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big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor |
cat
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| trad. (大貓)
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大
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貓
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| simp. (大猫)
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大
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猫
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| Literally: “big cat”.
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Motivated by naming taboo.
大貓
- (Jiahe Southwestern Mandarin; Yangjiang Yue; Changsha Xiang; dialectal Wu, including Wenzhounese) tiger
Dialectal synonyms of
老虎 (“tiger”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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虎, 李父, 李耳, 於菟, 伯都
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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虎, 老虎
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| Taxonomic name
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虎
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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老虎
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| Taiwan
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老虎
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| Ulanhot
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老虎, 山中王
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| Tongliao
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老虎
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| Chifeng
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老虎
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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老虎, 山中王
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| Harbin
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老虎, 老虎媽子
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| Shenyang
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老虎
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| Malaysia
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老虎
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| Singapore
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老虎
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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老虎
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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老虎
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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老虎
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| Wanrong
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老虎
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| Zhengzhou
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老虎
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| Xi'an
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老虎
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| Xining
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老虎
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| Xuzhou
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老虎
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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老虎
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| Bayanhot
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老虎
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| Lanzhou
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老虎
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| Ürümqi
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老虎
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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老虎, 大貓兒, 貓貓
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| Wuhan
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老虎
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| Guiyang
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老虎
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| Kunming
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老虎
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| Guilin
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老虎
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| Liuzhou
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老虎
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| Nanning (Wuming)
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老虎
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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老虎
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| Yangzhou
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老虎
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| Hefei
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老虎
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| Huanggang
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老虎
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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老虎
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| Hong Kong
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老虎
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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老虎
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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老虎
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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老虎
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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老虎
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| Macau
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老虎
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
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老虎
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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老虎
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
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老虎
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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老虎
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| Foshan
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老虎
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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老虎
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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老虎
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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老虎
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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老虎
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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老虎
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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老虎
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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老虎
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
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老虎
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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老虎
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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老虎
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| Taishan
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老虎
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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老虎
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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老虎
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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老虎
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| Dongguan
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老虎
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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老虎
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| Qingyuan
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老虎
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| Fogang
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老虎
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
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老虎
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| Yangshan
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老虎
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| Lianshan (Butian)
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老虎
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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老虎
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| Shaoguan
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老虎
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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老虎
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| Renhua
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老虎
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| Lechang
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老虎
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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老虎
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| Sihui
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羅虎
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| Guangning
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羅虎
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| Deqing
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老虎
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| Huaiji
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老虎
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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老虎
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| Yunfu
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老虎
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| Xinxing
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老虎
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| Luoding
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老虎
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
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老虎
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| Yangjiang
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大蟲, 大貓, 老虎
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| Xinyi
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老虎
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| Maoming (Xinpo)
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大貓
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| Lianjiang
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老虎
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| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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老虎
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| Nanning
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老虎
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| Nanning (Tanka)
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老虎
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| Wuzhou
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老虎, 大蟲
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| Yulin
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老虎, 大蟲
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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老虎, 大蟲
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| Hepu (Shatian)
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老虎
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| Guiping
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老虎
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
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老虎
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| Guigang (Nanjiang)
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老虎
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| Beiliu (Tangliao)
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大蟲
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| Baise
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老虎
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| Bobai
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老虎
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| Lingshan
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大蟲
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| Pubei
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大蟲
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| Qinzhou
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老虎
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| Beihai
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老虎
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| Beihai (Nankang)
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老虎
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
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老虎
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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老虎
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| Ningming
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老虎
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| Hengzhou
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老虎
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| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
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老虎
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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老虎
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| Danzhou
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老虎
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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老虎
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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老虎
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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老虎
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| Móng Cái
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老虎
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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老虎
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| Lichuan
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老虎
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| Pingxiang
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老虎
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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老虎
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| Dabu (Xihe)
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老虎
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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老虎
