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Translingual
Han character
扶 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+4, 7 strokes, cangjie input 手手人 (QQO), four-corner 55030, composition ⿰扌夫)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 419, character 5
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 11840
- Dae Jaweon: page 765, character 28
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1833, character 2
- Unihan data for U+6276
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 趺
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*pa
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| 肤
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*pa
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| 邞
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*pa
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| 鈇
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*pa
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| 衭
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*pa
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| 玞
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*pa
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| 夫
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*pa, *ba
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| 鳺
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*pa
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| 扶
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*pa, *ba
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| 妋
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*pa, *qu
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| 麩
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*pʰa
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| 蚨
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*ba
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| 芙
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*ba
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| 颫
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*ba
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| 枎
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*ba
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *pa, *ba) : semantic 扌 + phonetic 夫 (OC *pa, *ba).
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *p(l)a-n ~ *p(w)a-n (“palm, sole”), whence also 蹯 (OC *ban, “paw”), Burmese ဝါး (wa:, “handsbreath; palm of hand”) (STEDT).
Pronunciation 1
Note:
- Sixian:
- fù - literary;
- phù - vernacular.
- Meixian:
- fu2 - literary;
- pu2 - vernacular.
Note:
- hù - literary;
- può - vernacular (to pardon);
- hô - vernacular (to hold onto something as support, to help, to support).
Note:
- hû - literary;
- phô͘ - vernacular.
| Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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| Character
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扶
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扶
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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fú
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fú
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Middle
Chinese
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‹ bju ›
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‹ bju ›
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Old
Chinese
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/*m-(r)a/
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/*m-(r)a/
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| English
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crawl
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assist
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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扶
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| Reading #
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2/2
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| No.
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3280
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Phonetic
component
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夫
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Rime
group
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魚
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Rime
subdivision
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0
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Corresponding
MC rime
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扶
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Old
Chinese
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/*ba/
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Definitions
扶
- to hold onto something as support; to support oneself
- to help someone up; to support someone
- to help; to aid; to assist
- to try to do something despite illness
- a surname: Fu
- (Eastern Min) to pardon
- (Southern Min) to brownnose; to suck up; to kiss someone's ass
Synonyms
- 佐理 (zuǒlǐ) (literary, with a task)
- 使勁／使劲 (shǐjìn)
- 加勢／加势 (jiāshì)
- 助 (zhù)
- 助力 (zhùlì)
- 助理 (zhùlǐ)
- 助益 (zhùyì) (literary)
- 匡助 (kuāngzhù) (literary)
- 協助／协助 (xiézhù)
- 參佐／参佐 (cānzuǒ) (literary)
- 增援 (zēngyuán, “to provide reinforcements”)
- 幫／帮 (bāng)
- 幫助／帮助 (bāngzhù)
- 幫同／帮同 (bāngtóng) (literary)
- 幫寸／帮寸 (bāngcùn)
- 幫帶／帮带 (bāngdài)
- 幫忙／帮忙 (bāngmáng)
- 幫手／帮手 (bong1 sau2) (Cantonese)
- 幫扶／帮扶 (bāngfú)
- 幫襯／帮衬 (bāngchèn)
- 幫贈／帮赠 (Hokkien)
- 扶助 (fúzhù)
- 扶持 (fúchí)
- 扶掖 (fúyè) (formal)
- 拉巴 (dialectal)
- 挺 (tǐng)
- 援助 (yuánzhù)
- 𢯭手 (Hakka)
- 支助 (zhīzhù) (literary)
- 支持 (zhīchí)
- 支援 (zhīyuán)
- 救 (jiù)
- 相幫／相帮 (xiāngbāng) (dialectal)
- 相輔／相辅 (Teochew)
- 翼 (yì) (literary, or in compounds)
- 聲援／声援 (shēngyuán, “to express support for”)
- 臂助 (bìzhù) (literary)
- 補益／补益 (bǔyì)
- 補臺／补台 (bǔtái) (mainland China)
- 贈力／赠力 (Hokkien)
- 贈助／赠助 (Hokkien)
- 贊喙／赞喙 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
- 贈手／赠手 (Hokkien)
- 贊聲／赞声 (“to express support for”) (Hokkien)
- 輔助／辅助 (fǔzhù)
- 陪 (péi) (literary, or in compounds)
- 鬥幫贈／斗帮赠 (Hokkien)
- 鬥相共／斗相共 (Hokkien)
- 鬥跤手／斗跤手 (Hokkien)
- 鬥跤搭／斗跤搭 (Hokkien)
Dialectal synonyms of
拍馬屁 (“to brownnose; to suck up to”)
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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媚, 諂
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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拍馬, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好, 諂媚, 恭維, 巴結, 趨奉, 趨附, 諂諛, 阿諛, 逢迎, 抱大腿, 阿諂, 巴劫, 獻殷勤, 捧臭腳, 取悅
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜, 捧臭腳, 捧參兒, 呵, 巴結, 奉承
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| Taiwan
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拍馬屁, 拍馬, 抱大腿
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| Langfang
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奉承, 巴結
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| Chengde
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巴結
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| Chifeng
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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拍馬屁, 溜鬚
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| Heihe
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巴結, 溜鬚, 拍馬屁, 拍
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| Qiqihar
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Harbin
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拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 溜腚溝兒, 溜鬚, 溜鬚拍馬, 溜鬚捧勝, 溜鬚舔腚, 溜, 舔腚, 捧臭腳, 捧勝, 巴結, 巴嘰
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| Jiamusi
