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Chinese
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beg
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eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed
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trad. (乞食)
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乞
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食
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simp. #(乞食)
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乞
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食
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Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Eastern Min
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Lukang, Magong, Taichung, Tainan, Penang, Philippines, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Sanxia, Yilan)
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: keg4 ziah8 / kêg4 ziah8
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khṳk tsia̍h / khek tsia̍h
- Sinological IPA (key): /kʰɯk̚²⁻⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/, /kʰek̚²⁻⁴ t͡siaʔ⁴/
Note: kêg4 ziah8 - Jieyang.
- (Leizhou)
- Leizhou Pinyin: kieg4 jia6
- Sinological IPA: /kʰiek̚⁵ t͡sia³³/
Verb
乞⫽食 (verb-object) (intransitive)
- (literary or Cantonese) to beg for food
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
要飯 (“to beg for food”)
Derived terms
Noun
乞食
- (dialectal Hakka, Min) beggar
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
乞丐 (“beggar”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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乞丐
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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要飯的, 要飯兒的, 老花子, 叫花子, 看街的, 抱火盆兒的
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Taiwan
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乞丐
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Langfang
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要飯的
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Ulanhot
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要飯的, 要飯花子
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Tongliao
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要飯的
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Chifeng
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要飯的
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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要飯的
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Harbin
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叫花子, 要飯花子
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Singapore
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乞丐
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tangshan
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花子
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Cangzhou
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要飯的
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Baoding
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要飯的
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Shijiazhuang
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要飯的
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Jinan
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要飯的, 叫花子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的, 花子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子
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Daming
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要飯吃哩
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Wanrong
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要飯的, 尋饃的
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Zhengzhou
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要飯哩
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Xi'an
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要飯的, 叫花子
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Xining
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尋口, 要饃饃的
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Yanqi
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要乜貼
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Xuzhou
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要飯的
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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討吃, 薩衣爾, 薩衣, 要乜貼的
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Bayanhot
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討吃, 要飯的
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Lanzhou
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要飯的, 要要吃
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Ürümqi
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要飯的
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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叫花子, 討口子
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Wuhan
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告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的
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Guiyang
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叫化子
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Kunming
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花子, 叫花子, 要飯的
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Liuzhou
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討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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叫花子
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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要飯人
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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叫花子, 討飯人
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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要飯的, 叫花子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的
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Yangzhou
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花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子
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Xinghua
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花子, 要飯的, 討飯的
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Nantong
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告花子, 討飯子
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Hefei
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要飯的, 叫花子
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Huanggang
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告殼子
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Mandarin
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Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
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化子
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Nanping (Yanping)
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叫化子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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乞兒
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Hong Kong
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乞兒
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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乞兒
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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乞兒, 乞兒佬
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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攞食佬
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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攞食佬
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Macau
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乞兒
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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乞兒
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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乞兒
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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乞兒
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
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Foshan
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乞兒
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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乞兒
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Foshan (Shunde)
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乞兒
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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乞兒
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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乞兒
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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乞兒
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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乞兒
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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乞兒
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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乞耳
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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乞兒
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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乞兒
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Taishan
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乞米仔
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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乞米仔
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Enping (Niujiang)
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乞米仔
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Heshan (Yayao)
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乞兒
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Dongguan
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乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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乞兒
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Shenzhen (Dapeng)
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攞食佬
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Qingyuan
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乞兒
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Fogang
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乞兒
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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架化佬
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Yangshan
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乞吃佬
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Lianshan (Butian)
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狗化佬
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Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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叫化佬
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Shaoguan
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乞兒
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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乞兒
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Renhua
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乞兒, 乞兒佬
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Lechang
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乞兒
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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乞兒
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Sihui
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乞兒佬
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Guangning
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乞兒
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Deqing
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乞兒
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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乞吃
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Yunfu
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乞兒
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Xinxing
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乞兒
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Luoding
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乞兒
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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乞兒
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Yangjiang
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乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female
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Xinyi
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乞兒
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Maoming (Xinpo)
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乞兒
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Lianjiang
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乞兒
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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乞兒, 乞兒佬 male, 乞兒婆 female
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Nanning
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乞兒
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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覓吃佬
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Beihai
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乞食佬
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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乞兒
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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乞兒
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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乞兒
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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乞兒
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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乞兒
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Móng Cái
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乞兒
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Gan
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Nanchang
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告化子, 討飯個
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Pengze
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討飯個
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Lichuan
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告化子, 乞兒
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Pingxiang
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告化子, 花子, 討米個
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Hakka
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Meixian
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告化仔, 討食個
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Xingning
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告化哩
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Fengshun (Liuhuang)
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乞食
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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攞食佬
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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攞食
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Huiyang
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攞食
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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攞食仔
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Huidong (Daling)
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攞食
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
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Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
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乞食佬, 攞食
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Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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攞食佬
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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攞食伊, 攞食佬
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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乞兒
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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酌食哩, 乞丐
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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告化哩
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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絡食哩
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Wuhua (Meilin)
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絡食哩
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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攞食的, 攞食
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Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
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攞食佬
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Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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告化佬
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Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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攞食哎
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Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
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告化
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Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
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攞食
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Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
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叫化
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Wengyuan
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討食佬
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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告化子
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Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
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叫化
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Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
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攞食佬
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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狗化公
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Liannan
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攞食佬
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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攞食佬
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Jiexi
