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|
a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
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a jewel or gem; a treasure; precious
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| trad. (寶寶)
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寶
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寶
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| simp. (宝宝)
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宝
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宝
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| alternative forms
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保保
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A diminutive of 寶／宝 (bǎo, “treasure, precious”) formed by reduplication.
寶寶
- baby; newborn
我的寶寶叫王小雲。 [MSC, trad.]
我的宝宝叫王小云。 [MSC, simp.]- Wǒ de bǎobǎo jiào Wáng Xiǎoyún. [Pinyin]
- My baby’s name is Wang Xiaoyun.
- (endearing) darling; honey (often said of a child or lover); sweetheart
- (dialectal, endearing) silkworm
- (neologism, slang) item; merchandise; product
Dialectal synonyms of
嬰兒 (“baby; infant”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
嬰
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
嬰兒, 嬰孩
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
嬰孩兒
|
| Taiwan
|
嬰兒, 寶寶
|
| Singapore
|
嬰兒
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
娃娃
|
| Wanrong
|
胎娃
|
| Xuzhou
|
小毛娃兒
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃
|
| Wuhan
|
毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢
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| Guiyang
|
嫩娃娃
|
| Kunming
|
小每每, 小咕奶兒
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔
|
| Hong Kong
|
BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔
|
| Macau
|
BB仔
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
蘇蝦仔
|
| Taishan
|
毛蝦
|
| Dongguan
|
蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
蘇蝦
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
毛伢子
|
| Lichuan
|
毛伢崽
|
| Pingxiang
|
毛毛仔
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
|
| Xingning
|
孲𤘅哩
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
孲𤘅仔
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
孲𤘅子
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
嫩仔
|
| Changting
|
孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
|
| Wuping
|
孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
蝦毛子
|
| Liancheng
|
孲𤘅子
|
| Yudu
|
伢人子, 毛伢子
|
| Ruijin
|
孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子
|
| Shicheng
|
赤伢
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
伢毛子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
孲𤘅仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
孲𤘅仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
孲𤘅
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
阿佅, 嬰仔
|
| Hong Kong
|
孲𤘅仔
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
細妹
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
小娃娃
|
| Xinzhou
|
小娃子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
𤘅仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
兒囝囝
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
嬰仔, 幼囝
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| Quanzhou
|
嬰仔, 幼囝
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| Jinjiang
|
幼囝
|
| Yongchun
|
嬰囝
|
| Zhangzhou
|
嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝
|
| Taipei
|
嬰仔
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
紅嬰
|
| Kaohsiung
|
紅嬰仔
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| Yilan
|
紅嬰仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
紅嬰仔
|
| Taichung
|
紅嬰仔
|
| Tainan
|
紅嬰仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
紅嬰仔
|
| Kinmen
|
嬰仔
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
嬰仔
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| Guilin (Biyange)
|
毛毛崽
|
| Shantou
|
孥囝
|
| Jieyang
|
伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
anak
|
| Leizhou
|
儂
|
| Haikou
|
囝, 儂 intimate
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
丫囝
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
娃娃
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
小小囡
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| Suzhou
|
小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡
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| Danyang
|
小毛毛, 毛毛
|
| Hangzhou
|
小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭
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| Ningbo
|
奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手
|
| Wenzhou
|
娒兒, 娒娒兒
|
| Jinhua
|
王男
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它
|
| Loudi
|
毛毛唧, 毛毛
|
- 可愛／可爱 (kě'ài) (colloquial)
- 圞心／𪢮心 (lonn2 sin1) (Xiang)
- 圞心蒂子／𪢮心蒂子 (lonn2 sin1 di4 zr) (Xiang)
- 寶貝／宝贝 (bǎobèi)
- 小心肝 (xiǎoxīngān) (figurative)
- 心肝 (xīngān) (figurative)
- 心肝寶貝／心肝宝贝 (xīngān bǎobèi)
- 甜心 (tiánxīn)
- 親愛的／亲爱的 (qīn'ài de)
Dialectal synonyms of
蠶 (“silkworm”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
蠶
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
蠶
|
| Taxonomic name
|
蠶
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
蠶
|
| Taiwan
|
蠶
|
| Chengde
|
蠶
|
| Chifeng
|
蠶
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
蠶
|
| Heihe
|
蠶
|
| Qiqihar
|
蠶
|
| Harbin
|
蠶
|
| Jiamusi
|
蠶
|
| Baicheng