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Baicheng
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Changchun
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溜鬚, 打溜鬚, 溜鬚捧勝
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| Tonghua
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拍馬屁, 溜鬚
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| Shenyang
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍馬, 奉迎
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| Jinzhou
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巴結, 拍, 逢迎, 溜鬚
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| Singapore
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拍馬屁
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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拍, 溜乎, 溜溝子, 溜溝子舔眼子, 巴結
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| Tangshan
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捧, 巴結
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| Cangzhou
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奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Baoding
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奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Shijiazhuang
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奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Lijin
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奉承, 舔腚
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| Jinan
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舔腚, 溜鬚, 巴結, 巴結奉迎, 奉承, 奉迎, 討好
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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舔腚, 舔, 溜光, 溜恭
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| Dandong
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巴結, 打溜鬚, 舔巴腚溝子
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| Yantai
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巴結, 奔弄
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| Yantai (Muping)
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溜溝子, 舔摸, 舔腚溜溝子, 巴結
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| Qingdao
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔麼腚, 舔麼
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| Zhucheng
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巴結, 貼乎
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 溜屁股溝, 溜鬚拍馬, 巴結, 奉承
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| Lingbao
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巴結, 拍
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| Jining
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巴結
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| Daming
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奉承, 巴結
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| Wanrong
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舔溝子, 巴結
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| Linfen
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舔屁眼兒, 溜溝子
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| Shangqiu
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巴結, 拍, 溜, 奉迎, 舔腚
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| Yuanyang
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拍馬
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| Zhengzhou
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巴結, 拍, 溜, 溜腚溝兒
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| Xinyang
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巴結, 拍
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| Baihe
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子
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| Xi'an
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 舔溝子, 溜溝子, 騷輕, 腮補西 Hui
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| Baoji
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巴結, 溜溝子
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| Tianshui
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巴結
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| Xining
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舔溝油, 抱大腿, 抱粗腿, 巴結, 抬舉
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| Xuzhou
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吸喋子, 吸, 偷吸, 舔腚眼子, 舔腚, 舔, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 奉承
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| Fuyang
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巴結, 逢迎, 舔肥, 和, 拍馬屁, 拍
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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拍馬屁, 溜溝子, 舔溝子, 巴結
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| Lanzhou
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溜溝子, 舔溝子, 溜溝順情, 抱大腿, 巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁
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| Dunhuang
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巴結
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| Hami
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巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁
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| Ürümqi
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溜溝子, 溜, 巴結, 奉承, 騷情
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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舔肥, 舔溝子, 舔肥溝子, 舔屁股, 𫾈肥, 𫾈, 抱大腳桿, 浮上水, 巴結, 巴, 溜溝子, 奉承
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| Nanchong
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍
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| Dazhou
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巴結, 舔肥
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| Hanyuan
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奉承
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| Xichang
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巴結, 奉承, 拍馬屁, 拍
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| Zigong
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奉承, 拍馬屁
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| Chongqing
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巴結, 舔肥, 長舌頭兒
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| Wuhan
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拍, 拍馬屁, 拍麻皮, 呵熱屁, 呵卵捧㞗, 呵, 拎草鞋, 提草鞋, 巴結, 巴, 奉承
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| Yichang
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉承
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| Xiangyang
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Tianmen
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Guiyang
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拍馬屁, 舔肥屁股, 舔肥, 巴結, 奉承
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| Zunyi
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巴結, 拍, 捧
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| Bijie
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舔肥, 捧泡
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| Liping
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巴結, 獻殷勤
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| Zhaotong
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巴結, 捧泡
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| Dali
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抬泡, 巴結
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| Kunming
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捧脬, 舔屁股, 巴結, 拍馬屁, 搊捧
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| Mengzi
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拍, 捧泡
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| Guilin
