|
Old Chinese
|
旻
|
*mrɯn
|
旼
|
*mrɯn
|
汶
|
*mrɯn, *mɯn, *mɯns
|
忞
|
*mrɯn
|
盿
|
*mrɯn
|
枚
|
*mɯːl
|
玫
|
*mɯːl
|
玟
|
*mɯːl
|
文
|
*mɯn
|
紋
|
*mɯn
|
蚊
|
*mɯn
|
雯
|
*mɯn
|
彣
|
*mɯn
|
馼
|
*mɯn
|
鳼
|
*mɯn
|
鼤
|
*mɯn, *mɯns
|
抆
|
*mɯnʔ, *mɯns
|
紊
|
*mɯns
|
Phono-semantic compound (形聲/形声, OC *mɯn) : semantic 虫 (“insect”) + phonetic 文 (OC *mɯn).
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *muujs with a nominal suffix *-n (Schuessler, 2007). Compare Khmer មូស (muuh), Vietnamese muỗi.
Note: man4 - literary, rare.
Note:
- mun4* - standalone word;
- mun4 - in compounds.
Note:
- muòng - vernacular (used in 風蚊);
- ùng - literary.
Note:
- men1 - vernacular;
- un2 - literary.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
|
Character
|
蚊
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
|
wén
|
Middle Chinese
|
‹ mjun ›
|
Old Chinese
|
/*C.mə[r]/
|
English
|
mosquito
|
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
|
Zhengzhang system (2003)
|
Character
|
蚊
|
Reading #
|
1/1
|
No.
|
13017
|
Phonetic component
|
文
|
Rime group
|
文
|
Rime subdivision
|
1
|
Corresponding MC rime
|
文
|
Old Chinese
|
/*mɯn/
|
Notes
|
說文俗同蟁
|
蚊
- mosquito (Classifier: 隻/只 c)
Dialectal synonyms of 蚊子 (“mosquito”) [map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Classical Chinese
|
蚊
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
蚊子, 蚊
|
Taxonomic name
|
蚊
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
蚊子
|
Taiwan
|
蚊子
|
Chengde
|
蚊子
|
Chifeng
|
蚊子
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
蚊子
|
Heihe
|
蚊子
|
Qiqihar
|
蚊子
|
Harbin
|
蚊子
|
Jiamusi
|
蚊子
|
Baicheng
|
蚊子
|
Changchun
|
蚊子
|
Tonghua
|
蚊子
|
Shenyang
|
蚊子
|
Jinzhou
|
蚊子
|
Malaysia
|
蚊子
|
Singapore
|
蚊子
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
蚊子
|
Tangshan
|
蚊子
|
Cangzhou
|
蚊子
|
Baoding
|
蚊子
|
Shijiazhuang
|
蚊子
|
Lijin
|
蚊子
|
Jinan
|
蚊子
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
蚊子
|
Dandong
|
蚊子
|
Yantai
|
蚊子
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
蚊子
|
Qingdao
|
蚊子
|
Zhucheng
|
蚊子
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
蚊子
|
Lingbao
|
蚊子
|
Jining
|
蚊子
|
Wanrong
|
蚊子
|
Wanrong (Ronghe)
|
長腿子
|
Linfen
|
蚊子
|
Shangqiu
|
蚊子
|
Yuanyang
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Zhengzhou
|
蚊
|
Xinyang
|
蚊子
|
Baihe
|
夜蚊子
|
Xi'an
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Baoji
|
蚊子
|
Tianshui
|
蚊子
|
Xining
|
蚊子
|
Xuzhou
|
蚊子
|
Fuyang
|
蚊子
|
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
蚊子
|
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
蚊子
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
蚊子
|
Lanzhou
|
蚊子
|
Dunhuang
|
蚊子
|
Hami
|
蚊子
|
Ürümqi
|
蚊子
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
蚊子
|
Nanchong
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Dazhou
|
夜蚊子
|
Hanyuan
|
床腳蚊
|
Xichang
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Zigong
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Chongqing
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Wuhan
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Yichang
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Xiangyang
|
蚊子
|
Tianmen
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Guiyang
|
蚊子, 尖嘴蚊
|
Zunyi
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Bijie
|
蚊子, 夜蚊子
|
Liping
|
蚊子, 長腳蚊子
|
Zhaotong
|
蚊蟲
|
Dali
|
蚊子
|
Kunming
|
蚊子
|
Mengzi
|
蚊子
|
Guilin
|
蚊子
|
Pingle
|
蚊蟲
|
Liuzhou
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Luzhai
|
蚊蟲
|
Tianlin (Langping)
|
嘎公蚊
|
Jishou
|
長腳蚊
|
Changde
|
釘人蚊子
|
Hanzhong
|
蚊子
|
Kokang
|
蚊子
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
蚊子
|
Yangzhou
|
蚊子
|
Lianyungang
|
蚊蚤
