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Translingual
Stroke order
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Han character
格 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+6, 10 strokes, cangjie input 木竹水口 (DHER), composition ⿰木各)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 524, character 11
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14749
- Dae Jaweon: page 912, character 13
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1203, character 6
- Unihan data for U+683C
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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髂
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*kʰraːɡs
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路
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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輅
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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賂
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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虂
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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露
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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潞
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*raːɡs
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鷺
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*raːɡs
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璐
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*raːɡs
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簬
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*raːɡs
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簵
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*ɡ·raːɡs
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洛
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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駱
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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絡
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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酪
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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烙
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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雒
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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珞
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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硌
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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袼
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *klaːɡ
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笿
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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鉻
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
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鮥
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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鵅
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
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挌
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*ɡ·raːɡ, *kraːɡ
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落
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*ɡ·raːɡ
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各
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*klaːɡ
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胳
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*klaːɡ
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閣
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*klaːɡ
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格
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*klaːɡ, *kraːɡ
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擱
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*klaːɡ
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恪
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*kʰlaːɡ
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愙
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*kʰaːɡ
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貉
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*ɡlaːɡ, *mɡraːɡ
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狢
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*ɡlaːɡ
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佫
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*ɡlaːɡ
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略
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*ɡ·raɡ
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茖
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*kraːɡ
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骼
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*kraːɡ
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觡
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*kraːɡ
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蛒
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*kraːɡ
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敋
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*kraːɡ
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客
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*kʰraːɡ
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喀
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*kʰraːɡ
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揢
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*kʰraːɡ
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額
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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峉
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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頟
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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詻
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*ŋɡraːɡ
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垎
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*ɡraːɡ
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楁
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*ɡraːɡ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *klaːɡ, *kraːɡ) : semantic 木 (“wood”) + phonetic 各 (OC *klaːɡ).
Etymology 1
- “to go; to come; to arrive”
- Possibly cognate to Tibetan འགྲོ་བ། ('gro ba, “to go, walk, travel”), འགྲོ་བ་པོ ('gro ba po, “traveler”), འགྲོན་པ ('gron pa, “to go, travel”), མགྲོན (mgron, “guest”), མགྲོན་ཁང (mgron khang, “inn”) (Geilich, 1994). If so, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *grwat (“to go through, to travel”). However, STEDT does not compare this to Tibeto-Burman lexical items under *grwat.
- Baxter (1992) proposes that this is related to 路 (OC *ɡ·raːɡs, “road”). Compare 客 (OC *kʰraːɡ, “guest, visitor”), 旅 (OC *ɡ·raʔ, “travel, lodge”), and 行 (OC *ɡaːŋ, *ɡaːŋs, *ɡraːŋ, *ɡraːŋs, “to go”)
- “to obstruct; to hinder”
- (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
- “frame; square”
- (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
- “style; form; pattern; standard; personality; character”
- (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Semantically derived from "square, frame" sense?”)
Pronunciation
Note: gaak3-2 - "square".
Note:
- kak/gag5 - "square";
- kiet/kiat/gêd5 - other senses (including "pattern", "personality").
Note:
- gáh - vernacular;
- gáik - literary.
Note:
- keh/keeh - vernacular (“pattern; frame; special property; grid; breed; classifier; to change the original structural layout (Zhangzhou); topography of a watershed”);
- kek/kiak/kerk - literary (“to examine; to change the original structural layout (Xiamen, Quanzhou); to build by laying bricks or stones”).
Note:
- (Suzhounese) 7kaq - vernacular;
- (Suzhounese) 7keq - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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格
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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gé
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Middle Chinese
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‹ kæk ›
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Old Chinese
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/*kˁrak/
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English
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go to
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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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格
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格
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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No.
