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Chinese
Pronunciation
Note: jau3 zi6 jyun4 - rare.
Note: yô-chi-én - from Japanese pronunciation.
Noun
幼稚園
- (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Southeast Asia; dated or dialectal in Mainland China) kindergarten; nursery school
Synonyms
- 學前班/学前班 (xuéqiánbān)
- 幼兒園/幼儿园 (yòu'éryuán) (chiefly Mainland China)
- 幼稚班 (Malaysian Hokkien, Mandalay Taishanese)
Dialectal synonyms of
幼兒園 (“kindergarten; nursery school; preschool”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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幼兒園
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Taiwan
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幼稚園
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Tianjin
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幼兒園
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Chengde
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幼兒園
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Tangshan
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幼兒園
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Cangzhou
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幼兒園
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Baoding
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幼兒園
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Shijiazhuang
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幼兒園
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Chifeng
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幼兒園
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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幼兒園
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Heihe
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幼兒園
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Qiqihar
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幼兒園
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Harbin
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幼兒園
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Jiamusi
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幼兒園
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Baicheng
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幼兒園
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Changchun
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幼兒園
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Tonghua
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幼兒園
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Shenyang
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幼兒園
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Dandong
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幼兒園, 幼兒院, 幼稚園兒 dated
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Jinzhou
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幼兒園, 幼稚園兒 dated
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Dalian
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幼兒園
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Yantai
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幼兒園
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Yantai (Muping)
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幼兒園
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Qingdao
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幼兒園, 幼稚園兒 dated
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Lijin
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幼兒園兒
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Zhucheng
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幼兒園
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Jinan
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幼兒園
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Jining
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幼兒園兒
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Wanrong
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幼兒院
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Shangqiu
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幼兒園
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Yuanyang
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幼兒園
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Zhengzhou
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幼兒園
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Lingbao
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幼兒園
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Xinyang
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幼兒園
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Baihe
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幼兒園
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Hanzhong
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幼兒園
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Xi'an
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Baoji
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幼兒園
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Yinchuan
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幼兒園
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Tianshui
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幼兒園
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Lanzhou
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幼兒園
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Dunhuang
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幼兒園
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Xining
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幼兒園
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Hami
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幼兒園
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Ürümqi
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幼兒園
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Wuhan
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Yichang
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幼兒園
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Xiangyang
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幼兒園
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Tianmen
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幼兒園
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Hong'an
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幼兒園
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Chengdu
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幼兒園
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Nanchong
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幼兒園
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Dazhou
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幼兒園
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Hanyuan
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Xichang
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幼兒園
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Zigong
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幼兒園
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Chongqing
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幼兒園
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Guiyang
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Zunyi
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幼兒園
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Bijie
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幼兒園
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Liping
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幼兒園
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Zhaotong
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幼兒園
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Dali
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幼兒園
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Kunming
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幼兒園
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Mengzi
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幼兒園
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Guilin
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幼兒園
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Liuzhou
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Jishou
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Changde
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幼兒園
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Anqing
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幼兒園
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Xuzhou
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幼兒園兒, 幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Fuyang
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幼兒園
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Wuhu
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幼兒園
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Yangzhou
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Lianyungang
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幼兒園
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Lianshui
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幼兒園
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Nanjing
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Hefei
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幼兒園
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Nantong
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幼兒園
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Malaysia
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幼稚園
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Singapore
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幼稚園
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Hong Kong
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幼稚園 kindergarten, 幼兒園 nursery
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Taishan
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幼兒園, 幼稚園
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Taishan (Guanghai)
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幼兒園
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Dongguan
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幼兒園
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Mandalay (Taishan)
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幼稚班
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Gan
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Nanchang
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幼稚園
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Lichuan
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幼兒園
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Pingxiang
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Hakka
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Meixian
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幼稚園, 幼兒園
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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幼稚園 dated
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Yudu
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幼兒園
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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幼稚園
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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幼稚園
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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幼稚園
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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幼稚園
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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幼稚園
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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幼稚園
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Hong Kong
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幼稚園
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Huizhou
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Shexian
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幼兒園
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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幼兒園, 幼兒院
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Yangyuan
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幼兒園
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Datong
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幼兒園
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Xinzhou
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幼兒園
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Lishi
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幼兒園
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Linfen
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Changzhi
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幼兒園
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Linhe
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幼兒園
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Jining
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幼兒園
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Hohhot
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幼兒園
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Erenhot
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幼兒院
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Pingshan
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幼兒園
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Zhangjiakou
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幼兒園
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Handan
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幼兒院
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Linzhou
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幼兒園
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Suide
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幼兒園
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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幼兒園, 幼稚園
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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幼稚園
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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幼稚園, 幼兒園
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Quanzhou
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幼稚園, 幼兒園
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Zhangzhou
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幼稚園, 幼兒園
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Zhao'an
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幼兒園
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Penang (Hokkien)
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幼稚班
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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幼稚班
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Manila (Hokkien)
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幼稚園
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Shantou
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幼兒園
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Haikou
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幼兒園
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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幼兒院, 幼兒園
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Wu
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Shanghai
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幼稚園, 幼兒園
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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幼兒院
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Suzhou
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幼兒園
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Danyang
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Hangzhou
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幼兒園
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Ningbo
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幼兒園, 幼稚園 dated
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Jinhua
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幼兒班, 幼稚院 dated
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Xiang
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Changsha
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幼兒園
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Loudi
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幼兒園
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References
- Chanicha Kidprasert (2016-03-21) 泰国华语与汉语普通话书面语差异研究 [The Difference of Writing Pattern between Thai “Huayu” and Mandarin] (PhD) (in Chinese), Harbin: Heilongjiang University
Japanese
Etymology
Compound of 幼稚 (yōchi, “infantile”) + 園 (en, “garden”). The term is apparently a calque of German Kindergarten (“children's garden”), as Japanese yōchien were started in 1876 based on the German model initiated by Friedrich Fröbel in 1837 and on the term Kindergarten that he coined in 1840.
First cited in Japanese to 1876.
Pronunciation
Noun
幼稚園 • (yōchien) ←えうちゑん (eutiwen)?
- a kindergarten
Related terms
References
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ “幼稚園”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”) (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Korean
Noun
幼稚園 • (yuchiwon or McCune-Reischauer: yuch'iwŏn or Yale: yuchiwen) (hangeul 유치원)
- Hanja form? of 유치원 (“kindergarten”).
Vietnamese
Noun
幼稚園
- chữ Hán form of ấu trĩ viên (“kindergarten”).