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Chinese
Etymology 1
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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man; guy
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trad. (大佬)
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大
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佬
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simp. #(大佬)
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大
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佬
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alternative forms
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dalao neologism
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Wikipedia has articles on:
- 大佬 (Cantonese)
- 大佬 (Written Standard Chinese?)
Pronunciation
Note: tāi-lôu - from Cantonese.
Noun
大佬
- (Cantonese) elder brother; big brother
- (Cantonese) old buddy
- triad boss; boss; magnate
- (Cantonese, video games) boss
- 打大佬 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― daa2 daai6 lou2 ― to battle a boss
- (Mandarin, neologism, slang) someone experienced or influential. From Cantonese 大佬 (daai6 lou2).
- 女裝大佬/女装大佬 ― nǚzhuāng dàlǎo ― experienced crossdresser (male-to-female)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
哥哥 (“elder brother”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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兄
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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哥哥, 兄長
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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哥哥, 哥
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Taiwan
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哥哥, 哥
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Harbin
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哥哥
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Shenyang
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哥哥
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Malaysia
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哥哥
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Singapore
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哥哥
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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哥哥
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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哥
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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哥
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Wanrong
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哥
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Xi'an
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哥
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Xining
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阿哥
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Xuzhou
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哥哥
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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哥哥
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Ürümqi
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哥哥, 哥, 阿哥 Hui, ><
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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哥哥, 哥, 哥老倌兒, 哥老倌
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Wuhan
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哥哥
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Guiyang
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哥哥, 哥
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Kunming
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哥哥
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Liuzhou
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哥
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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哥哥
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Yangzhou
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哥哥, 哥
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Hefei
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哥哥
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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大佬, 阿哥, 哥哥 ><
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Hong Kong
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大佬, 阿哥, 哥哥
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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哥哥 ><, 大佬 <>, 阿哥 <>
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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哥哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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阿哥
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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哥哥 ><, 阿哥 <>
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Macau
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阿哥 ><, 大佬
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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阿哥 ><, 大哥, 大佬 <>
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Foshan
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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阿哥
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Foshan (Shunde)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Taishan
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>, 哥
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Enping (Niujiang)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Heshan (Yayao)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Dongguan
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Yangjiang
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大佬, 阿哥
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Nanning
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阿哥, 哥哥, 大佬
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Wuzhou
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阿哥, 哥哥, 大佬
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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阿哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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大佬, 哥哥
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Gan
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Nanchang
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哥哥 ><, 兄 <>
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Lichuan
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哥 ><, 兄 <>
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Hakka
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Meixian
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阿哥
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Xingning
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阿哥
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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阿哥
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Huiyang
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阿哥
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿哥
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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阿哥
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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阿哥
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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阿哥
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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阿哥
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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阿哥
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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阿哥
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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阿哥
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Wuhua (Meilin)
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阿哥
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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阿哥
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Wengyuan
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阿哥
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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哥哥
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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阿哥
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Liannan
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阿哥
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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阿哥
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Jiexi
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阿哥, 哥
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Luhe
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阿哥
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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阿哥
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Changting
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老伯
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Wuping
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老伯
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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老伯哩
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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哥
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Liancheng
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老伯
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Ninghua
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老伯
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Yudu
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哥哥, 老伯
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Ningdu
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哥哥
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Ruijin
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哥哥, 老兄
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Shicheng
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老伯
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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老伯
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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哥哥
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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老伯
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Dayu
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哥哥
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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阿哥
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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阿哥
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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阿哥
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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阿哥
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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阿哥
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿哥
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Hong Kong
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阿哥
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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阿哥
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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阿哥
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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大佬
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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阿哥, 大佬
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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阿哥
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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阿哥
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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阿哥
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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阿哥
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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阿哥, 大哥
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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哥
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Luchuan
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哥
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Sabah (Bao'an)
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阿哥
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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阿哥
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Senai (Huiyang)
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阿哥
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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阿哥
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Singkawang
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阿哥
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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哥哥
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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哥哥, 哥
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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哥仔, 哥哥
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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依哥
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Fuqing
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哥, 阿哥
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Matsu
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依哥
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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阿哥
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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阿兄, 阿哥, 兄哥, 俺兄
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Quanzhou
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阿兄
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Jinjiang
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大兄
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Yongchun
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阿哥, 哥, 阿兄, 兄
