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Translingual
Han character
皂 (Kangxi radical 106, 白+2, 7 strokes, cangjie input 竹日心 (HAP), four-corner 26711, composition ⿱白七)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 786, character 3
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 22685
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2644, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7682
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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早
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*ʔsuːʔ
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草
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*sʰuːʔ
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愺
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*sʰuːʔ
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騲
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*sʰuːʔ
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皁
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*zuːʔ
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皂
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*zuːʔ
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Variant form of 皁 / 皂 (zào), in turn a variant form of 早 retaining its original sense "acorn" (see there for more).
Pronunciation
Note:
- chō/chǒ͘ - literary;
- chǒ - vernacular;
- chô - vernacular (俗).
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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皂
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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16551
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Phonetic component
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早
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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皁
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Old Chinese
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/*zuːʔ/
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Notes
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皁字注俗體,折筆以轉註分化
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Definitions
皂
- black
- 不分青紅皂白/不分青红皂白 ― bùfēnqīnghóngzàobái ― (literally) to not distinguish between blue-green, red, black and white.
- Short for 皂斗 (“acorn”).
- Short for 皂莢/皂荚 (zàojiá, “Chinese honey locust (Gleditsia sinensis)”).
- soap
- Synonym: 肥皂 (féizào)
- 香皂 ― xiāngzào ― scented soap
- † yamen runner
- Synonym: 差役 (chāiyì)
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
肥皂 (“soap”)
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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皂
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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肥皂
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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肥皂, 胰子
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Taiwan
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肥皂
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Langfang
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胰子
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Chengde
|
肥皂
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Chifeng
|
肥皂
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
肥皂
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Heihe
|
肥皂
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Qiqihar
|
肥皂
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Harbin
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胰子, 大胰子, 肥皂
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Jiamusi
|
肥皂
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Baicheng
|
肥皂
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Changchun
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胰子
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Tonghua
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肥皂, 胰子
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Shenyang
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肥皂, 胰子, 黃胰子, 洗衣裳胰子
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Jinzhou
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Malaysia
|
肥皂
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Singapore
|
肥皂
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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胰子
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Tangshan
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肥皂, 胰子
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Cangzhou
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Baoding
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肥皂, 胰子
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Shijiazhuang
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Lijin
|
肥皂
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Jinan
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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胰子
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Dandong
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肥皂, 洗衣裳胰子
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Yantai
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胰子
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Yantai (Muping)
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胰子
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Qingdao
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肥皂, 胰子
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Zhucheng
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
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胰子, 洋鹼
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Lingbao
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
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Jining
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Daming
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胰子
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Wanrong
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洋鹼
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Linfen
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臭胰子
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Shangqiu
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
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Yuanyang
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Zhengzhou
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肥皂, 胰子, 洋鹼
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Xinyang
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Baihe
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
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Xi'an
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Baoji
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Tianshui
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Xining
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胰子, 肥皂
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Xuzhou
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肥皂, 胰子, 粗胰子
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Fuyang
|
肥皂, 胰子
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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胰子
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Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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胰子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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洋胰子, 肥皂
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Lanzhou
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肥皂, 胰子
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Dunhuang
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肥皂, 胰子
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Hami
|
肥皂
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Ürümqi
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肥皂, 胰子
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Jimsar
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胰子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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洋鹼, 肥皂
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Nanchong
|
肥皂
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Dazhou
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Hanyuan
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Xichang
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肥皂
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Zigong
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Chongqing
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Wuhan
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肥皂
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Yichang
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肥皂
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Xiangyang
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肥皂, 洋胰子
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Tianmen
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Guiyang
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洋鹼, 肥皂, 胰子
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Zunyi
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肥皂
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Bijie
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肥皂
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Liping
|
肥皂
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Zhaotong
