Mentioned by Zhang Hua 張華 (232–300), Shi Chong 石崇 (249–300), and Lu Ji 陸機 (261–303).
It is a phono-semantic matching of an Iranian form *koswi, *košwi, *gošwi (Laufer, 1967). Compare Middle Persian gšnyc (gišnīz, “coriander”), kšnyc (kišnīz), whence Modern Persian گشنیز (gešniz, “coriander”). Also compare Sanskrit कुस्तुम्बरी (kustumbarī).
胡荽
- coriander
Dialectal synonyms of
芫荽 (“coriander”)
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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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胡荽
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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芫荽
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Taxonomic name
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芫荽
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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香菜
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Taiwan
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香菜
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Chengde
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香菜
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Ulanhot
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香菜
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Tongliao
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香菜
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Chifeng
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芫荽, 香菜, 芫菜
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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芫荽, 香菜
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Heihe
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香菜
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Qiqihar
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香菜
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Harbin
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香菜
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Jiamusi
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香菜
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Baicheng
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香菜
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Changchun
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香菜
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Tonghua
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香菜
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Shenyang
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香菜
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Jinzhou
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香菜
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Singapore
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香菜
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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芫荽
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Tangshan
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香菜
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Cangzhou
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芫荽菜, 香菜
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Baoding
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芫荽
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Shijiazhuang
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香菜
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Lijin
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芫荽
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Jinan
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芫荽, 香菜
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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香菜
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Dandong
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香菜
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Yantai
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芫荽, 香菜
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Yantai (Muping)
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芫食
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Qingdao
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芫荽, 香菜
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Zhucheng
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芫荽
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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香菜, 芫荽
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Lingbao
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芫荽
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Jining
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芫荽
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Wanrong
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芫荽
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Linfen
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芫荽
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Shangqiu
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芫荽, 香菜
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Yuanyang
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香菜
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Zhengzhou
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芫荽
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Xinyang
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香菜
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Baihe
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芫荽
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Xi'an
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香菜, 芫荽 dated
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Baoji
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芫荽, 香菜
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Tianshui
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芫荽
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Xining
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芫荽, 香菜
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Xuzhou
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芫荽, 香菜
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Fuyang
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芫荽, 香菜
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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芫荽
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Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
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芫荽
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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芫荽, 香菜
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Bayanhot
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香菜
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Lanzhou
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芫荽, 香菜
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Dunhuang
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芫荽
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Hami
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芫荽
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Ürümqi
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芫荽, 香菜
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Jimsar
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芫荽
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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芫荽, 香菜
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Nanchong
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芫荽
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Dazhou
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芫荽
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Hanyuan
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芫荽子
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Xichang
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芫荽
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Zigong
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芫荽
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Chongqing
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芫荽
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Wuhan
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芫荽, 香菜
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Yichang
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芫荽, 香菜
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Xiangyang
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芫荽, 香菜
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Tianmen
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芫荽
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Guiyang
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芫荽
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Zunyi
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芫荽
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Bijie
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芫荽
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Liping
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芫荽
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Zhaotong
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芫荽
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Dali
|
芫荽
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Kunming
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芫荽
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Mengzi
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芫荽
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Guilin
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芫荽
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Liuzhou
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芫荽, 香菜
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Jishou
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芫荽
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Changde
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芫荽菜
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Hanzhong
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芫荽, 香菜
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Pematangsiantar
|
芫荽
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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芫荽, 香菜
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Yangzhou
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芫荽, 香菜
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Lianyungang
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芫荽, 香菜
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Lianshui
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芫荽
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Nantong
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芫荽, 香菜
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Anqing
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香菜
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Wuhu
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芫荽, 芫荽菜, 香菜
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Hefei
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芫荽
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Hong'an
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芫荽
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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芫茜
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Hong Kong
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芫茜, 香茜
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
芫茜
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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芫茜
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
芫茜
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
芫茜
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Macau
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芫茜
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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芫茜
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
芫茜
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
芫茜
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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芫茜
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Foshan
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芫茜
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
芫茜
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Foshan (Shunde)
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芫茜
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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芫茜
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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香芹
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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芫茜
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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芫茜
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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芫茜
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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芫茜
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
芫茜
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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芫茜
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Taishan
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芫茜
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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芫茜
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Enping (Niujiang)
