| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
鼠
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
老鼠
|
| Taxonomic name
|
鼠
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Taiwan
|
老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
|
| Langfang
|
耗子
|
| Chengde
|
耗子
|
| Ulanhot
|
耗子
|
| Tongliao
|
耗子
|
| Chifeng
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
耗子
|
| Heihe
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Qiqihar
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Harbin
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Jiamusi
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Baicheng
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Changchun
|
耗子
|
| Tonghua
|
耗子
|
| Shenyang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Jinzhou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Malaysia
|
老鼠
|
| Singapore
|
老鼠
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Tangshan
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Cangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Baoding
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Lijin
|
老鼠
|
| Jinan
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
耗子
|
| Dandong
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Yantai
|
老鼠
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Qingdao
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Zhucheng
|
耗子, 土耗子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Lingbao
|
老鼠
|
| Jining
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Daming
|
老鼠
|
| Yuncheng
|
老鼠
|
| Wenxi
|
老鼠
|
| Yongji
|
老鼠
|
| Wanrong
|
老鼠
|
| Linfen
|
老鼠
|
| Jixian
|
老鼠, 圪老夜
|
| Huozhou
|
老鼠
|
| Shangqiu
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Yuanyang
|
耗子
|
| Zhengzhou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Xinyang
|
老鼠
|
| Baihe
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Xi'an
|
老鼠
|
| Baoji
|
老鼠
|
| Tianshui
|
老鼠
|
| Xining
|
老鼠
|
| Xuzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Fuyang
|
老鼠
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
老鼠
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
老鼠
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子
|
| Bayanhot
|
老鼠
|
| Lanzhou
|
老鼠子, 老鼠
|
| Dunhuang
|
老鼠
|
| Hami
|
老鼠
|
| Ürümqi
|
老鼠
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Nanchong
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Dazhou
|
耗子
|
| Hanyuan
|
老鼠子
|
| Xichang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Zigong
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Chongqing
|
耗子
|
| Wuhan
|
老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic
|
| Yichang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Xiangyang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Tianmen
|
老鼠, 老鼠子
|
| Guiyang
|
耗子
|
| Zunyi
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Bijie
|
耗子
|
| Liping
|
老鼠
|
| Zhaotong
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Dali
|
耗子
|
| Kunming
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Mengzi
|
耗子
|
| Guilin
|
老鼠
|
| Guanyang
|
老鼠子
|
| Liuzhou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
老鼠
|
| Jishou
|
老鼠
|
| Changde
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Hanzhong
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
老鼠
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
老鼠
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
老鼠, 小耳朵
|
| Yangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Lianyungang
|
老鼠
|
| Lianshui
|
老鼠
|
| Xinghua
|
老鼠
|
| Nantong
|
老鼠
|
| Anqing
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhu
|
老鼠, 老鼠子
|
| Hefei
|
老鼠, 老鼠子
|
| Hong'an
|
老鼠, 高客
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong
|
老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
老鼠
|
| Macau
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
老鼠
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
老鼠
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
老鼠
|
| Taishan
|
老鼠
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
老鼠
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
老鼠
|
| Dongguan
|
老鼠
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
老鼠
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
老鼠
|
| Qingyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Fogang
|
老鼠
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
老鼠
|
| Yangshan
|
老鼠
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoguan
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Renhua
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang
|
老鼠
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
老鼠
|
| Sihui
|
老鼠
|
| Guangning
|
老鼠
|
| Deqing
|
老鼠
|
| Huaiji
|
老鼠
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
老鼠
|
| Yunfu
|
老鼠
|
| Xinxing
|
老鼠
|
| Luoding
|
老鼠
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
老鼠
|
| Yangjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Xinyi
|
老鼠
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Nanning
|
老鼠
|
| Wuzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Yulin
|
老鼠
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
老鼠
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
老鼠
|
| Guiping
|
老鼠
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
老鼠
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
老鼠
|
| Baise
|
老鼠
|
| Bobai
|
老鼠
|
| Lingshan
|
老鼠
|
| Pubei
|
老鼠
|
| Qinzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
老鼠
|
| Ningming
|
老鼠
|
| Hengzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
老鼠
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Danzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Móng Cái
|
老鼠
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
老鼠, 財神 euphemistic
|
| Pengze
|
老鼠
|
| Lichuan
|
老鼠
|
| Pingxiang
|
老鼠子, 老鼠
|
| Liuyang
|
老鼠哩
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
老鼠
|
| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
老鼠
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
老鼠, 尖支鬼
|
| Wuping
|
了猬
|
| Yudu
|
老鼠
|
| Shicheng
|
老鼠
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
老鼠
|
| Taoyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
老鼠
|
| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
|
老鼠
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
|
老鼠
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
老鼠
|
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
|
老鼠
|
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
|
老鼠仔
|
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
|
老鼠仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
老鼠
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
老鼠
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
|
老鼠
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong
|
老鼠
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
老鼠
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
老鼠
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
老鼠
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
老鼠
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
老鼠
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
老鼠
|
| Singkawang
|
老鼠
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
老鼠
|
| Shexian
|
老鼠, 尖嘴
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
老鼠
|
| Xiuning