|
蠶
|
| Changchun
|
蠶
|
| Tonghua
|
蠶
|
| Shenyang
|
蠶
|
| Jinzhou
|
蠶
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
蠶
|
| Tangshan
|
蠶
|
| Cangzhou
|
蠶兒
|
| Baoding
|
蠶
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
蠶
|
| Lijin
|
蠶
|
| Jinan
|
蠶
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
蠶
|
| Dandong
|
蠶
|
| Yantai
|
蠶
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
蠶
|
| Qingdao
|
蠶
|
| Zhucheng
|
蠶
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
蠶兒
|
| Lingbao
|
蠶
|
| Jining
|
蠶
|
| Wanrong
|
蠶
|
| Linfen
|
蠶兒, 桑蠶
|
| Shangqiu
|
蠶
|
| Yuanyang
|
蠶
|
| Zhengzhou
|
蠶兒
|
| Xinyang
|
蠶
|
| Baihe
|
蠶
|
| Xi'an
|
蠶
|
| Baoji
|
蠶
|
| Tianshui
|
蠶
|
| Xining
|
蠶
|
| Xuzhou
|
蠶
|
| Fuyang
|
蠶
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
蠶
|
| Lanzhou
|
蠶兒, 蠶
|
| Dunhuang
|
蠶兒
|
| Hami
|
蠶
|
| Ürümqi
|
蠶
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
蠶子
|
| Nanchong
|
蠶子
|
| Dazhou
|
蠶子
|
| Hanyuan
|
蠶子
|
| Xichang
|
蠶子
|
| Zigong
|
蠶子
|
| Chongqing
|
蠶子
|
| Wuhan
|
蠶
|
| Yichang
|
蠶子, 蠶
|
| Xiangyang
|
蠶
|
| Tianmen
|
蠶
|
| Guiyang
|
蠶子, 蠶
|
| Zunyi
|
蠶
|
| Bijie
|
蠶子
|
| Liping
|
蠶崽
|
| Zhaotong
|
蠶
|
| Dali
|
蠶
|
| Kunming
|
蠶
|
| Mengzi
|
蠶
|
| Guilin
|
蠶
|
| Liuzhou
|
蠶, 蠶蟲
|
| Jishou
|
蠶兒
|
| Changde
|
蠶
|
| Hanzhong
|
蠶子
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶, 寶貝
|
| Yangzhou
|
蠶子, 蠶
|
| Lianyungang
|
蠶
|
| Lianshui
|
蠶
|
| Nantong
|
蠶兒, 蠶寶寶
|
| Anqing
|
蠶
|
| Wuhu
|
蠶
|
| Hefei
|
蠶
|
| Huanggang
|
蠶兒
|
| Hong'an
|
蠶
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
蠶蟲, 蠶
|
| Hong Kong
|
蠶蟲, 蠶
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
蠶蟲, 蠶
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Macau
|
蠶
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
蠶
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
蠶
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
蠶
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
蠶
|
| Foshan
|
蠶
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
蠶
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
蠶
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
蠶
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
蠶
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
蠶
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
蠶
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
蠶
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
蠶
|
| Taishan
|
蠶
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
蠶
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
蠶
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
蠶
|
| Dongguan
|
蠶蟲, 蠶
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
蠶
|
| Qingyuan
|
蠶蟲
|
| Fogang
|
蠶
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Yangshan
|
蠶蟲
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
蠶
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
蠶
|
| Shaoguan
|
蠶蟲
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
蠶
|
| Renhua
|
蠶蟲
|
| Lechang
|
蠶蟲
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
蠶
|
| Sihui
|
蠶
|
| Guangning
|
蠶
|
| Deqing
|
蠶
|
| Huaiji
|
蠶
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
蠶
|
| Yunfu
|
蠶
|
| Xinxing
|
蠶
|
| Luoding
|
蠶蟲
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
蠶
|
| Yangjiang
|
蠶
|
| Xinyi
|
蠶
|
| Lianjiang
|
蠶, 蠶蟲
|
| Nanning
|
蠶蟲, 蠶
|
| Wuzhou
|
蠶
|
| Yulin
|
蠶
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
蠶
|
| Danzhou
|
蠶
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
蠶
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
蠶
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
蠶
|
| Lichuan
|
蠶
|
| Pingxiang
|
蠶蟲
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
蠶仔
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
蠶
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
蠶
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
蠶
|
| Liannan
|
蠶
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
蠶
|
| Jiexi
|
蠶
|
| Changting
|
蠶哩
|
| Ninghua
|
蠶
|
| Yudu
|
蠶子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
蠶仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
蠶仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
蠶仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
蠶
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
蠶仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
蠶
|
| Hong Kong
|
蠶蟲
|
| Luchuan
|
蠶
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
蠶
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
蠶
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
蠶
|
| Shexian
|
蠶
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
蠶兒
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
蠶, 蠶兒
|
| Pingyao
|
蠶兒
|
| Yangyuan
|
蠶
|
| Datong
|
蠶兒
|
| Xinzhou
|
蠶兒
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
蠶兒
|
| Changzhi
|
蠶
|
| Linhe
|
蠶
|
| Jining
|
蠶
|
| Hohhot
|
蠶
|
| Erenhot
|
蠶
|
| Pingshan
|
蠶兒
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
蠶
|
| Handan
|
蠶
|
| Linzhou
|
蠶
|
| Suide
|
蠶兒
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
蠶仔
|
| Songxi
|
蠶仔
|
| Zhenghe
|
蠶仔
|
| Jianyang
|
蠶仔
|
| Wuyishan
|
蠶仔
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
蠶繭
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
蠶囝
|
| Fuqing
|
桑囝
|
| Yongtai
|
蠶囝
|
| Gutian
|
蠶繭
|
| Fu'an
|
蠶
|
| Ningde
|
蠶繭
|