|
Lianshui
|
蚊蚤
|
Nantong
|
蚊子
|
Anqing
|
蚊子
|
Wuhu
|
蚊子
|
Hefei
|
蚊子
|
Hong'an
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
蚊
|
Hong Kong
|
蚊
|
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
蚊
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
蚊
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
蚊
|
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
蚊
|
Macau
|
蚊
|
Macau (Tanka)
|
蚊
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
蚊
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
蚊
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
蚊
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
蚊
|
Foshan
|
蚊
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
蚊
|
Foshan (Shunde)
|
蚊
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
蚊
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
蚊
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
蚊
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
蚊
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
蚊
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
蚊
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
蚊
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
蚊
|
Taishan
|
蚊
|
Kaiping (Chikan)
|
蚊
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
蚊
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
蚊
|
Dongguan
|
蚊
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
蚊
|
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
蚊
|
Qingyuan
|
蚊仔
|
Fogang
|
蚊仔
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
蚊仔
|
Yangshan
|
蚊仔
|
Lianshan (Butian)
|
蚊子
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
蚊仔
|
Shaoguan
|
蚊仔, 蚊
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
蚊
|
Renhua
|
蚊仔
|
Lechang
|
蚊仔
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
蚊仔, 蚊
|
Sihui
|
蚊仔
|
Guangning
|
蚊仔
|
Deqing
|
蚊
|
Huaiji
|
蚊仔
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
蚊仔
|
Yunfu
|
蚊仔
|
Xinxing
|
蚊仔
|
Luoding
|
蚊仔
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
蚊兒
|
Yangjiang
|
蚊蟲
|
Xinyi
|
蚊子
|
Lianjiang
|
蚊子, 蚊
|
Nanning
|
蚊
|
Nanning (Tanka)
|
蚊
|
Wuzhou
|
蚊
|
Yulin
|
蚊子
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
蚊, 蚊子
|
Hepu (Shatian)
|
蚊仔, 蚊蟲
|
Baise
|
蚊
|
Qinzhou
|
蚊蟲, 花蚊
|
Qinzhou (Changtan)
|
蚊子, 花蚊
|
Qinzhou (Xiniujiao)
|
蚊子
|
Beihai
|
蚊
|
Beihai (Nankang)
|
蚊子
|
Beihai (Yingpan)
|
蚊子
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
蚊蟲
|
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
蚊
|
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
蚊蟲
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
蚊
|
Penang (Guangfu)
|
蚊
|
Ipoh (Guangfu)
|
蚊
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
蚊
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
蚊
|
Móng Cái
|
蚊蟲
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蚊蟲
|
Pengze
|
蚊蟲
|
Lichuan
|
蚊仔
|
Pingxiang
|
蚊子
|
Liuyang
|
蚊哩
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
蚊仔
|
Xingning
|
蚊哩
|
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
蚊
|
Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
蚊
|
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
蚊
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
蚊家
|
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
蚊哩
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
蚊哩
|
Wuhua (Changbu)
|
蚊家
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
蚊家
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
蚊
|
Yudu
|
蚊子
|
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
蚊仔
|
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
蚊仔
|
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
蚊仔
|