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3885
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3894
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Phonetic component
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各
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各
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Rime group
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鐸
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鐸
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Rime subdivision
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0
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0
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Corresponding MC rime
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各
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格
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Old Chinese
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/*klaːɡ/
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/*kraːɡ/
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Definitions
格
- (literary, or in compounds) pattern; standard; form; style
- 表格 ― biǎogé ― table; form
- 規格/规格 ― guīgé ― standard; norm
- square; frame
- (literary, or in compounds) special property; personality; character (Can we add an example for this sense?) (particularly for the "personality" in literary form)
- 風格/风格 ― fēnggé ― personality; style
- 性格 ― xìnggé ― temperament; nature
- (grammar) case
- 共格 ― gònggé ― comitative case
- 益格 ― yìgé ― benefactive case
- (mathematics) lattice; grid; cross-hatch; checkers
- 網格/网格 ― wǎnggé ― mesh; lattice
- 格子 ― gézǐ ― checkers; lattice
- (literary) to beat; to lash; to strike; to hit
- (Cantonese) partitioned cell; cubicle
- 臭格 [Cantonese] ― cau3 gaak3 ― holding cell (literally, “stinky cell”)
- 病格 [Cantonese] ― beng6 gaak3 ― cubicle of a ward
- 廁格/厕格 [Cantonese] ― ci3 gaak3 ― toilet cubicle
- † to come; to arrive; to go to
帝曰:「格,汝舜。詢事考言,乃言厎可績。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
帝曰:「格,汝舜。询事考言,乃言厎可绩。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dì yuē: “Gé, rǔ Shùn. Xún shì kǎo yán, nǎi yán zhǐ kě jì.”
- The Di said, "Come, you Shun. I have consulted you on affairs, and examined your words, and found that they can be carried into practice."
月正元日,舜格于文祖。 [Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]- From: The Book of Documents, circa 4th – 3rd century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Yuèzhēng yuánrì, Shùn gé yú wénzǔ.
- On the first day of the first month, Shun went to (the temple of) the Accomplished Ancestor.
- † to obstruct; to hinder
- † to investigate
- 22nd tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "resistance" (𝌛)
- (Hokkien) breed; body type (of certain poultry and livestock)
- (Hokkien) Classifier for graduation in a measuring container.
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to examine; to explore; to inspect; to check out (the reason, principle, etc.)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) to change the original structural layout (to increase number of spaces, etc.)
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) Used in place names to describe the topography of a watershed.
- (Zhangzhou Hokkien) to build by laying bricks or stones
- a surname
Synonyms
- 性子 (xìngzi) (of alcohol, drugs, etc.)
- 情調/情调 (qíngdiào)
- 特徵/特征 (tèzhēng)
- 特性 (tèxìng)
- 特色 (tèsè)
- 特點/特点 (tèdiǎn)
- 色彩 (sècǎi) (figurative)
- (to build by laying bricks or stones): 砌 (qì)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
Definitions
格
- An onomatopoeia.
Compounds
Etymology 3
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ka(:)k (“fork, branch, crotch”). Cognate with Apatani á-ha (“branch”), Mizo kâk (“fork of a tree”), Burmese အခက် (a.hkak, “tree branch”).
Attested since the Northern and Southern dynasties period. According to Schuessler (2007), the word may be much older as the graph already appeared in Zhou texts and was intended to mean "branch" (with 木 radical).
Pronunciation
Definitions
格
- † tree branch
Etymology 4
Checked-tone variant of 個/个.
Pronunciation
Definitions
格 (Wu)
- this
格是啥西? [Hangzhounese, trad. and simp.]- What is this?