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洋鹼
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Dali
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洋鹼
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Kunming
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肥皂, 洋鹼, 胰子
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Mengzi
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Guilin
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Pingle
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肥皂
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Liuzhou
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肥皂, 洋鹼, 鹼
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Luzhai
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肥皂
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Nanning (Wuming)
|
肥皂
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Hechi (Yizhou)
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Jishou
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Changde
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Hanzhong
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肥皂
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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草飆
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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草飆
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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草飆
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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肥皂
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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洋胰子, 肥皂
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Yangzhou
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洋胰子, 肥皂
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Lianyungang
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Lianshui
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肥皂, 胰子, 洋鹼
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Nantong
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洋鹼
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Anqing
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肥皂
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Wuhu
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肥皂
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Hefei
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肥皂, 洋胰子
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Hong'an
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肥皂, 臭肥皂, 鹼
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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番鹼, 鹼
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Hong Kong
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番鹼, 鹼
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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番鹼
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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番鹼
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
番鹼
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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番鹼
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Macau
|
番鹼
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
番鹼
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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番鹼
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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番鹼
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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番鹼
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Foshan
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番鹼
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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番鹼
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Foshan (Shunde)
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番鹼
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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番鹼
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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番鹼
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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番鹼
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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番鹼
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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番鹼
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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番鹼
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
番鹼
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
番鹼
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Taishan
|
番鹼
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Kaiping (Chikan)
|
番鹼
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Enping (Niujiang)
|
番鹼
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Heshan (Yayao)
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番鹼
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Dongguan
|
番鹼
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
番鹼
|
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
番鹼
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Qingyuan
|
番鹼
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Fogang
|
番鹼
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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番鹼
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Yangshan
|
番鹼
|
Lianshan (Butian)
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鹼
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Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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番鹼
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Shaoguan
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番鹼
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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番鹼
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Renhua
|
番鹼
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Lechang
|
番鹼
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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鹼
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Sihui
|
番鹼
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Guangning
|
番鹼
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Deqing
|
番鹼
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Huaiji
|
番鹼
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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洋鹼
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Yunfu
|
番鹼
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Xinxing
|
番鹼
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Luoding
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番鹼
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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鹼
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Yangjiang
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番鹼, 鹼
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Xinyi
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番鹼
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Lianjiang
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番鹼
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Nanning
|
鹼
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Wuzhou
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鹼
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Yulin
|
鹼
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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鹼
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Hepu (Shatian)
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番鹼
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Guiping
|
鹼
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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鹼
|
Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
鹼
|
Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
鹼
|
Baise
|
鹼
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Bobai
|
鹼
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Lingshan
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鹼
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Pubei
|
鹼
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Qinzhou
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洋鹼
|
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
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鹼
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Beihai
|
洋鹼, 鹼
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Beihai (Nankang)
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番鹼
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
鹼
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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番鹼
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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番鹼
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Ningming
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洋鹼
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Hengzhou
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鹼
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Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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鹼
