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Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
燕子
- swallow (bird)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
燕子 (“swallow (bird)”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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燕, 玄鳥
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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燕子
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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小燕兒, 燕子
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Taiwan
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燕子
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Harbin
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燕子
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Singapore
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燕子
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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燕子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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燕兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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燕子, 小燕兒
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Wanrong
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燕兒
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Xi'an
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燕子, 小燕子, 燕兒, 小燕兒
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Xuzhou
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小燕兒, 小燕子, 燕子
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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燕雞子, 燕雞兒, 燕雞雞
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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燕嘰子
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Ürümqi
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燕雞子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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燕子
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Wuhan
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燕子
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Guiyang
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燕子
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Liuzhou
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燕子, 燕子鳥
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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燕子, 小燕子
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Yangzhou
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燕子
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Hefei
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燕子, 小燕子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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燕子
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Hong Kong
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燕子
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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燕子
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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燕子
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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燕仔
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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燕子
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Macau
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燕
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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燕子
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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燕子
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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燕子仔
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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燕子
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Foshan
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燕子
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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燕
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Foshan (Shunde)
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燕
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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燕子
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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燕
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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燕
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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燕子
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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燕子
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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燕子
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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燕子
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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燕子
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Taishan
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燕子
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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燕子
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Enping (Niujiang)
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燕子
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Heshan (Yayao)
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燕子
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Dongguan
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燕仔
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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燕仔
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Yangjiang
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燕子, 燕雀
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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燕子
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Gan
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Nanchang
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燕子
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Lichuan
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燕兒
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Pingxiang
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燕子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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燕仔
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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燕
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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燕仔
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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燕仔
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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燕仔
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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燕仔
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Yudu
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燕子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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燕仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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燕仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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燕仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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燕
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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燕仔, 燕
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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燕
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Hong Kong
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燕仔
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Senai (Huiyang)
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燕仔
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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燕
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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燕子, 小燕兒, 燕兒
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Xinzhou
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燕兒
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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燕仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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燕, 燕鳥
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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燕仔
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Quanzhou
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燕仔
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Jinjiang
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燕仔
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Zhangzhou
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燕仔
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Zhao'an
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燕仔
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Taipei
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燕仔
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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燕仔
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Kaohsiung
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燕仔
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Yilan
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燕仔鳥
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Changhua (Lukang)
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燕仔
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Taichung
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燕仔
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Tainan
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燕仔
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Hsinchu
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燕仔
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Kinmen
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烏燕仔
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Penghu (Magong)
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燕仔
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Chaozhou
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燕鳥
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Jieyang
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燕鳥, 燕
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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燕子
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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燕鳥
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Leizhou
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燕鳥
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Haikou
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燕鳥
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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燕鳥
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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燕鳥
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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燕鳥
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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燕鳥
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Xianyou
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燕鳥
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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燕鳥
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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燕鳥
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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燕鳥
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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燕子
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Wu
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Shanghai
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燕子