|
老伯
|
| Yixian
|
老鼠
|
| Qimen
|
老鼠
|
| Wuyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Fuliang
|
老鼠
|
| Dexing
|
老鼠
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子
|
| Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)
|
老鼠
|
| Taiyuan (Jinyuan)
|
毛𪕸兒, 老鼠
|
| Qingxu
|
毛𪕸兒, 𪕸兒
|
| Loufan
|
老鼠
|
| Jinzhong (Taigu)
|
老鼠
|
| Pingyao
|
𪕸兒
|
| Heshun
|
老鼠
|
| Qixian
|
老鼠
|
| Yangyuan
|
耗子
|
| Datong
|
耗子
|
| Tianzhen
|
耗子
|
| Guangling
|
耗子
|
| Suozhou
|
耗子
|
| Shanyin
|
耗子
|
| Pingding
|
老鼠
|
| Xinzhou
|
𪕸兒, 耗子
|
| Wutai
|
𪕸子, 耗子
|
| Daixian
|
耗子
|
| Wuzhai
|
耗子
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
老鼠, 𪕸兒, 旮旯兒家
|
| Shilou
|
老鼠
|
| Fenyang
|
𪕸兒, 毛𪕸兒
|
| Lanxian
|
老鼠
|
| Linxian
|
旮旯家
|
| Wenshui
|
𪕸兒
|
| Xiaoyi
|
𪕸兒
|
| Fenxi
|
旮旯裡家
|
| Xixian
|
老鼠
|
| Changzhi
|
老鼠, 耗子, 老耗子
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
耗子
|
| Linhe
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Pingshun
|
老耗子
|
| Zhangzi
|
老耗子
|
| Qinxian
|
旮旯家
|
| Jincheng
|
老鼠
|
| Lingchuan
|
缸旮旯
|
| Yangcheng
|
老鼠
|
| Gaoping
|
老鼠
|
| Jining
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Hohhot
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Baotou
|
老鼠
|
| Dongsheng
|
老鼠
|
| Haibowan
|
老鼠
|
| Erenhot
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Pingshan
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Handan
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Linzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Suide
|
老鼠
|
| Shenmu
|
老鼠
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
老鼠
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
老鼠
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
老鼠
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
老鼠
|
| Fuqing
|
老鼠
|
| Ningde
|
老鼠
|
| Matsu
|
老鼠
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鳥鼠, 鼠
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Quanzhou
|
老鼠, 鼠
|
| Jinjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Shishi
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangzhou
|
鳥鼠, 鼠
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Pinghe
|
鳥鼠
|
| Yunxiao
|
貓鼠
|
| Zhao'an
|
貓鼠
|
| Dongshan
|
貓鼠
|
| Taipei
|
鳥鼠
|
| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
鳥鼠
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鳥鼠
|
| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Yilan
|
鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔
|
| Yilan (Luodong)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Changhua (Yongjing)
|
貓鼠
|
| Taichung
|
鳥鼠
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Tainan
|
鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠
|
| Tainan (Anping)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Taitung
|
鳥鼠
|
| Hsinchu
|
鳥鼠
|
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
|
貓鼠
|
| Kinmen
|
鳥鼠
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
老鼠
|
| Longyan
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangping
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Datian
|
鼠母
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
老鼠
|
| Chaozhou
|
貓鼠
|
| Shantou
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貓鼠
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
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貓鼠
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| Shantou (Chaoyang)
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貓鼠
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| Jieyang
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貓鼠
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| Haifeng
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貓鼠
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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貓鼠
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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貓鼠
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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貓鼠
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| Wenchang
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貓鼠, 老鼠
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| Haikou
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貓鼠
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| Qionghai
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貓鼠
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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廬鼠
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| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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廬鼠
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| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
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廬鼠
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| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
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廬鼠
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| Xianyou
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廬鼠
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| Xianyou (Fengting)
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廬鼠
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| Xianyou (Youyang)
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廬鼠
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| Central Min
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Yong'an
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老鼠
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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老鼠
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| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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老鼠
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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老鼠
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| Nanning (Shajing)
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老鼠
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| Binyang (Xinqiao)
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老鼠
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| Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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老鼠子
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| Shehua
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Fu'an
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老鼠
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| Fuding
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老鼠
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| Luoyuan
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老鼠
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| Sanming
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老鼠
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| Shunchang
|
老鼠
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| Hua'an
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老鼠
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| Guixi (Zhangping)
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老鼠
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| Cangnan