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
鹼
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Danzhou
|
鹼
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
番鹼
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Singapore (Guangfu)
|
番鹼
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
番鹼
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Móng Cái
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鹼
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Yangon (Taishan)
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番鹼
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Bangkok (Guangfu)
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番鹼
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Betong (Rongxian)
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番鹼
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Gan
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Nanchang
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Lichuan
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鹼
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Pingxiang
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肥皂, 洋鹼
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Hakka
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Meixian
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番鹼
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Xingning
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番鹼
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
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Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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番鹼
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Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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番鹼
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Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Huidong (Daling)
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番鹼
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
番鹼
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Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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番鹼
|
Boluo (Bendihua)
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番鹼
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
番鹼
|
Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
番鹼
|
Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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番鹼
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
番鹼
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
番鹼
|
Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
番鹼, 鹼
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Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Wengyuan
|
番鹼
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
鹼
|
Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
番鹼
|
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
番鹼
|
Liannan
|
番鹼
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
番鹼
|
Jiexi
|
番鹼
|
Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
番子蠟
|
Changting
|
胰子
|
Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
番鹼, 色文
|
Wuping
|
洋膏, 番鹼
|
Wuping (Yanqian)
|
番鹼
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
番鹼
|
Liancheng
|
洋鹼
|
Ninghua
|
胰子
|
Yudu
|
胰子, 洋鹼
|
Ningdu
|
鬼子膏
|
Ruijin
|
胰子
|
Shicheng
|
肥皂
|
Shangyou (Shexi)
|
洋鹼
|
Tonggu (Sandu)
|
洋鹼
|
Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
胰子
|
Dayu
|
洋鹼
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
茶箍, 石鹼
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
茶箍, 番鹼, 石鹼
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
茶箍, 石鹼
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
茶箍, 石鹼
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
茶箍, 石鹼
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
茶箍, 石鹼
|
Hong Kong
|
番鹼
|
Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
鹼
|
Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
鹼
|
Xinyi (Sihe)
|
鹼
|
Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
番鹼
|
Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
番鹼
|
Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
番鹼
|
Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
洗衫鹼
|
Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
肥鹼
|
Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
鹼
|
Mengshan (Xihe)
|
洋鹼
|
Luchuan
|
洋鹼
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
肥皂
|
Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
鹼
|
Mashan (Pianlian)
|
洋鹼
|
Pingle (Tong'an)
|
洋鹼
|
Yangshuo (Jinbao)
|
洋鹼, 肥皂
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
番鹼
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
番鹼
|
Senai (Hepo)
|
番鹼
|
Singkawang
|
雪文
|
Singapore (Meixian)
|
番鹼
|
Singapore (Dabu)
|
番鹼
|
Bangkok (Meixian)
|
番鹼, 茶箍
|
Bangkok (Fengshun)
|
餅藥
|
Bangkok (Jiexi)
|
餅藥, 雪文
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
肥皂, 肥珠, 洋肥皂, 洋肥珠
|
Shexian
|
肥皂, 肥珠
|
Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
肥皂
|
Xiuning
|
洋肥皂, 肥皂
|
Yixian
|
肥皂, 肥珠
|
Qimen
|
肥皂
|
Wuyuan
|
肥皂, 肥珠
|
Fuliang
|
洋肥珠
|
Dexing
|
洋鹼
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
胰子, 洋胰子, 肥皂
|
Pingyao
|
胰子
|
Yangyuan
|
肥皂, 胰子
|
Datong
|
胰子
|
Xinzhou
|
胰子, 洗衣裳胰子
|
Lüliang (Lishi)
|
肥皂, 胰子
|
Changzhi
|
胰子
|
Linhe
|
肥皂
|
Jining
|
肥皂
|
Hohhot
|
肥皂
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Erenhot
|
肥皂
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Pingshan
|
胰子
|
Zhangjiakou
|
肥皂, 胰子
|
Handan
|
肥皂, 洗衣裳胰子
|
Linzhou
|
肥皂
|
Suide
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
胰仔
|
Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
胰仔
|
Songxi
|
番仔鹼
|
Zhenghe
|
胰仔
|
Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
胰仔
|
Jianyang
|
鬼仔鹼
|
Wuyishan
|
番鬼鹼
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
鬼仔蠟
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
胰皂
|
Fuzhou (Changle)
|
胰皂
|
Fuqing
|
胰皂
|
Pingtan
|
胰皂
|
Yongtai
|
胰皂
|
Gutian
|
胰皂
|
Fu'an
|
胰皂
|
Ningde
|
胰皂
|
Shouning
|
胰皂
|
Zhouning
|
胰皂
|
Fuding
|
蠟
|
Matsu
|
胰皂
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
雪文, 油胰
|
Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
雪文
|
Quanzhou
|
雪文, 胰
|
Jinjiang
|
雪文
|
Nan'an
|
雪文
|
Shishi
|
雪文
|
Hui'an
|
雪文
|
Anxi
|
雪文
|
Yongchun
|
雪文, 鹼
|
Dehua
|
雪文
|
Zhangzhou
|
雪文
|
Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
雪文
|
Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
雪文
|
Hua'an
|
鹼
|
Nanjing
|
雪文, 番仔蠟
|
Pinghe
|
雪文, 番仔蠟
|
Zhangpu
|
雪文, 番仔蠟
|
Yunxiao
|
蠟, 番仔蠟
|
Zhao'an
|
番仔蠟
|
Dongshan
|
番仔蠟
|
Taipei
|
雪文
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
雪文
|
Kaohsiung
|
雪文
|
Yilan
|
雪文
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
雪文, 茶箍
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Taichung
|
茶箍
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Taichung (Wuqi)
|
茶箍
|
Tainan
|
雪文
|
Taitung
|
茶箍
|
Hsinchu
|
茶箍, 雪文
|
Kinmen
|
油胰, 雪文, 茶箍
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Penghu (Magong)
|
雪文
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
雪文
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
雪文
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
雪文
|
Longyan
|
番仔鹼
|
Zhangping
|
番仔鹼, 鹼
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
蠟, 洗衫蠟
|
Datian
|
蠟
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
鹼
|
Chaozhou
|
餅藥
|
Shantou
|
餅藥
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
餅藥
|
Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
餅藥
|
Jieyang
|
餅藥
|
Lufeng
|
番鹼
|
Haifeng
|
番仔鹼
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
餅藥, 雪文
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Chiang Mai (Teochew)
|
餅藥, 雪文
|
Hat Yai (Teochew)
|
雪文
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
雪文
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
雪文
|
Batam (Teochew)
|
雪文
|
Pontianak (Teochew)
|
雪文
|
Leizhou
|
鹼, 番鬼鹼
|
Wenchang
|
差文, 肥皂
|
Haikou
|
番鬼鹼, 油糠, 番鬼油糠
|
Qionghai
|
差文
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
差文
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
胰皂, 胰蠟
|
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
胰蠟
|
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
胰蠟
|
Xianyou
|
胰皂, 油皂, 胰蠟, 番囝膫
|
Xianyou (Fengting)
|
胰蠟
|
Xianyou (Youyang)
|
胰蠟
|
Fuding (Aoyao)
|
蠟
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
番仔蠟
|
Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
番仔蠟
|
Sanming (Shaxian)
|
洋鹼
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
番鹼
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
番鹼
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
鹼, 洋鹼, 洗衫鹼
|
Nanning (Xinxu)
|
洋鹼
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
|
Lingchuan (Sanjie)
|
洋鹼
|
Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
洋鹼
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
肥皂
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
肥皂
|
Suzhou
|
肥皂
|
Wuxi
|
肥皂
|
Danyang
|
洋鹼, 肥皂, 洋礬
|
Hangzhou
|
肥皂, 洋肥皂
|
Ningbo
|
肥皂
|
Wenzhou
|
洋皂, 油皂, 番皂
|
Jinhua
|
肥皂, 洋肥皂
|
Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
洋肥皂
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
肥皂, 胰子油 dated
|
Loudi
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
|
Shuangfeng
|
肥皂, 洋鹼
|
Hengyang
|
肥皂, 胰子油
|
Quanzhou
|
洋鹼
|
Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
洋鹼
|
Compounds
Vietnamese
Han character
皂: Hán Việt readings: tạo[1], sàu, sạu, tạu, sạo
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