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Dehua
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阿兄
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Zhangzhou
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阿兄, 咉兄 <>
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Zhao'an
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兄, 阿兄
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Taipei
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阿兄
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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阿兄
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Kaohsiung
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兄哥
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Yilan
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阿兄
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Changhua (Lukang)
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阿兄
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Taichung
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大兄
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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阿兄
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Tainan
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阿哥, 兄哥, 兄哥仔
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Taitung
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大兄
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Hsinchu
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阿兄
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Kinmen
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阿兄
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Penghu (Magong)
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阿兄
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Penang (Hokkien)
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阿哥, 哥, 哥哥
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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阿兄, 大兄
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Manila (Hokkien)
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阿兄, 哥仔 archaic
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Chaozhou
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阿兄
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Shantou
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阿兄
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Jieyang
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阿兄
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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阿兄
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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阿兄
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Singapore (Teochew)
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阿兄
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Leizhou
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兄 ><, 尼兄 <>
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Wenchang
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阿哥
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Haikou
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阿兄 ><, 阿哥 ><, 兄 <>
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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阿哥
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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阿兄
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Xianyou
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阿兄
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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哥 ><, 大佬 <>
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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阿哥
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Wu
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Shanghai
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阿哥, 哥哥
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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阿哥
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Suzhou
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阿哥
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Danyang
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哥哥
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Hangzhou
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阿哥, 哥哥
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Ningbo
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哥哥, 阿哥
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Wenzhou
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阿大, 哥哥
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Jinhua
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哥哥 ><, 哥 <>
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Xiang
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Changsha
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老兄, 哥哥
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Shuangfeng
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老兄, 哥哥
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Hengyang
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老兄 <>, 哥哥 ><
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Note
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>< - face-to-face; <> - non-face-to-face
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Derived terms
Interjection
大佬
- (Cantonese) bro; man
大佬,件恤衫大拿拿幾百蚊,點買得落手啊? [Cantonese, trad.]
大佬,件恤衫大拿拿几百蚊,点买得落手啊? [Cantonese, simp.]- daai6 lou2, gin6 seot1 saam1 daai6 naa4 naa4 gei2 baak3 man1, dim2 maai5 dak1 lok6 sau2 aa3?
- Man, this shirt costs a few hundred bucks. How could I buy it?
Etymology 2
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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
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to cheat; to swindle
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trad. (大佬)
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大
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佬
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simp. #(大佬)
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大
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佬
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Pronunciation
Noun
大佬
- (Xiamen Hokkien) cheat; trickster; impostor; cheater; swindler
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
騙子 (“cheat; trickster”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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騙子, 騙徒
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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騙子, 騙子手
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Taiwan
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騙子
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Chengde
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騙子, 騙子手
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Chifeng
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騙子
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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騙子
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Heihe
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騙子, 騙子手
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Qiqihar
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騙子, 拐子
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Harbin
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騙子, 騙子手
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Jiamusi
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騙子, 騙子手
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Baicheng
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騙子, 騙子手
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Changchun
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騙子手
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Tonghua
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騙子手
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Shenyang
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騙子, 騙子手
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Jinzhou
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騙子, 騙子手
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Singapore
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騙子
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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騙子
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Tangshan
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騙子, 騙子手
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Cangzhou
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騙子
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Baoding
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騙子, 騙子手
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Shijiazhuang
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騙子
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Lijin
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騙子, 騙子手
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Jinan
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騙子, 騙子手
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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騙子
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Dandong
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騙子, 騙子手
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Yantai
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騙子, 騙子手
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Yantai (Muping)
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騙子手
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Qingdao
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騙子
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Zhucheng
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騙子, 騙子手
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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騙子
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Lingbao
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騙子, 騙子手
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Jining
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騙子
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Wanrong
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騙子手
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Linfen
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騙子手
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Shangqiu
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騙子, 騙子手, 撇子手
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Yuanyang
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騙子手, 撇子
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Zhengzhou
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騙子
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Xinyang
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騙子
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Baihe
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騙子, 騙子手
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Xi'an
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騙子, 騙子手
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Baoji
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騙子, 騙子手
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Tianshui
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騙子
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Xining
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騙子, 騙騙 derogatory
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Xuzhou
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騙子, 撇子
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Fuyang
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騙子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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騙子, 騙子手
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Lanzhou
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騙子手, 撇家拐子
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Dunhuang
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騙子
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Hami
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騙子
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Ürümqi
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騙子, 騙子手, 拐子, 撇家拐子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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騙子, 編編匠
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Nanchong
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騙子
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Dazhou
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騙子, 騙子手
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Hanyuan
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騙子, 拐子
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Xichang
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騙子
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Zigong
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騙子
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Chongqing
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騙子
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Wuhan
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騙子
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Yichang
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騙子
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Xiangyang
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騙子, 標子
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Tianmen
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騙子, 騙子手, 白撮子
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Guiyang
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騙子, 騙子手, 拐子手
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Zunyi
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騙子
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Bijie
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騙子, 騙子手
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Liping
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騙子
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Zhaotong
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騙子
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Dali
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騙子手
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Kunming