- Alternative form of 個/个 (possessive particle)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
的 (“
possessive particle”)
Dialectal synonyms of
這 (“this”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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此, 斯, 是, 之, 茲 anteclassical, 夫, 爾
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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這
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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這
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Taiwan
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這
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Chengde
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這
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Chifeng
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這
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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這
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Heihe
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這
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Qiqihar
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這
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Jiamusi
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這
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Baicheng
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這
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Changchun
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這
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Tonghua
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這
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Shenyang
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這
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Jinzhou
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這
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Malaysia
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這
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Singapore
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這
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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這
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Tangshan
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這
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Cangzhou
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這
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Baoding
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這
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Shijiazhuang
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這
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Lijin
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這
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Jinan
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這
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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這
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Dandong
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這
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Yantai
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這
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Qingdao
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這
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Zhucheng
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這
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Lingbao
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這
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Jining
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這
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Linfen
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這
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Shangqiu
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這
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Yuanyang
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這
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Zhengzhou
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這
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Xinyang
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這
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Baihe
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這
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Xi'an
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這
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Baoji
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這
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Tianshui
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這
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Xining
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這
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Xuzhou
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這
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Pizhou
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這
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Ganyu
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這
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Donghai
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這
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Fuyang
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這
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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這
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Lanzhou
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這
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Dunhuang
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這
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Hami
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這
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Ürümqi
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這
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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這
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Nanchong
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這
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Dazhou
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這
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Hanyuan
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這
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Xichang
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這
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Zigong
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這
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Chongqing
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這
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Wuhan
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這
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Yichang
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這
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Tianmen
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這
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Guiyang
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這
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Zunyi
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這
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Bijie
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這
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Liping
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這
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Zhaotong
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這
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Dali
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這
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Kunming
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這
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Mengzi
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這
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Guilin
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這
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Liuzhou
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這
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Jishou
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這
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Changde
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這
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Hanzhong
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這
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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這
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Yangzhou
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這
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Baoying
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這
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Taizhou
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這
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Zhenjiang
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這
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Lianyungang
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這
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Huai'an (Huaiyin)
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這
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Lianshui
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這
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Xuyi
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這
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Nantong
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這
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Rugao
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這
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Yancheng
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這
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Funing
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這
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Sihong
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這
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Wuhu
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這
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Hefei
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這
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Hong'an
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這
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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呢, 依
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Hong Kong
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呢, 依
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Macau
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呢
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Taishan
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該
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Dongguan
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呢
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Yangjiang
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果
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Nanning
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阿
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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呢
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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呢, 依
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Gan
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Nanchang
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箇
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Nanchang (Wangcheng)
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箇
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Anyi
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箇
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Lushan
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箇
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Duchang
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箇
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Wuning (Quankou)
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該
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Poyang
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箇
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Yugan
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該
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Wannian
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該
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Yanshan
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這
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Yichun
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箇
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Yifeng
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箇
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Gao'an
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箇
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Fengxin
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箇
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Shanggao
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里
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Wanzai
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箇
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Fengcheng
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該
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Xinyu
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該
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Fuzhou (Shangdundu)
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該
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Fuzhou (Dongxiang)
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箇
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Nancheng
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箇
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Nanfeng
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箇
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Yihuang
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箇
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Lichuan
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該
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Chongren
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該
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Pingxiang
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該
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Ji'an
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蓋
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Taihe
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箇
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Xiajiang
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該
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Yingtan (Yujiang)
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箇
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Guixi
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箇
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Jianning
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個
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Jinxian
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箇
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Jinxi
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箇
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Le'an
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該