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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燕子
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Suzhou
|
燕子
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Danyang
|
燕子
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Hangzhou
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燕子
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Ningbo
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燕子
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Wenzhou
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燕兒
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Jinhua
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燕, 子燕
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Xiang
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Changsha
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燕子
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Loudi
|
燕子
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Shuangfeng
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燕子
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Derived terms
Proper noun
燕子
- (~鎮, formerly ~鄉) Yanzi (a town and former township in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China)
Etymology 2
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shuttlecock used in jianzi
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(noun suffix)
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trad. (燕子)
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燕
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子
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simp. #(燕子)
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燕
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子
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alternative forms
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毽子
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Pronunciation
Noun
燕子
- (dialectal) shuttlecock used in jianzi
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
毽子 (“shuttlecock used in jianzi”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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毽子
|
Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
毽子, 毽兒
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Taiwan
|
毽子
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Chengde
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毽子, 毽兒
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Chifeng
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毽子, 毽兒
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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毽兒
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Heihe
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毽子
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Qiqihar
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毽子
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Harbin
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毽子
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Jiamusi
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毽兒
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Baicheng
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毽子, 毽兒
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Changchun
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毽兒
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Tonghua
|
毽子
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Shenyang
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毽子, 毽球兒
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Jinzhou
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毽子, 毽兒
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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翹兒
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Tangshan
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毽兒
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Cangzhou
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毽子, 毽兒
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Baoding
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毽兒
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Shijiazhuang
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毽兒
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Jinan
|
毽子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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毽兒
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Dandong
|
毽子, 毽兒
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Yantai
|
毽兒
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
毽兒
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Qingdao
|
毽兒
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Zhucheng
|
毽子
|
Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
|
毽兒
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Lingbao
|
毽子
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Jining
|
毽子
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Wanrong
|
毽子
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Linfen
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雞毛毽子
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Shangqiu
|
毽子, 毽兒
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Yuanyang
|
毽兒
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Zhengzhou
|
毽兒
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Xinyang
|
毽子
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Baihe
|
毽兒
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Xi'an
|
毽子
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Baoji
|
毽子
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Tianshui
|
毽子
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Xining
|
毽子
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Xuzhou
|
毛毽兒, 毽子
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Fuyang
|
毽子
|
Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
|
毽子
|
Lanzhou
|
毽子
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Dunhuang
|
毽子
|
Hami
|
毽子
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Ürümqi
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毽子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
|
毽兒, 雞毛毽兒
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Nanchong
|
毽子
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Dazhou
|
毽兒
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Hanyuan
|
毽子
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Xichang
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毽兒
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Zigong
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毽兒
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Chongqing
|
毽兒
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Wuhan
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毽垛, 毽兜
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Yichang
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毽子, 毽兜
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Xiangyang
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毽, 毽兜兒
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Tianmen
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毽子
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Guiyang
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毽, 毽子
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Zunyi
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毽子, 毽兒
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Bijie
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毽子
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Liping
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毽子
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Zhaotong
|
毽子
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Dali
|
毽子
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Kunming
|
毽子
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Mengzi
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雞毛毽兒
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Guilin
|
燕子
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Liuzhou
|
毽子
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Jishou
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燕兒
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Changde
|
毽兒
|
Hanzhong
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毽子, 毽
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
毽子, 毽兒
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Yangzhou
|
毽子
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Lianyungang
|
毽子
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Lianshui
|
毽子
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Nantong
|
毽子
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Anqing
|
毽子
|
Wuhu
|
毽子
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Hefei
|
毽子
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Hong'an
|
毽
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
燕
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Hong Kong
|
燕
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
燕
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Macau
|
燕
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
燕
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
燕
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
燕
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
燕
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Foshan
|
燕
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
燕
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Foshan (Shunde)
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燕
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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燕
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
燕子
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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燕
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
燕
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
燕
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
燕子
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
皮燕
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
燕子
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Taishan
|
雞毛燕
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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雞毛燕
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Enping (Niujiang)
|
雞毛燕
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Heshan (Yayao)
|
燕子
|
Dongguan
|
燕
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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燕
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
燕子
|
Lichuan
|
燕兒
|
Pingxiang
|
燕坨
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
燕仔
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
燕
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
燕仔
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
燕仔
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
燕
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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雞毛燕
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Yudu
|
燕子
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
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毽
|
Shexian
|
毽
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Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
毽子
|
Yangyuan
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毽子, 毽兒
|
Datong
|
毛兒
|
Xinzhou
|
毛兒
|
Lüliang (Lishi)
|
毽毽
|
Changzhi
|
毽子
|
Linhe
|
毛兒毽子
|
Jining
|
毽子
|
Hohhot
|
毽子
|
Erenhot
|
毽子
|
Pingshan
|
毽子, 毽兒
|
Zhangjiakou
|
毽子
|
Handan
|
毽子
|
Linzhou
|
毽兒
|
Suide
|
毽子
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
球
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
毽
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
毽
|
Tainan
|
毽子
|
Shantou
|
毽
|
Haikou
|
毽子
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
燕
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
燕子
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
毽子
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
毽子
|
Suzhou
|
毽子
|
Danyang
|
毽子
|
Hangzhou
|
毽子
|
Ningbo
|
燕子
|
Wenzhou
|
毽子
|
Jinhua
|
毽兒, 球
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
燕子, 毽子
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Derived terms