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巴結, 奉承
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| Liuzhou
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拍馬屁, 捧大腳, 捧卵脬, 巴結, 奉承
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| Jishou
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巴交, 拍馬屁, 奉承
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| Changde
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巴結, 奉承, 背合皮
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| Hanzhong
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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拍馬屁, 呵, 呵二屁, 抬轎子, 抱粗腿, 巴結
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| Yangzhou
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拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 呵, 呵捧, 呵大卵子, 舔屁眼, 巴結
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| Lianyungang
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巴結, 拍馬, 舔油, 上油
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| Lianshui
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巴結
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| Nantong
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拍馬屁, 拍, 托卵脬, 托馬屁, 巴結
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| Anqing
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巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Wuhu
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巴結, 呵卵脬, 拍
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| Hefei
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拍馬屁, 呵, 巴結
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| Hong'an
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 捧熱卵子
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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托大腳, 托, 擦鞋, 𦧺屎窟
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| Hong Kong
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托大腳, 擦鞋, 拍馬屁, 𦧺屎眼, 𦧺屎窟
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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騎大腳
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| Macau
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擦鞋
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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托大腳
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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托大腳
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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托大腳
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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托大腳
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| Foshan
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托大腳
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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托大腳
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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托大腳
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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托大腳
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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托大腳
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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托大腳
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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托大腳
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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托大腳
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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托大腳
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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托大腳
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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托大腳
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| Taishan
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托大腳
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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托大腳, 捧臀
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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捧臀, 托大腳
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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托大腳
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| Dongguan
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托大蹄, 托大腳, 拍馬屁, 擦鞋
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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托大腳
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| Yangjiang
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托大腳
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| Nanning
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拍馬屁, 拍, 捧大腿, 捧脬
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| Wuzhou
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拍馬屁, 捧大腳
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| Yulin
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拍馬屁, 捧大腳
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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捧, 托大腳
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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捧大腳
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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捧大腳
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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托大腳, 擦鞋, 罌吉
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| Penang (Guangfu)
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托大腳, 擦鞋
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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托大腳
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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托大腳
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| Móng Cái
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捧大腳
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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拍馬屁, 托卵袋子, 巴結
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| Lichuan
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拍馬屁, 巴結
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| Pingxiang
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拍馬屁, 搊卵坨子, 巴結
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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捧大腳, 托大腳, 巴結
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| Xingning
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背大腳
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| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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托大腳
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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托大腳
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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托大腳
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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托大腳
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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巴結
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| Yudu
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托卵坨, 巴結
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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托核, 托核卵
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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扶核卵, 托核卵
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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托核, 托核卵
