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Chinese
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a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
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a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
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trad. (寶寶)
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寶
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寶
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simp. (宝宝)
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宝
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宝
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alternative forms
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保保
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Etymology
A diminutive of 寶/宝 (bǎo, “treasure, precious”) formed by reduplication.
Pronunciation
Noun
寶寶
- baby; newborn
我的寶寶叫王小雲。
我的宝宝叫王小云。 - Wǒ de bǎobǎo jiào Wáng Xiǎoyún.
- My baby’s name is Wang Xiaoyun.
- (endearing) darling; honey (often said of a child or lover); sweetheart
- (dialectal, endearing) silkworm
- (neologism, slang) item; merchandise; product
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
嬰兒 (“baby; infant”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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嬰
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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嬰兒, 嬰孩
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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嬰孩兒
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Taiwan
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嬰兒, 寶寶
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Singapore
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嬰兒
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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娃娃
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Wanrong
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胎娃
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Xuzhou
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小毛娃兒
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Pizhou
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月窩孩兒
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
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Wuhan
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毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
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Guiyang
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嫩娃娃
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Kunming
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小每每, 小咕奶兒
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
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Yangzhou
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奶黃兒
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Baoying
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奶歡子
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Taizhou
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奶伢兒
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Zhenjiang
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奶寶兒
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Huai'an (Huaiyin)
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小毛霞子
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Xuyi
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毛伢子
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Nantong
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細伢兒
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Rugao
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細伢兒
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Yancheng
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毛伢兒
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Funing
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毛伢兒
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Sihong
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毛毛
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
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Hong Kong
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BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
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Macau
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BB仔
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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蘇蝦仔
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Taishan
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毛蝦
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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赤蝦仔
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Dongguan
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蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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蘇蝦
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Gan
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Nanchang
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毛伢子
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Lichuan
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毛伢崽
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Pingxiang
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毛毛仔
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Hakka
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Meixian
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孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
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Xingning
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孲𤘅哩
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Huidong (Daling)
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孲𤘅仔
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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孲𤘅子
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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嫩仔
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Changting
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孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
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Wuping
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孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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蝦毛子
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Liancheng
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孲𤘅子
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Yudu
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伢人子, 毛伢子
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Ruijin
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孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
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Shicheng
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赤伢
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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伢毛子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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孲𤘅仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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孲𤘅仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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孲𤘅
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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阿佅, 嬰仔
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Hong Kong
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孲𤘅仔
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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細妹
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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小娃娃
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Xinzhou
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小娃子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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𤘅仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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兒囝囝
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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嬰仔, 幼囝
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Quanzhou
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嬰仔, 幼囝
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Jinjiang
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幼囝
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Yongchun
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嬰囝
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Zhangzhou
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嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
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Taipei
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嬰仔
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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紅嬰
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Kaohsiung
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紅嬰仔
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Yilan
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紅嬰仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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紅嬰仔
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Taichung
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紅嬰仔
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Tainan
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紅嬰仔
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Hsinchu
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紅嬰仔
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Kinmen
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嬰仔
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
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Manila (Hokkien)
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嬰仔
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Guilin (Biyange)
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毛毛崽
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Shantou
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孥囝
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Jieyang
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伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
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Singapore (Teochew)
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anak
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Leizhou
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儂
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Haikou
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囝, 儂 intimate
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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丫囝
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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娃娃
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Wu
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Shanghai
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小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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小小囡
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Suzhou
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小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
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Wuxi
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小佬小
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Changshu
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血毛毛
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Nantong (Haimen)
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小囡
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Changzhou
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寶寶
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Danyang
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小毛毛, 毛毛, 小毛頭, 毛頭
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Nanjing (Gaochun)
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奶毛頭
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Hangzhou
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小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
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Ningbo
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奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
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Wenzhou
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娒兒, 娒娒兒
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Jinhua
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王男
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Xiang
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Changsha
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毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
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Loudi
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毛毛唧, 毛毛
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- 可愛 / 可爱 (kě'ài) (colloquial)
- 圞心 / 𪢮心 (lonn2 sin1) (Xiang)
- 圞心蒂子 / 𪢮心蒂子 (lonn2 sin1 di4 zr) (Xiang)
- 寶貝 / 宝贝 (bǎobèi)
- 小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative)
- 心肝 (xīngān) (figurative)
- 心肝寶貝 / 心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
- 甜心 (tiánxīn)
- 親愛的 / 亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)
Dialectal synonyms of
蠶 (“silkworm”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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蠶
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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蠶
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Taxonomic name
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蠶
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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蠶
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Taiwan
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蠶, 蠶寶寶
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Chengde
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蠶
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Chifeng
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蠶
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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蠶
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Heihe
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蠶
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Qiqihar
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蠶
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Harbin
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蠶
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Jiamusi
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蠶
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Baicheng
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蠶
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Changchun
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蠶
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Tonghua
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蠶
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Shenyang
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蠶
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Jinzhou
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蠶
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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蠶
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Tangshan
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蠶
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Cangzhou
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蠶兒
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Baoding
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蠶
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Shijiazhuang
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蠶
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Lijin