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
蚊
|
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
蚊仔, 蚊
|
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
蚊
|
Hong Kong
|
蚊
|
Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
蚊子
|
Sabah (Longchuan)
|
蚊仔
|
Senai (Huiyang)
|
蚊
|
Singkawang
|
蚊
|
Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
蚊蟲
|
Shexian
|
蚊蟲
|
Wuyuan
|
蚊蟲
|
Fuliang
|
蚊蟲兒, 蚊蟲
|
Dexing
|
蚊蟲
|
Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
蚊子
|
Yangyuan
|
蚊子
|
Datong
|
蚊子
|
Xinzhou
|
蚊子, 蠅蚊子
|
Lüliang (Lishi)
|
蠓子
|
Changzhi
|
蚊子
|
Linhe
|
蚊子
|
Jining
|
蚊子
|
Hohhot
|
蚊子
|
Erenhot
|
蚊子
|
Pingshan
|
蚊子
|
Zhangjiakou
|
蚊子
|
Handan
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Linzhou
|
蚊哦
|
Suide
|
蠓子
|
Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
蠓
|
Songxi
|
蠓
|
Zhenghe
|
蠓仔
|
Jianyang
|
蠓
|
Wuyishan
|
蠓仔
|
Pucheng (Shibei)
|
蠓仔
|
Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
風蚊
|
Fuqing
|
蠓
|
Matsu
|
風蚊
|
Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲
|
Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
蠓仔
|
Quanzhou
|
蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲
|
Jinjiang
|
蠓
|
Yongchun
|
蠓囝
|
Zhangzhou
|
蠓仔, 蠓, 蠓蟲
|
Taipei
|
烏司蠓仔, 烏蝛, 蠓仔, 躼跤蠓
|
New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
花蠓, 烏司蠓, 蠓, 躼跤蠓
|
Kaohsiung
|
烏蝛, 蠓仔, 躼跤蠓
|
Yilan
|
烏蝛仔, 蠓, 躼跤蠓
|
Changhua (Lukang)
|
烏蝛仔蠓, 草蠓, 蠓
|
Taichung
|
蠓仔
|
Tainan
|
烏蝛, 蠓仔
|
Hsinchu
|
蠓仔
|
Kinmen
|
蠓
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
蠓
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
蠓
|
Singapore (Hokkien)
|
蠓
|
Manila (Hokkien)
|
蠓, 蠓仔
|
Longyan
|
蠓
|
Datian
|
蠓
|
Shunchang (Pushang)
|
蠓
|
Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
蚊仔
|
Chaozhou
|
蠓
|
Shantou
|
蠓
|
Shantou (Chenghai)
|
蠓
|
Jieyang
|
蠓
|
Haifeng
|
蠓
|
Bangkok (Teochew)
|
蠓
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
蠓
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
蠓
|
Pontianak (Teochew)
|
蠓
|
Leizhou
|
蠓
|
Haikou
|
蠓
|
Singapore (Hainanese)
|
蠓
|
Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
蠓
|
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
蠓
|
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
蠓
|
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
蠓
|
Xianyou
|
蠓
|
Xianyou (Fengting)
|
蠓
|
Xianyou (Youyang)
|
蠓
|
Fuding (Aoyao)
|
蠓
|
Shaojiang Min
|
Shaowu
|
蚊兒
|
Guangze
|
蜢兒
|
Jiangle
|
蚊
|
Mingxi
|
蚊子
|
Shunchang
|
蚊仔
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
蚊
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
蠓
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
蚊子
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
蚊蟲
|
Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
長腳蚊
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
蚊子, 蚊蟲
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
蚊子
|
Suzhou
|
蚊子
|
Danyang
|
蚊子
|
Hangzhou
|
蚊子
|
Ningbo
|
蚊蟲
|
Wenzhou
|
蚊蟲
|
Jinhua
|
蚊蟲
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
夜蚊子, 蚊子
|
Xiangtan
|
蚊子
|
Loudi
|
蚊子
|
Shuangfeng
|
齧人蚊子, 蚊子
|
Quanzhou
|
蚊蟲
|
Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
長腳蚊
|
Dong'an
|
長腳蚊子
|
Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
蚊嘀
|
Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
蚊哩
|
Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
蚊哩
|
Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
蚊哩
|
Renhua (Shitang)
|
蚊
|
Renhua (Songwei, Guitou)
|
蚊
|
Lechang (Changlai)
|
蚊
|
Lechang (Beixiang)
|
蚊咯, 蚊得
|
Lechang (Huangpu)
|
蠓蟲
|
Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
蠓蟲
|
Lechang (Sanxi)
|
蠓蟲
|
From 文 (man4, “classifier for copper coins”).