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乞食
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Luhe
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乞食
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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乞食
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Changting
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告化子, 告化
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Wuping
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告化
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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討食告化
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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告化
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Ninghua
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乞食
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Yudu
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告化子
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Ningdu
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教化
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Ruijin
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告化
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Shicheng
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告化
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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告化子
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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教化子
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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教化子
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Dayu
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討飯佬
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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乞食仔, 乞食
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Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
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乞食
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Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
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乞食
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Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
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乞食仔
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Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
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乞食仔
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Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
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乞食仔
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Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
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乞食仔, 討食
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Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
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乞食仔
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
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乞食
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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打幫食, 乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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討食, 乞食
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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討食仔
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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討食仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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乞食仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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乞食, 仙人
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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乞食仔, 乞食
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
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乞食
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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乞食
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Hong Kong
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攞食佬, 乞兒
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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丐米佬
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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丐食
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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乞兒
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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乞兒
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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乞兒佬
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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乞食佬
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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乞兒
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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乞食佬
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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乞食佬
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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乞兒
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Luchuan
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乞食佬
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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攞食佬
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Senai (Huiyang)
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攞食佬
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Singkawang
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乞食
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory, 討飯骨 derogatory, 討飯婆 woman
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Shexian
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討飯唉
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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丐食, 討飯個
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Xiuning
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丐食, 討飯仂
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Yixian
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討飯漢
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Qimen
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討飯個
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Wuyuan
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討飯個, 討飯仂
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子
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Pingyao
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叫花子
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Xinzhou
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討吃子, 要窩窩哩
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Taibus (Baochang)
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要飯的
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Linhe
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討吃子
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Jining
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討吃子
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Hohhot
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討吃子
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Baotou
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討吃子
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Dongsheng
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討吃子
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Haibowan
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討吃子
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Zhangjiakou
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乞丐
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Handan
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要飯哩
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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化食
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
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化食
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Songxi
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化食
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Zhenghe
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化食
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
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化食
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Jianyang
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化食
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Wuyishan
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討飯
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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化食
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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乞食
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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乞食
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Fuqing
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乞食
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Yongtai
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乞食
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Gutian
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乞食
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Pingnan
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乞食
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Fu'an
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乞食
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Ningde
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乞食
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Shouning
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乞食
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Zhouning
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乞食
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Fuding
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乞食
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Matsu
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乞食
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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乞食
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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乞食
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Quanzhou
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乞食
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Jinjiang
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乞食, 分米的, 分食的, 乞食婆 female
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Hui'an
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乞食
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Yongchun
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乞食
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Zhangzhou
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乞食
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Zhangzhou (Longhai)
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乞食
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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乞食
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Zhangpu
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乞食
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Zhao'an
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乞食
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Dongshan
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乞食
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Taipei
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乞食
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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乞食
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Kaohsiung
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乞食
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Yilan
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乞食
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Changhua (Lukang)
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乞食
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Taichung
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乞食
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Tainan
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乞食
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Hsinchu
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乞食
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Kinmen
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乞食
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Penghu (Magong)
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乞食
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Penang (Hokkien)
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乞食, 乞食仔
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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乞食
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Manila (Hokkien)
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乞食
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Longyan
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乞食
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Zhangping
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乞食
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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乞食
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Datian
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乞食
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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乞兒
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Chaozhou
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乞食
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Shantou
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乞食
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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乞食
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Jieyang
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乞食
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Haifeng
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乞食
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Fengshun (Liuhuang)
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乞食
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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乞食
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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乞食
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Leizhou
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乞食
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Wenchang
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乞達
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Haikou
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乞達
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Qionghai
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乞達
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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乞食
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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乞食
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Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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乞食
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Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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乞食
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Xianyou
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乞食
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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乞食
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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乞食
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Fuding (Aoyao)
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乞食
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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乞兒
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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乞兒
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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救化子, 乞兒
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Wu
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Shanghai
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告花子, 癟三
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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掛花子
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Suzhou
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告花子, 癟三
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Danyang
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告花子, 告花嫚嫚
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Hangzhou
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叫花子, 討飯子
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Ningbo
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告花子, 討飯
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Wenzhou
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丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個
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Jinhua
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討飯, 討飯婆 woman
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Jinhua (Tangxi)
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討飯老丐兒
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Xiang
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Changsha
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告化子, 討飯的
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Xiangtan
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告化子
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Loudi
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叫化子, 叫化
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Shuangfeng
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告化子
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Hengyang
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告花子
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Quanzhou
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乞丐
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Derived terms
Japanese
Etymology 1
Shift from kotsujiki below.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
乞食 • (kojiki) ←こじき (koziki)?