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騙子
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Mengzi
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騙子
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Guilin
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騙子
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Liuzhou
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騙子, 拐子, 拐子佬
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Jishou
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騙子
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Changde
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騙子手
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Hanzhong
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騙子, 騙子手
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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騙子
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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大騙子
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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騙子
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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騙子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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騙子
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Yangzhou
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騙子, 拐子
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Lianyungang
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騙子
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Lianshui
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騙子
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Nantong
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騙子
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Anqing
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騙子
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Wuhu
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騙子
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Hefei
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騙子
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Hong'an
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騙子, 白撮子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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光棍, 撞棍, 老千, 千友, 滾友
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Hong Kong
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老千, 撞棍, 拆白黨 dated
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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拐子佬
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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呃人個
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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傻人個
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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呃人
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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老千
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Dongguan
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撞棍, 光棍佬, 滾友, 老千
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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騙子
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Hepu (Shatian)
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騙仔
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Beihai
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騙子
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Beihai (Nankang)
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呃人嘅
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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騙子
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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騙子
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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騙子
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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騙子
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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老千
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Sarikei (Xinhui)
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老千
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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老千
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Móng Cái
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欺騙人
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Gan
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Nanchang
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騙子
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Lichuan
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騙子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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騙仔, 撮仔賊
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Dabu (Xihe)
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騙子
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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呃人精, 老千
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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呃人咧
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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呃人唉
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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撮仔
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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騙仔
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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撮咧
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Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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騙依
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Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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騙哎
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Yudu
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騙子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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騙仔, 落仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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騙個
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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諞仙仔
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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虎𡳞王
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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騙子
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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落仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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落人個
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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落仔
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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落子
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Hong Kong
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撮仔
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Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
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騙子
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Senai (Huiyang)
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老千
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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騙子, 騙鬼
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Shexian
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騙子
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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騙子, 騙子手
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Yangyuan
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騙子, 撇子
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Datong
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騙子手
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Xinzhou
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騙子, 騙子手
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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騙子, 騙子手
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Changzhi
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騙子
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Linhe
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騙子, 騙子手
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Jining
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騙子手
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Hohhot
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騙子, 騙子手
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Erenhot
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騙子, 騙子手
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Pingshan
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騙子, 騙子手
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Zhangjiakou
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騙子, 騙子手
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Handan
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騙子, 騙子手
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Linzhou
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騙了
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Suide
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騙子, 騙子手
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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騙仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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光棍
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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佬仔, 甪仔, 大佬, 白賊七, 白賊七仔
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Quanzhou
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佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七
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Jinjiang
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甪仔
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Zhangzhou
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佬仔, 甪仔, 白賊七, 白賊七仔
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Taipei
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諞仙仔
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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諞仙仔
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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術仔, 諞仙仔
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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術仔, 諞仙仔
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Kaohsiung
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諞仙仔
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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諞仙仔
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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諞仙仔
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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諞仙仔
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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諞仙仔
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Yilan
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佬仔, 諞仙仔
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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諞仙仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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諞仙
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Taichung
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諞仙仔
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Tainan
|
諞仙仔
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Tainan (Anping)
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諞仙仔
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Hsinchu
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諞仙仔
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Penghu (Magong)
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諞仙, 騙子
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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諞仙
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Shantou
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騙囝
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Jieyang
|
佬囝, 騙囝
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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騙儂個
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Leizhou
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光棍
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Haikou
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光棍
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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騙子, 拐子佬
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Wu
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Shanghai
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騙子
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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拐子
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Suzhou
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騙子
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Danyang
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騙子, 騙鬼郎中
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Hangzhou
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騙子
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Ningbo
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騙子, 拐子, 騙賊拐子
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Wenzhou
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拐兒
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Jinhua
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騙子, 拐子兒
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Xiang
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Changsha
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辵巴子
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Loudi
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騙子手, 拐子
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Hengyang
|
騙子手
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