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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老虎
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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老虎
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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老虎
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
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老虎
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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老虎
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| Jiexi
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老虎
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| Luhe
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老虎
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| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
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老虎
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| Yudu
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老虎
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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老虎
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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老虎
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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老虎
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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老虎
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| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
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老虎
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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虎, 老虎
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| Hong Kong
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老虎
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
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大蟲
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
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老虎
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| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
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老虎
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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老虎
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| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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老虎
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| Singkawang
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老虎
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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老虎
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| Fuliang
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老虎
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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老虎
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| Pingyao
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老虎
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| Xinzhou
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老虎
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| Taibus (Baochang)
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老虎
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| Linhe
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老虎
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| Jining
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老虎
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| Hohhot
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老虎
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| Baotou
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老虎
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| Dongsheng
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老虎
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| Haibowan
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老虎
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| Jiuxing Yumin
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Lanxi
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老虎
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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老虎
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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老虎
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| Fuqing
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老虎
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| Matsu
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老虎
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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虎
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| Quanzhou
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虎
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| Yongchun
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虎
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| Zhangzhou
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虎, 著災仔 dated, euphemistic
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| Zhao'an
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老虎
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| Taipei
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虎
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
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虎
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| Kaohsiung
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虎
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| Yilan
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虎
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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虎
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| Taichung
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虎
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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虎
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| Tainan
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虎
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| Taitung
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虎
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| Hsinchu
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虎
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| Kinmen
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虎
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| Penghu (Magong)
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虎
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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老虎
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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虎, 虎仔, 老虎, 伯公馬 dated
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| Manila (Hokkien)
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虎
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| Medan (Hokkien)
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老虎
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| Pingnan (Shangdu)
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虎
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| Chaozhou
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老虎
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| Haifeng
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老虎
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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老虎
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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老虎
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| Singapore (Teochew)
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老虎
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| Leizhou
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虎, 大頭貓
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| Wenchang
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老虎
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| Haikou
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虎
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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老虎
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| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
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老虎
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| Fuding (Aoyao)
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老虎
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| Central Min
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Yong'an
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老虎
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| Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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老虎
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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老虎
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| Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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老虎
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| Shehua
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Fu'an
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老虎
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| Fuding
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老虎
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| Luoyuan
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老虎
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| Sanming
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老虎
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| Shunchang
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老虎
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| Hua'an
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老虎
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| Guixi (Zhangping)
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老虎
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| Cangnan
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老虎
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| Jingning (Hexi)
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老虎
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| Lishui
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老虎
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| Longyou
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老虎
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| Chaozhou
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老虎
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| Fengshun
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老虎
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| Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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豹虎
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| Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
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黃貓虎
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| Wu
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Shanghai
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老虎
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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老虎
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| Suzhou
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老虎
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| Wuxi
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老虎
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| Danyang
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老虎
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| Hangzhou
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老虎
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| Ningbo
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老虎
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| Wenzhou
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老虎, 大貓
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| Jinhua
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老虎
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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老虎, 老蟲, 大蟲, 大貓, 爬山子
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| Loudi
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老蟲, 山貓子
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| Shuangfeng
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老蟲, 山貓兒
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| Hengyang
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老虎
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| Quanzhou
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老虎
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| Xiangnan Tuhua
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Jiangyong
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虎
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| Dong'an
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豹公
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| Yuebei Tuhua
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Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
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老虎
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| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
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老虎
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| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
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老虎
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| Renhua (Zhoutian)
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老虎
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| Renhua (Shitang)
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老虎
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| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
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老虎
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| Lechang (Changlai)
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老虎
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| Lechang (Beixiang)
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老虎
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| Lechang (Huangpu)
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老虎
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| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
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老虎
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| Lechang (Sanxi)
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老虎
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大貓
- big cat (large feline animal)
In reference to the pair of lion sculptures outside the bank's headquarters.
大貓
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, slang) HSBC