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蠶
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Jinan
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蠶
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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蠶
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Dandong
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蠶
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Yantai
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蠶
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Yantai (Muping)
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蠶
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Qingdao
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蠶
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Zhucheng
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蠶
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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蠶兒
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Lingbao
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蠶
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Jining
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蠶
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Wanrong
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蠶
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Linfen
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蠶兒, 桑蠶
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Shangqiu
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蠶
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Yuanyang
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蠶
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Zhengzhou
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蠶兒
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Xinyang
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蠶
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Baihe
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蠶
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Xi'an
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蠶
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Baoji
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蠶
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Tianshui
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蠶
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Xining
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蠶
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Xuzhou
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蠶
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Fuyang
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蠶
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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蠶
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Lanzhou
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蠶兒, 蠶
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Dunhuang
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蠶兒
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Hami
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蠶
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Ürümqi
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蠶
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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蠶子
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Nanchong
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蠶子
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Dazhou
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蠶子
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Hanyuan
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蠶子
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Xichang
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蠶子
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Zigong
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蠶子
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Chongqing
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蠶子
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Wuhan
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蠶
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Yichang
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蠶子, 蠶
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Xiangyang
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蠶
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Tianmen
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蠶
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Guiyang
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蠶子, 蠶
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Zunyi
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蠶
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Bijie
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蠶子
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Liping
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蠶崽
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Zhaotong
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蠶
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Daguan
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蠶子
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Dali
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蠶
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Kunming
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蠶
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Mengzi
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蠶
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Guilin
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蠶
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Liuzhou
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蠶, 蠶蟲
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Jishou
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蠶兒
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Changde
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蠶
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Hanzhong
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蠶子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
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Yangzhou
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蠶子, 蠶
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Lianyungang
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蠶
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Lianshui
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蠶
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Nantong
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蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
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Anqing
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蠶
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Wuhu
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蠶
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Hefei
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蠶
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Huanggang
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蠶兒
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Hong'an
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蠶
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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蠶蟲, 蠶
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Hong Kong
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蠶蟲, 蠶
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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蠶蟲, 蠶
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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蠶蟲
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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蠶蟲
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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蠶蟲
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Macau
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蠶
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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蠶
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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蠶
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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蠶
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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蠶
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Foshan
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蠶
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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蠶
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Foshan (Shunde)
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蠶
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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蠶
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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蠶
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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蠶蟲
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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蠶蟲
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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蠶
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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蠶
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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蠶
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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蠶
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Taishan
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蠶
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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蠶
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Enping (Niujiang)
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蠶
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Heshan (Yayao)
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蠶
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Dongguan
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蠶蟲, 蠶
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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蠶
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Qingyuan
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蠶蟲
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Fogang
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蠶
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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蠶蟲
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Yangshan
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蠶蟲
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Lianshan (Butian)
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蠶
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Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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蠶
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Shaoguan
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蠶蟲
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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蠶
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Renhua
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蠶蟲
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Lechang
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蠶蟲
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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蠶
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Sihui
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蠶
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Guangning
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蠶
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Deqing
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蠶
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Huaiji
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蠶
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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蠶
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Yunfu
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蠶
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Xinxing
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蠶
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Luoding
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蠶蟲
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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蠶
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Yangjiang
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蠶
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Xinyi
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蠶
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Lianjiang
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蠶, 蠶蟲
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Nanning
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蠶蟲, 蠶
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Wuzhou
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蠶
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Yulin
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蠶
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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蠶
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Danzhou
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蠶
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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蠶
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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蠶
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Gan
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Nanchang
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蠶
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Lichuan
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蠶
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Pingxiang
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蠶蟲
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Hakka
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Meixian
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蠶仔
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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蠶蟲
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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蠶
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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蠶蟲
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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蠶蟲
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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蠶
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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蠶
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Liannan
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蠶
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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蠶
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Jiexi
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蠶
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Changting
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蠶哩
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Ninghua
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蠶
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Yudu
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蠶子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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蠶仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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蠶仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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蠶
