| fish | shoots; sprouts | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (魚秧子) | 魚 | 秧 | 子 | |
| simp. (鱼秧子) | 鱼 | 秧 | 子 | |
魚秧子
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 魚苗, 魚種, 魚花 Mainland China | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 魚苗兒 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 魚秧子, 魚秧兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 魚苗兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 魚苗兒 |
| Xi'an | 魚苗兒, 魚秧子 more mature | |
| Xining | 魚苗兒 | |
| Xuzhou | 魚苗兒, 魚苗子, 魚秧兒 more mature, 魚秧子 more mature | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 魚苗 |
| Ürümqi | 魚苗兒 | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 魚秧秧 dated or rural, 魚秧秧兒 dated or rural, 魚苗苗, 魚苗苗兒 |
| Wuhan | 魚秧子 | |
| Guiyang | 魚苗, 魚秧 | |
| Liuzhou | 魚花, 魚秧 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 魚秧, 魚秧子, 魚苗, 魚花 more mature, 火片 more mature |
| Yangzhou | 小魚花子, 魚花子, 魚秧子 more mature | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 魚花 |
| Dongguan | 魚種 | |
| Gan | Lichuan | 魚苗, 魚花 |
| Pingxiang | 魚苗 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 魚花仔 |
| Yudu | 魚苗子 | |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 魚花, 魚秧 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 魚苗 |
| Xinzhou | 魚苗子 | |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 魚苗 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 魚苗, 魚種 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 魚栽 |
| Quanzhou | 魚栽 | |
| Zhangzhou | 魚栽 | |
| Tainan | 魚栽 GT | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 魚栽 | |
| Jieyang | 魚栽, 魚苗 | |
| Leizhou | 魚種 | |
| Haikou | 魚栽 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 魚花, 魚苗 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 魚苗, 魚秧 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 魚秧 | |
| Suzhou | 魚苗 | |
| Danyang | 魚秧, 魚花 | |
| Hangzhou | 魚秧兒 | |
| Ningbo | 魚秧 | |
| Wenzhou | 魚苗 | |
| Jinhua | 魚花 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 魚苗, 魚秧子 |
| Loudi | 魚秧子 | |