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老鼠
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| Jingning (Hexi)
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老鼠
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| Lishui
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老鼠
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| Longyou
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老鼠
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| Chaozhou
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老鼠
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| Fengshun
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老鼠
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| Waxiang
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Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
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老鼠
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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老蟲
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| Shanghai (Songjiang)
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老蟲, 老鼠
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| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
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老鼠, 老蟲
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| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
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老鼠, 老蟲
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| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
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老蟲
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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老鼠, 老蟲
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| Suzhou
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老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous
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| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
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老蟲
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| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
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老鼠, 老蟲
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| Wuxi
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老蟲
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| Changshu
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老蟲
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| Kunshan
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老蟲
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| Jiaxing
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老鼠
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| Changzhou
|
老鼠
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| Liyang
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老鼠
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| Yixing
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老鼠
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| Danyang
|
老鼠
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| Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
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老鼠
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| Jingjiang
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老鼠
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| Jiangyin
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老鼠, 老蟲
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| Huzhou (Shuanglin)
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老蟲
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| Hangzhou
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老鼠
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| Shaoxing
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老鼠
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| Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
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老鼠
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| Shengzhou (Chongren)
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老鼠
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| Shengzhou (Taiping)
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老鼠
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| Ningbo
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老鼠
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| Yuyao
|
老鼠
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| Taizhou (Huangyan)
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老鼠
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| Wenzhou
|
老鼠
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| Quzhou
|
老鼠
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| Jinhua
|
老鼠
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| Yongkang
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老鼠
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic
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| Xiangtan
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老鼠子
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| Xiangxiang
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老鼠子
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| Loudi
|
老鼠子
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| Shuangfeng
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老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic
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| Quanzhou
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老鼠
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| Xiangnan Tuhua
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Jiangyong
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鼠, 老鼠
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| Dong'an
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老鼠
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| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
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老鼠
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| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
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老鼠
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| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
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老鼠
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| Renhua (Zhoutian)
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老鼠
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| Renhua (Shitang)
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老鼠
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| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
老鼠
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| Lechang (Changlai)
|
老鼠
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| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
老鼠
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| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
老鼠
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| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
老鼠
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