- (derogatory) beggar
Derived terms
Idioms
Verb
乞食する • (kojiki suru) ←こじき (koziki)?intransitive suru (stem 乞食し (kojiki shi), past 乞食した (kojiki shita))
- to go begging
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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乞食し
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こじきし
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kojiki shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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乞食し
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こじきし
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kojiki shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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乞食する
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こじきする
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kojiki suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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乞食する
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こじきする
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kojiki suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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乞食すれ
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こじきすれ
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kojiki sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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乞食せよ¹ 乞食しろ²
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こじきせよ¹ こじきしろ²
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kojiki seyo¹ kojiki shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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乞食される
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こじきされる
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kojiki sareru
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Causative
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乞食させる 乞食さす
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こじきさせる こじきさす
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kojiki saseru kojiki sasu
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Potential
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乞食できる
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こじきできる
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kojiki dekiru
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Volitional
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乞食しよう
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こじきしよう
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kojiki shiyō
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Negative
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乞食しない
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こじきしない
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kojiki shinai
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Negative continuative
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乞食せず
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こじきせず
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kojiki sezu
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Formal
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乞食します
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こじきします
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kojiki shimasu
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Perfective
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乞食した
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こじきした
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kojiki shita
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Conjunctive
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乞食して
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こじきして
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kojiki shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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乞食すれば
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こじきすれば
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kojiki sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
乞食 • (kotsujiki) ←こつじき (kotuziki)?
- (archaic) religious mendicancy
- Synonyms: 托鉢 (takuhatsu), 頭陀 (zuda), 行乞 (gyōkotsu)
- (archaic) Same as こじき above.
Derived terms
Verb
乞食する • (kotsujiki suru) ←こつじき (kotuziki)?intransitive suru (stem 乞食し (kotsujiki shi), past 乞食した (kotsujiki shita))
- (archaic) to beg as a religious mendicant
- Synonym: 托鉢する (takuhatsu suru)
Conjugation
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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Mizenkei ("imperfective")
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乞食し
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こつじきし
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kotsujiki shi
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Ren’yōkei ("continuative")
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乞食し
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こつじきし
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kotsujiki shi
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Shūshikei ("terminal")
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乞食する
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こつじきする
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kotsujiki suru
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Rentaikei ("attributive")
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乞食する
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こつじきする
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kotsujiki suru
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Kateikei ("hypothetical")
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乞食すれ
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こつじきすれ
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kotsujiki sure
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Meireikei ("imperative")
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乞食せよ¹ 乞食しろ²
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こつじきせよ¹ こつじきしろ²
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kotsujiki seyo¹ kotsujiki shiro²
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Key constructions
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Passive
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乞食される
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こつじきされる
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kotsujiki sareru
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Causative
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乞食させる 乞食さす
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こつじきさせる こつじきさす
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kotsujiki saseru kotsujiki sasu
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Potential
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乞食できる
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こつじきできる
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kotsujiki dekiru
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Volitional
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乞食しよう
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こつじきしよう
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kotsujiki shiyō
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Negative
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乞食しない
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こつじきしない
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kotsujiki shinai
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Negative continuative
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乞食せず
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こつじきせず
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kotsujiki sezu
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Formal
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乞食します
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こつじきします
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kotsujiki shimasu
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Perfective
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乞食した
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こつじきした
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kotsujiki shita
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Conjunctive
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乞食して
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こつじきして
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kotsujiki shite
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Hypothetical conditional
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乞食すれば
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こつじきすれば
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kotsujiki sureba
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¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
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Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 乞食 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 乞食, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Noun
乞食 • (geolsik) (hangeul 걸식)
- hanja form? of 걸식