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
阿仔
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
倈伊
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
倈
|
Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Boluo (Bendihua)
|
阿仔
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
倈
|
Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
倈子
|
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
倈子
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
倈子
|
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
倈哩
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
倈哩
|
Wuhua (Changbu)
|
倈哩
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
倈哩
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
阿仔
|
Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
仔, 阿仔
|
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
仔
|
Wengyuan
|
倈子
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
倈子
|
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
阿仔
|
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
仔, 阿仔
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
阿弟
|
Liannan
|
倈子
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
仔
|
Jiexi
|
倈
|
Luhe
|
倈仔
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
阿子
|
Changting
|
倈子, 子哩, 子
|
Wuping
|
子哩, 兒子
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
子哩
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
倈子
|
Liancheng
|
子, 倈倈子
|
Ninghua
|
子
|
Yudu
|
子
|
Ningdu
|
倈子
|
Ruijin
|
子
|
Shicheng
|
崽
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
崽, 倈兒
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
倈子
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
崽
|
Dayu
|
崽哩
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
倈仔
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
倈仔
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
倈仔
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
倈, 細倈
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
倈仔
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
後生
|
Hong Kong
|
倈子
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
子
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
仔
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
仔, 子
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
子, 仔
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
子
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
子
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
子
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
倈子, 子
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
子
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
倈
|
Luchuan
|
子
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
子
|
Bobai (Shahe)
|
子
|
Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
倈
|
Sabah (Bao'an)
|
倈子
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
倈哩
|
Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
倈
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
倈子
|
Singkawang
|
倈子
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
兒子
|
Shexian
|
兒子, 伢兒
|
Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
兒子
|
Xiuning
|
兒子
|
Yixian
|
兒子
|
Qimen
|
兒子
|
Wuyuan
|
兒子, 小倈
|
Fuliang
|
崽
|
Dexing
|
兒子
|
Shitai (Xianyu)
|
兒子
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
兒子, 小子
|
Pingyao
|
小子
|
Datong
|
兒子, 小子
|
Xinzhou
|
兒, 小子
|
Lüliang (Lishi)
|
兒, 小子
|
Changzhi
|
兒得, 孩得
|
Linhe
|
兒子, 小子
|
Jining
|
小子
|
Hohhot
|
兒子, 小子
|
Erenhot
|
小子
|
Pingshan
|
小子
|
Zhangjiakou
|
兒子
|
Handan
|
兒子, 小子
|
Linzhou
|
孩哦
|
Suide
|
兒, 小子
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
囝, 囝仔
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
囝
|
Songxi
|
囝
|
Zhenghe
|
囝
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
囝
|
Jianyang
|
囝
|
Jianyang (Huangkeng)
|
囝
|
Wuyishan
|
囝
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
囝
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
囝, 丈夫囝
|
Fuzhou (Changle)
|
囝
|
Lianjiang
|
囝
|
Fuqing
|
囝
|
Pingtan
|
囝
|
Yongtai
|
囝
|
Minqing
|
囝
|
Gutian
|
囝
|
Pingnan
|
囝
|
Luoyuan
|
囝
|
Fu'an
|
囝
|
Ningde
|
囝
|
Xiapu
|
囝
|
Zherong
|
囝
|
Shouning
|
囝
|
Zhouning
|
囝
|
Fuding
|
囝
|
Matsu
|
囝
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
囝, 後生, 後的
|
Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
囝, 後生
|
Quanzhou
|
囝, 後生, 囡仔
|
Jinjiang
|
囝
|
Nan'an
|
囝
|
Shishi
|
囝
|
Hui'an
|
囝
|
Anxi
|
囝
|
Yongchun
|
囝
|
Dehua
|
囝
|
Zhangzhou
|
囝, 後生
|
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
囝, 後生
|
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
後生
|
Hua'an
|
後生, 囝
|
Nanjing
|
後生
|
Pinghe
|
囝, 後生
|
Zhangpu
|
囝, 後生
|
Yunxiao
|
後生, 囝
|
Zhao'an
|
囝
|
Dongshan
|
囝, 後生
|
Taipei
|
囝, 後生
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
囝, 後生
|
Kaohsiung
|
囝, 後生
|
Yilan
|
囝, 後生
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
囝, 後生
|
Taichung
|
囝, 後生, 後的
|
Tainan
|
囝, 後生
|
Hsinchu
|
囝, 後生
|
Kinmen
|
囝, 後生
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
囝, 後生
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
囝, 後生
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
囝, 後生, 後生囝, 丈夫囝
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
囝, 後生
|
Longyan
|
後生, 囝
|
Zhangping
|
後生, 囝
|
Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
囝, 後生
|
Datian
|
囝
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
崽
|
Chaozhou
|
囝, 逗囝
|
Shantou
|
囝, 逗囝
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
囝, 逗囝
|
Jieyang
|
囝, 逗囝, 孥, 阿孥
|
Lufeng
|
囝
|
Haifeng
|
丈夫囝
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
逗囝
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
丈夫囝
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
囝, 丈夫囝, 逗囝
|
Leizhou
|
囝
|
Wenchang
|
囝, 丈夫囝
|
Haikou
|
囝, 細囝, 孧囝
|
Qionghai
|
囝
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
囝
|
Xianyou
|
囝
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
囝
|
Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
囝仔
|
Sanming (Shaxian)
|
囝仔
|
Shaojiang Min
|
Shaowu
|
囝兒
|
Guangze
|
囝兒
|
Jiangle
|
囝
|
Mingxi
|
囝
|
Shunchang
|
囝
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
囝
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
囝
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
崽
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
崽
|
Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
仔
|
Fuding
|
仔
|
Luoyuan
|
仔
|
Sanming
|
仔
|
Shunchang
|
仔
|
Hua'an
|
仔
|
Guixi (Zhangping)
|
仔
|
Cangnan
|
仔
|
Jingning (Hexi)
|
仔
|
Lishui
|
仔
|
Longyou
|
仔
|
Chaozhou
|
仔
|
Fengshun
|
仔
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
兒子
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
兒子
|
Suzhou
|
兒子
|
Wuxi
|
兒子
|
Danyang
|
兒子
|
Hangzhou
|
兒子, 伢兒
|
Ningbo
|
兒子
|
Wenzhou
|
兒
|
Jinhua
|
兒, 兒子
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
兒
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
崽伢子, 崽, 伢子
|
Xiangtan
|
崽, 崽伢唧
|
Loudi
|
崽
|
Shuangfeng
|
崽, 伢唧
|
Hengyang
|
崽
|
Quanzhou
|
崽
|
娃
- a surname
娃
(Jinmeiyō kanji)
- beautiful (used only for names)
Sino-Japanese.
The 漢音 (kan'on) reading, so likely a later borrowing.
娃 • (ai)
- beauty, beautiful girl (generally only used in names)
娃 • (wae) (hangeul 왜)
- baby
- doll
- pretty girl
娃: Hán Nôm readings: oa
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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