蚊
- (Cantonese) Classifier for money: yuan; dollar; buck; ringgit; dong
- 兩百蚊/两百蚊 [Cantonese] ― loeng5 baak3 man4-1 [Jyutping] ― two hundred bucks
Dialectal synonyms of 元 (“yuan; dollar”) [map]
Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
圓, 元
|
Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
塊
|
Taiwan
|
塊
|
Harbin
|
塊
|
Malaysia
|
塊
|
Singapore
|
塊
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
塊
|
Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
塊
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
塊
|
Wanrong
|
塊
|
Xi'an
|
塊
|
Xining
|
塊
|
Xuzhou
|
塊
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
塊
|
Lanzhou
|
塊
|
Ürümqi
|
塊
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
塊
|
Wuhan
|
塊
|
Guiyang
|
塊
|
Guilin
|
塊
|
Liuzhou
|
塊
|
Nanning (Wuming)
|
塊
|
Shanglin (Sanli)
|
塊
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
塊
|
Yangzhou
|
塊
|
Hefei
|
塊
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀
|
Hong Kong
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蚊, 蚊雞, 雞士, 個, 銀, 雞嘢
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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蚊
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Macau
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蚊
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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蚊
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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蚊
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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蚊
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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蚊
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Foshan
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蚊
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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文
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Foshan (Shunde)
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蚊
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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蚊雞
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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蚊雞
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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蚊
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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蚊
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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蚊
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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蚊
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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蚊
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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蚊
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Taishan
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蚊
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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蚊
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Enping (Niujiang)
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蚊
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Heshan (Yayao)
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蚊
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Dongguan
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蚊, 蚊雞
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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蚊
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Qingyuan
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蚊
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Fogang
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蚊
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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蚊
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Yangshan
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蚊
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Lianshan (Butian)
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蚊
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Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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蚊
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Shaoguan
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蚊
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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蚊
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Renhua
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蚊雞
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Lechang
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蚊
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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蚊
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Sihui
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蚊雞
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Deqing
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蚊
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Huaiji
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蚊
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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蚊
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Yunfu
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蚊
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Xinxing
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蚊
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Luoding
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蚊
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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蚊
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Yangjiang
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蚊, 個
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Lianjiang
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蚊
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Nanning
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蚊
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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蚊
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Qinzhou
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蚊
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Beihai
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蚊
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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蚊
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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蚊
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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蚊
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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箍, 蚊
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Penang (Guangfu)
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蚊
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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蚊, 箍
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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蚊
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Móng Cái
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蚊
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Gan
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Nanchang
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塊
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Lichuan
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塊
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Pingxiang
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塊
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Hakka
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Meixian
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塊
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Xingning
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吊
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Yudu
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塊
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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個
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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個
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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個
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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個
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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個
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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銀, 箍
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Hong Kong
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塊, 蚊
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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箍
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Senai (Huiyang)
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箍
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Kuching (Hepo)
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箍
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Singkawang
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盾
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Singapore (Dabu)
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箍
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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塊
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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塊
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Xinzhou
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塊
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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塊
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Pucheng (Shibei)
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塊
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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塊
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Fuqing
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塊
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Matsu
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塊
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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箍
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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箍
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Quanzhou
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箍
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Shishi
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箍
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Zhangzhou
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箍
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Zhao'an
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箍
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Dongshan
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箍
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Taipei
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箍
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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箍
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Kaohsiung
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箍
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Yilan
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箍
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Changhua (Lukang)
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箍
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Taichung
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箍
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Tainan
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箍
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Hsinchu
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箍
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Kinmen
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箍
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Penghu (Magong)
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箍
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Penang (Hokkien)
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箍
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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箍
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Manila (Hokkien)
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箍
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Chaozhou
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銀, 箍, 個, 個銀
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Shantou
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銀, 個, 箍 dated, 個銀
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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銀
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Jieyang
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個, 個銀
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Haifeng
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個銀
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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箍
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Singapore (Teochew)
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箍, 個銀
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Leizhou
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個
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Wenchang
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銀, 個
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Haikou
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個銀, 銀
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Qionghai
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銀
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Singapore (Hainanese)
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箍
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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個
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Xianyou
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個
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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蚊
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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蚊, 蚊雞
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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塊
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Wu
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Shanghai
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塊
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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塊
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Suzhou
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塊
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Danyang
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塊
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Hangzhou
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塊
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Wenzhou
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個
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Jinhua
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塊
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Xiang
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Changsha
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塊
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Loudi
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塊
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Shuangfeng
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塊
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Quanzhou
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塊
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Cognate to Taishanese (and other Siyi dialects) 民 (min2), as in 細民仔/细民仔.
Schuessler (2007) suggests that it may come from the same etymon that gives 便 (OC *ben) as in 便嬖 (OC *ben peːɡs), which he relates to Proto-Kam-Sui *mpaːn¹ (“male (person)”) and Proto-Hlai *C-maːn (“male (person)”).
蚊
- (Cantonese) Used in terms for people.
蚊
(Jōyō kanji)
- mosquito
From Old Japanese. Possibly related to 噛む (kamu, “to bite”) or 痒い (kayui, “itchy”), although the ultimate derivation remains unknown.
蚊 • (ka)
- mosquito
Cognate with 蚊 (ka). Likely pronounced long due to being a single mora. Elongation of single mora words is still seen in the Ōsaka dialect with words like teː "hand" from te. The 794 quotation is the oldest extant example of a long vowel in Japanese.
蚊 • (kā)
- mosquito
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- Unknown (794) Yoshinori Kobayashi, editor, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki (Kojisho Ongi Shūsei) (in Japanese), volume 1, Kyūko Shoin, published 1978, →ISBN.
- Tsukishima, Hiroshi (1079) Kojisho Ongi Shūsei 12: Konkōmyō Saishōōkyō Ongi (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, published 1979, →ISBN.
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蚊: Hán Nôm readings: văn, mân
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