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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托核, 托核卵
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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托核, 托核卵
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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扶核卵
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
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巴結
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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拍馬屁, 捧攏, 捧, 呵卵脬, 呼卵脬, 巴結
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| Shexian
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巴結, 呼卵脬
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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舔屁眼, 溜溝子, 溜舔, 溜溝子舔屁眼, 拍馬屁, 抱粗腿, 巴舔
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| Taiyuan (Jinyuan)
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溜溝子舔屁眼
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| Yangyuan
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 奉迎, 迎合
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| Datong
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溜舔
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| Xinzhou
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溜達, 溜, 走上水, 溜舔, 溜溝子, 爬溝子, 溜溝涮棒, 舔屁眼, 舔屁窟, 舔㞘子, 舔涮, 涮攪, 涮棒子, 涮壜子, 涮淘, 喝泔水, 扶上水, 扶下頦, 巴結
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| Lüliang (Lishi)
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巴結, 拍馬屁, 拍, 溜溝子, 舔屁眼
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| Changzhi
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巴結
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| Linhe
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拍馬屁, 溜溝子
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| Jining
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溜溝子
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| Hohhot
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溜溝子
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| Erenhot
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溜溝子
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| Pingshan
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拿進, 溜舔, 舔屁股
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| Zhangjiakou
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奉承, 巴結, 拍馬屁
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| Handan
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奉承, 巴結, 舔屁眼
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| Linzhou
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巴結, 拍
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| Suide
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巴結
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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捧㞠脬, 攬褲跤, 頌花鞋, 巴結
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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托𡳞脬, 捧, 拍馬屁, 巴結
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶零星, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 㾪扶
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| Quanzhou
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扶, 扶𡳞脬, 㾪扶
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| Zhangzhou
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扶, 扶𡳞脬, 扶𢱤, 三跤, 三跤馬, 三跤撐
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| Taipei
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扶𡳞脬, 扶挺
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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扶𡳞脬
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| Kaohsiung
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶挺
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| Yilan
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶
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| Changhua (Lukang)
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶
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| Taichung
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶尻川, 扶𡳞
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| Tainan
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶挺, 扶𡳞
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| Taitung
|
扶𡳞脬
|
| Hsinchu
|
扶𡳞脬
|
| Kinmen
|
扶𡳞脬
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
扶𡳞脬
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
扶
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
扶, 扶𡳞脬, 三跤
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
扶, 扶𡳞脬
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
巴結
|
| Chaozhou
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶
|
| Raoping
|
扶𡳞脬
|
| Shantou
|
扛轎跤, 扶𡳞脬
|
| Jieyang
|
扶𡳞脬, 扶
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| Singapore (Teochew)
|
扶, 扶𡳞脬
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| Leizhou
|
托跤腿
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
扶, 扶大腿
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
抱大跤
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
捧卵脬, 捧脬, 扛大腳, 拍馬屁, 巴結
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| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
巴結, 奉承
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| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
拍馬屁, 巴結
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
拍馬屁
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| Suzhou
|
拍馬屁, 拍馬三, 巴結, 討好, 拍牢
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| Wuxi
|
拍馬屁
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| Danyang
|
拍馬屁, 巴結, 呵捧, 呵卵脬
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| Hangzhou
|
拍馬屁, 巴結
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| Ningbo
|
拍馬屁, 巴結
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| Wenzhou
|
拍馬屁
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| Jinhua
|
拍馬屁, 塔麻油, 捧大腿, 捧腿, 巴結, 討好
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| Xiang
|
Changsha
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拍馬屁, 摸螺拐, 搊卵脬
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| Loudi
|
捧馬屁, 捧卵胞
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| Shuangfeng
|
捧馬屁, 搊屁股
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| Quanzhou
|
巴結
|
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “to help”):
Compounds
Pronunciation 2
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
| Character
|
扶
|
| Reading #
|
1/2
|
| No.
|
3276
|
Phonetic
component
|
夫
|
Rime
group
|
魚
|
Rime
subdivision
|
0
|
Corresponding
MC rime
|
跗
|
Old
Chinese
|
/*pa/
|
Definitions
扶
- (alt. form 膚／肤) an ancient unit of length equal to the width of four fingers
Compounds
Pronunciation 3
Definitions
扶
- Alternative form of 匍 (pú) Only used in 扶服 and 扶伏.
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
扶
(Jōyō kanji)
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 扶 (MC bju).
Hanja
扶 (eumhun 도울 부 (doul bu))
- hanja form? of 부 (“to help”)
Compounds
- 부양 (扶養, buyang, “support of dependents”)
- 부조 (扶助, bujo, “assistance”)
- 부여 (扶餘, Buyeo, “Buyeo”)
- 부지 (扶持, buji, “assistance”)
- 부익 (扶翼, bu'ik, “assistance”)
- 상부상조 (相扶相助, sangbusangjo)
- 억강부약 (抑強扶弱, eokgangbuyak)
Etymology 2
From Middle Chinese 扶 / 匍 (MC bu).
Hanja
扶 (eumhun 기어갈 포 (gieogal po))
- Alternative form of 匍 (“hanja form? of 포 (“to crawl; to creep”)”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
扶: Hán Việt readings: phù[1][2][3][4][5][6]
扶: Nôm readings: phù[1][2][3], phò[1][2][3][7], bù[1], hùa[7], vùa[3][7]
- Nôm form of phò (“to assist or help”).
References