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Guangchang
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改
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Suichuan
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底
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Wan'an
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介
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Jing'an
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箇
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Zhangshu
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該
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Xingan
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個
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Fenyi
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改
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Hakka
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Changting
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爾
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Ninghua
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只
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Qingliu
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這
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Yudu
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底
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Ningdu
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底
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Ruijin
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底
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Shicheng
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底
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Xunwu
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底
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Huichang
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底
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Xingguo
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界
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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這
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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這
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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這
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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這
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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這
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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這
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Hong Kong
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這
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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爾
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Shexian
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這
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Wuyuan
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伊
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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這
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Yangyuan
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這
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Datong
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這
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Xinzhou
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這
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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這
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Changzhi
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這
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Linhe
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這
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Jining
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這
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Hohhot
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這
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Erenhot
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這
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Pingshan
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這
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Zhangjiakou
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這
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Handan
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這
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Suide
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這
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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𱕇
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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只, 者, 嚽
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Fuzhou (Changle)
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這
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Lianjiang
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這
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Fuqing
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者
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Pingtan
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這
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Yongtai
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這
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Minqing
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這
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Gutian
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這
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Pingnan
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這
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Luoyuan
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這
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Fu'an
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這
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Ningde
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這
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Xiapu
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這
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Zherong
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這
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Shouning
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這
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Zhouning
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這
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Fuding
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這
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Singapore (Fuqing)
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這
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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這
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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這
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Quanzhou
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只, 這
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Jinjiang
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這
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Nan'an
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這
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Shishi
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這
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Hui'an
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這
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Anxi
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這
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Yongchun
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這
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Dehua
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這
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Zhangzhou
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這
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Zhangzhou (Longhai)
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這
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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這
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Hua'an
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這
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Nanjing
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這
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Pinghe
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這
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Zhangpu
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這
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Yunxiao
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這
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Zhao'an
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只
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Dongshan
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這
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Taipei
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這
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Kinmen
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這
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Penang (Hokkien)
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這
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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這
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Manila (Hokkien)
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這
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Longyan
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迄好
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Zhangping
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這
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Chaozhou
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只
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Shantou
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只
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Jieyang
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只
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Haifeng
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只
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Singapore (Teochew)
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只
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Batam (Teochew)
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只
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Wenchang
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這
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Haikou
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這
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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這
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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只蜀
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Xianyou
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只蜀
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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這
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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這
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Shaojiang Min
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Guangze
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當
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Jiangle
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者
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Mingxi
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只
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Shunchang
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這
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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亞
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Shehua
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Cangnan
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這
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Jingning (Hexi)
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個
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Wu
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Shanghai
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搿, 迭 dated, 第 obsolete
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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搿
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Shanghai (Fengxian)
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格
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Shanghai (Jinshan)
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格
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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吉, 講, 葛 also that
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Suzhou
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該, 搿
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Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
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個
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Wuxi
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意
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Changshu
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俚
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Jiaxing
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葛
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Jiashan
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葛
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Pinghu
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葛
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Haining (Yanguan)
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葛
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Tongxiang
|
葛
|
Haiyan
|
葛
|
Changzhou
|
資
|
Danyang
|
格
|
Gaochun
|
格
|
Huzhou
|
格
|
Changxing
|
格
|
Anji
|
格
|
Deqing
|
葛
|
Hangzhou
|
葛
|
Hangzhou (Yuhang)
|
葛
|
Hangzhou (Lin'an)
|
葛
|
Hangzhou (Fuyang)
|
葛
|
Tonglu
|
葛
|
Tonglu (Wusheng)
|
個個
|
Shaoxing
|
咸
|
Zhuji
|
咸
|
Shengzhou
|
咸
|
Xinchang
|
咸
|
Ningbo
|
葛
|
Ningbo (Zhenhai)
|
葛
|
Yuyao
|
耶
|
Cixi
|
葛
|
Taizhou (Huangyan)
|
葛
|
Tiantai
|
葛
|
Sanmen
|
葛
|
Wenling
|
葛, 格
|
Wenzhou
|
個
|
Yueqing
|
個
|
Yongjia (Fenglin)
|
個
|
Rui'an
|
個
|
Pingyang
|
個
|
Taishun
|
這
|
Wencheng
|
個
|
Lishui
|
已
|
Qingtian
|
已
|
Jinyun
|
已
|
Songyang (Xiping)
|
益
|
Yunhe
|
益
|
Qingyuan
|
這
|
Longquan
|
搭
|
Suichang
|
益
|
Jiangshan
|
益
|
Changshan
|
益
|
Kaihua
|
益
|
Longyou
|
個
|
Jinhua
|
等, 待
|
Yiwu
|
吾
|
Yongkang
|
個
|
Pujiang
|
這, 吉
|
Dongyang
|
個
|
Wuyi
|
愛個
|
Lanxi
|
個
|
Shangrao
|
這
|
Shangrao (Guangfeng)
|
伊
|
Yushan
|
伊
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
咯
|
Shuangfeng
|
咯
|
References
Japanese
Kanji
格
(grade 5 “Kyōiku” kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Noun
格 • (kaku)
- status, rank
- (grammar) case (of a word)
- capacity
- character
- case (law)
Proper noun
格 • (Itaru)
- a male given name
格 • (Kaku)
- a male given name
格 • (Tōru)
- a male given name
Korean
Etymology 1
From Middle Chinese 格 (MC kaek).
Hanja
格 (eumhun 바로잡을 격 (barojabeul gyeok))
- Hanja form? of 격 (“status”).
Compounds
Etymology 2
Hanja
格 (eumhun 가지 각 (gaji gak))
- (literary Chinese) Hanja form? of 각 (“tree branch”).
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
格: Hán Nôm readings: cách, ghếch
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