| turtle; tortoise; Mauremys reevesii | minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (烏龜仔) | 烏龜 | 仔 | |
| simp. (乌龟仔) | 乌龟 | 仔 | |
烏龜仔
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 瓢蟲 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 花大姐, 花布手巾 |
| Taiwan | 瓢蟲 | |
| Harbin | 花大姐 | |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 花大姐 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 花大姐 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 花花媳婦 |
| Xi'an | 花裹肚兒 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 花媳婦兒, 花大姐 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 瓢蟲, 花姑娘兒 |
| Wuhan | 花殼子蟲, 殼子蟲 | |
| Guiyang | 花姑娘 | |
| Liuzhou | 瓢蟲 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 花和尚 |
| Yangzhou | 瓢蟲, 花烏龜 | |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 花姑娘 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 花蘿蟲 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 花蛄仔 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 花大姐 |
| Xinzhou | 花媳婦兒 | |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 烏龜仔 |
| Quanzhou | 烏龜仔 | |
| Zhangzhou | 烏龜仔 | |
| Tainan | 珠仔龜 GT | |
| Chaozhou | 紅先生 | |
| Jieyang | 紅先生 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 瓢蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 花姑娘 |
| Danyang | 花姑娘 | |
| Hangzhou | 瓢瓢蟲兒 | |
| Ningbo | 瓢蟲 | |
| Jinhua | 花烏龜兒, 硬殼蟲 | |
| Note | GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified) | |