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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蠶仔
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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蠶
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Hong Kong
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蠶蟲
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Luchuan
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蠶
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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蠶
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Senai (Huiyang)
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蠶
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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蠶
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Shexian
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蠶
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
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蠶兒
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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蠶, 蠶兒
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Pingyao
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蠶兒
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Yangyuan
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蠶
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Datong
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蠶兒
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Xinzhou
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蠶兒
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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蠶兒
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Changzhi
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蠶
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Linhe
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蠶
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Jining
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蠶
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Hohhot
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蠶
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Erenhot
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蠶
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Pingshan
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蠶兒
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Zhangjiakou
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蠶
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Handan
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蠶
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Linzhou
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蠶
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Suide
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蠶兒
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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蠶仔
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Songxi
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蠶仔
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Zhenghe
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蠶仔
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Jianyang
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蠶仔
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Wuyishan
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蠶仔
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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蠶蟲
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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蠶繭
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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蠶囝
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Fuqing
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桑囝
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Yongtai
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蠶囝
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Gutian
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蠶繭
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Fu'an
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蠶
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Ningde
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蠶繭
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Shouning
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桑蟲
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Zhouning
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蠶
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Fuding
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蠶
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Matsu
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絲蟲
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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娘仔
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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娘仔
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Quanzhou
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娘仔
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Jinjiang
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娘仔
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Yongchun
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娘仙, 娘
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Zhangzhou
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娘仔, 蠶
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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娘仔, 蠶貓仔
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Hua'an
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絲蟲
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Pinghe
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蠶仔
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Zhangpu
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蠶
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Yunxiao
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蠶
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Zhao'an
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蠶仔
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Zhao'an (Sidu)
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蠶仔
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Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)
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蠶
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Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)
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蠶
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Dongshan
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蠶
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Taipei
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娘仔
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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娘仔
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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娘仔
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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娘仔
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Kaohsiung
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蠶仔
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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蠶仔
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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蠶仔
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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蠶仔
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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蠶仔
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Yilan
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娘仔
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Yilan (Luodong)
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娘仔
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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娘仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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娘仔
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Changhua (Yongjing)
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娘仔
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Taichung
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娘仔
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Tainan
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蠶仔
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Tainan (Anping)
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蠶仔
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Hsinchu
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娘仔
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Miaoli (Houlong)
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娘仔
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Chiayi
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蠶
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Chiayi County (Dongshi)
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蠶仔
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Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
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蠶仔
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Kinmen
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娘仔, 蠶
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Penghu (Magong)
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娘仔, 蠶
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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蠶, 娘仔
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Longyan
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蠶仔
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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蟲
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Datian
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絲蟲
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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蠶仔
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Chaozhou
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蠶
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Raoping
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蠶
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Shantou
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蠶
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Haifeng
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蠶
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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蠶
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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蠶
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Wenchang
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蠶
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Haikou
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蠶蟲, 蠶
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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娘囝
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Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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娘囝
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Xianyou
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娘囝
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
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Sanming (Sanyuan)
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蠶仔
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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蠶仔
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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蠶
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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蠶蟲
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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蠶蟲
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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蠶
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Waxiang
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Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
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絲蟲
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Wu
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Shanghai
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蠶, 蠶寶寶
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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蠶
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Suzhou
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蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
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Wuxi
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蠶寶寶
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Danyang
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蠶
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Hangzhou
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蠶寶寶
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Ningbo
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蠶, 蠶寶寶
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Wenzhou
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蠶兒
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Jinhua
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蠶兒
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Xiang
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Changsha
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蠶子, 蠶
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Loudi
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蠶子
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Shuangfeng
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蠶子
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Quanzhou
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蠶
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Xiangnan Tuhua
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Jiangyong
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蠶
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Yuebei Tuhua
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Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
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蠶
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Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
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蠶屎蟲, 蠶
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Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
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蠶
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Renhua (Zhoutian)
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蠶
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Renhua (Shitang)
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蠶
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Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
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蠶
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Lechang (Changlai)
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蠶絲蟲
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Lechang (Beixiang)
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桑蟲
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Lechang (Huangpu)
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蠶子龍
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Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
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蠶蟲
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Lechang (Sanxi)
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蠶蟲
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Derived terms
Pronoun
寶寶
- (neologism, slang, humorous) a cute-sounding first-person pronoun usually used by females: I; me
寶寶心裡苦,但寶寶不說
宝宝心里苦,但宝宝不说 - bǎobao xīnlǐ kǔ, dàn bǎobao bù shuō
- I feel bitter, but I don't want to say
- 嚇死本寶寶了!/吓死本宝宝了! ― Xià sǐ běn bǎobao le! ― It frightened the pants off me.