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The usual word 鵝 / 鹅 (ngu , “goose”) is homophonic with 我 (ngu , “I”) in Northern Wu, and is thus avoided in speech. For example, “kill a goose” and “kill me” sound identical.
白烏龜
( Northern Wu ) (white ) goose
Dialectal synonyms of
鵝 (“domestic goose”)
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Variety
Location
Words
Classical Chinese
鵝
Formal (Written Standard Chinese )
鵝
Northeastern Mandarin
Beijing
鵝
Taiwan
鵝
Chengde
鵝
Chifeng
鵝 , 鵝子
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
鵝
Heihe
鵝
Qiqihar
鵝
Harbin
鵝 , 鵝子
Jiamusi
鵝 , 大鵝
Baicheng
鵝
Changchun
鵝
Tonghua
鵝
Shenyang
鵝
Jinzhou
鵝
Singapore
鵝
Jilu Mandarin
Tianjin
鵝
Tangshan
鵝
Cangzhou
鵝
Baoding
鵝
Shijiazhuang
鵝
Lijin
鵝
Jinan
鵝
Jiaoliao Mandarin
Dalian
鵝
Dandong
鵝
Yantai
鵝
Yantai (Muping)
鵝
Qingdao
鵝
Zhucheng
鵝
Central Plains Mandarin
Luoyang
鵝
Lingbao
鵝
Jining
鵝
Linfen
鵝
Shangqiu
鵝
Yuanyang
鵝
Zhengzhou
鵝
Xinyang
鵝
Baihe
鵝
Xi'an
鵝
Baoji
鵝
Tianshui
鵝
Xining
鵝
Xuzhou
鵝
Fuyang
鵝
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
鵝
Lanyin Mandarin
Yinchuan
鵝
Lanzhou
鵝
Dunhuang
鵝
Hami
鵝
Ürümqi
鵝
Southwestern Mandarin
Chengdu
鵝 , 鵝兒
Nanchong
鵝
Dazhou
鵝
Hanyuan
鵝
Xichang
鵝
Zigong
鵝
Chongqing
鵝 , 威威
Wuhan
鵝
Yichang
鵝
Xiangyang
鵝
Tianmen
鵝
Guiyang
鵝
Zunyi
鵝
Bijie
鵝
Liping
鵝
Zhaotong
鵝
Dali
鵝
Kunming
鵝
Mengzi
鵝
Guilin
鵝
Liuzhou
鵝
Jishou
鵝
Changde
鵝
Hanzhong
鵝
Jianghuai Mandarin
Nanjing
鵝
Yangzhou
鵝 , 鵝子
Lianyungang
鵝
Lianshui
鵝
Nantong
鵝兒
Anqing
鵝
Wuhu
鵝
Hefei
鵝
Hong'an
鵝
Cantonese
Guangzhou
鵝
Hong Kong
鵝
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
鵝
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
鵝
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
鵝
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
鵝
Macau
鵝
Guangzhou (Panyu)
鵝
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
鵝
Guangzhou (Conghua)
鵝
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
鵝
Foshan
鵝
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
鵝
Foshan (Shunde)
鵝
Foshan (Sanshui)
鵝
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
鵝
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
鵝
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
鵝
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
鵝
Zhuhai (Doumen)
鵝
Jiangmen (Baisha)
鵝
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
鵝
Taishan
鵝
Kaiping (Chikan)
鵝
Enping (Niujiang)
鵝
Heshan (Yayao)
鵝
Dongguan
鵝
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
鵝
Shaoguan
鵝
Yunfu
鵝
Yangjiang
鵝
Xinyi
鵝
Lianjiang
鵝
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
鵝
Singapore (Guangfu)
鵝
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
鵝
Gan
Nanchang
鵝
Lichuan
草鴨
Pingxiang
鵝
Hakka
Meixian
鵝
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
鵝
Huidong (Daling)
鵝
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
鵝
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
鵝
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
鵝
Yudu
鵝
Miaoli (N. Sixian)
鵝仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
鵝仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
鵝仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
鵝
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
鵝仔
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
鵝
Hong Kong
鵝
Senai (Huiyang)
鵝
Singkawang
鵝
Huizhou
Jixi
鵝
Shexian
鵝
Fuliang
鵝
Jin
Taiyuan
鵝
Pingyao
鵝
Yangyuan
鵝
Datong
鵝
Xinzhou
鵝
Lüliang (Lishi)
鵝
Changzhi
鵝
Linhe
鵝
Jining
鵝
Hohhot
鵝
Erenhot
鵝
Pingshan
鵝
Zhangjiakou
鵝
Handan
鵝 , 家鵝
Linzhou
鵝
Suide
鵝
Northern Min
Jian'ou
鵝
Eastern Min
Fuzhou
鵝
Fuqing
家鵝 , 鵝
Matsu
鵝
Southern Min
Xiamen
鵝
Quanzhou
鵝
Jinjiang
鵝
Taipei
鵝
New Taipei (Sanxia)
鵝
Kaohsiung
鵝仔
Yilan
鵝仔
Kinmen
鵝
Penghu (Magong)
鵝
Penang (Hokkien)
鵝
Singapore (Hokkien)
鵝
Manila (Hokkien)
鵝
Chaozhou
鵝
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
鵝
Singapore (Teochew)
鵝
Leizhou
鵝
Haikou
鵝
Puxian Min
Putian
鵝
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
鵝
Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
鵝
Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
鵝
Xianyou
鵝
Xianyou (Fengting)
鵝
Xianyou (Youyang)
鵝
Zhongshan Min
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
鵝
Southern Pinghua
Nanning (Tingzi)
鵝
Shehua
Fu'an
鵝
Fuding
赤鵝
Luoyuan
赤鵝
Sanming
鵝
Shunchang
赤鵝
Guixi (Zhangping)
鵝
Cangnan
赤鵝
Jingning (Hexi)
赤鵝
Lishui
赤鵝
Longyou
赤鵝
Chaozhou
鵝
Fengshun
鵝
Wu
Shanghai
鵝 , 白烏龜 , 戇
Shanghai (Songjiang)
鵝 , 白烏龜
Shanghai (Jiading)
鵝
Shanghai (Chongming)
鵝 , 白烏龜
Suzhou
鵝 , 白烏龜
Wuxi
戇鵝 , 高頭
Danyang
鵝 , 白烏龜
Hangzhou
鵝
Ningbo
鵝 , 戇戇鵝 childish
Wenzhou
雁鵝 , 鵝
Jinhua
鵝
Xiang
Changsha
鵝
Loudi
鵝
Shuangfeng
鵝