| Shouning
|
桑蟲
|
| Zhouning
|
蠶
|
| Fuding
|
蠶
|
| Matsu
|
絲蟲
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
娘仔
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
娘仔
|
| Quanzhou
|
娘仔
|
| Jinjiang
|
娘仔
|
| Yongchun
|
娘仙, 娘
|
| Zhangzhou
|
娘仔, 蠶
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
娘仔, 蠶貓仔
|
| Hua'an
|
絲蟲
|
| Pinghe
|
蠶仔
|
| Zhangpu
|
蠶
|
| Yunxiao
|
蠶
|
| Zhao'an
|
蠶仔
|
| Zhao'an (Sidu)
|
蠶仔
|
| Zhao'an (Tingyang, Baiyang)
|
蠶
|
| Zhao'an (Wenshan, Taiping)
|
蠶
|
| Dongshan
|
蠶
|
| Taipei
|
娘仔
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
娘仔
|
| Kaohsiung
|
蠶仔
|
| Yilan
|
娘仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
娘仔
|
| Taichung
|
娘仔
|
| Tainan
|
蠶仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
娘仔
|
| Kinmen
|
娘仔, 蠶
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
娘仔, 蠶
|
| Longyan
|
蠶仔
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
蟲
|
| Datian
|
絲蟲
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
蠶仔
|
| Chaozhou
|
蠶
|
| Raoping
|
蠶
|
| Shantou
|
蠶
|
| Haifeng
|
蠶
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
蠶
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
蠶
|
| Wenchang
|
蠶
|
| Haikou
|
蠶蟲, 蠶
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
蠶仔蟲, 蠶仔
|
| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
蠶仔
|
| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
蠶仔
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
蠶
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
蠶蟲
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
蠶
|
| Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
絲蟲
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
蠶, 蠶寶寶
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
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蠶
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| Suzhou
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蠶, 蠶寶寶, 寶寶
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| Wuxi
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蠶寶寶
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| Danyang
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蠶
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| Hangzhou
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蠶寶寶
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| Ningbo
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蠶, 蠶寶寶
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| Wenzhou
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蠶兒
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| Jinhua
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蠶兒
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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蠶子, 蠶
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| Loudi
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蠶子
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| Shuangfeng
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蠶子
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| Quanzhou
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蠶
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| Xiangnan Tuhua
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Jiangyong
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蠶
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| Yuebei Tuhua
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Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
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蠶
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| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
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蠶屎蟲, 蠶
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| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
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蠶
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| Renhua (Zhoutian)
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蠶
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| Renhua (Shitang)
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蠶
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| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
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蠶
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| Lechang (Changlai)
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蠶絲蟲
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| Lechang (Beixiang)
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桑蟲
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| Lechang (Huangpu)
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蠶子龍
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| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
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蠶蟲
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| Lechang (Sanxi)
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蠶蟲
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寶寶
- (neologism, slang, humorous) a cute-sounding first-person pronoun usually used by females: I; me
寶寶心裡苦，但寶寶不說 [MSC, trad.]
宝宝心里苦，但宝宝不说 [MSC, simp.]- bǎobao xīnlǐ kǔ, dàn bǎobao bù shuō [Pinyin]
- I feel bitter, but I don't want to say [cute]
- 嚇死本寶寶了！／吓死本宝宝了！ ― Xià sǐ běn bǎobao le! ― It frightened the pants off me. [cute]