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芫茜
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Heshan (Yayao)
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香芹
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Dongguan
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芫茜, 芫香
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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芫茜
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Qingyuan
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芫茜
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Fogang
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芫茜
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Yingde (Hanguang)
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芫茜
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Yangshan
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芫茜
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Lianshan (Butian)
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芫茜
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Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
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芫茜
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Shaoguan
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芫茜
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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芫茜
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Renhua
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芫茜
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Lechang
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芫茜
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Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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芫茜
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Sihui
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芫茜
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Guangning
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芫茜
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Deqing
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芫茜
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Huaiji
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芫茜
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Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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芫茜
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Yunfu
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芫茜, 香茜
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Xinxing
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芫茜
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Luoding
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芫茜
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Yunan (Pingtai)
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芫茜
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Xinyi
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香茜
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Lianjiang
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芫茜
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Nanning
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芫茜
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Wuzhou
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芫茜
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Yulin
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芫茜
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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芫茜
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Guiping (Jintian)
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芫荽
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Guiping (Jiangkou)
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芫荽, 番鬼芫荽
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Guiping (Madong)
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芫荽, 番鬼芫荽
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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芫茜
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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芫茜, 香菜
|
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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芫茜, 香菜
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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芫茜
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Ipoh (Guangfu)
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芫茜, 香菜
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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芫茜
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Móng Cái
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芫茜
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Yangon (Taishan)
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芫荽
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Mandalay (Taishan)
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芫荽
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Gan
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Nanchang
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芫荽
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Pingxiang
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芫荽
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Hakka
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Meixian
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芫荽, 芫荽仔, 狗鬚仔, 芫香仔
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Dabu (Xihe)
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芫香仔, 芫荽, 香菜仔
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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香菜
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Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Boluo (Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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香菜
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Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
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酒荽, 芫荽
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
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芹菜
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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香芹
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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芫荽哩, 香菜
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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芫荽哩, 酒荽哩
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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芫荽哩, 香菜
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Wuhua (Mianyang)
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芫荽哩
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
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酒荽
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Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
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芫荽
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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芫荽
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Changting
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芫荽
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Longyan (Yongding)
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芫荽子
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Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
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芫荽子, 芫荽
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Longyan (Gaobei, Yongding)
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香菜, 芫荽
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Longyan (Hukeng, Yongding)
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芫荽
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Wuping (Zhongshan)
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芫荽
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Liancheng (Peitian)
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芫荽
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Liancheng (Juxi)
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香菜, 芫荽
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Liancheng (Zhongbao)
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香菜
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Liancheng (Laiyuan)
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香菜
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Yudu
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芫荽
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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芫荽仔
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Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)
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芫荽仔
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)
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芫荽
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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芫荽仔
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Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)
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芫荽
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Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)
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芫荽仔
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Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)
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芫荽仔
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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香菜仔, 芫荽仔
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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芫荽, 芫旺
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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香菜仔, 芫荽仔
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Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)
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芫荽
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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香菜
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Hong Kong
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芫荽
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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芫荽
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Sabah (Longchuan)
|
香菜
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Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
芫荽
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Senai (Huiyang)
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香菜
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Pontianak (Meixian)
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香菜
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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芫蘇菜, 香菜
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Shexian
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芫荽
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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芫荽, 香菜
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Pingyao
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芫荽
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Yangyuan
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芫荽, 香菜
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Datong
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芫荽
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Datong (Xicetian, Yunzhou)
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芫荽
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Xinzhou
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芫荽
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Lüliang (Lishi)
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芫荽
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Changzhi
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芫荽
|
Taibus (Baochang)
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芫荽
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Linhe
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芫荽
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Jining
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芫荽, 香菜
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Hohhot
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芫荽
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Baotou
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香菜
|
Dongsheng
|
芫荽
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Haibowan
|
芫荽
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Erenhot
|
芫荽
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Pingshan
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芫荽
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Zhangjiakou
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芫荽
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Handan
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芫菜, 香菜
|
Linzhou
|
芫荽
|
Suide
|
芫荽
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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芫荽仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
|
香菜
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Fuqing
|
香菜
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
|
芫荽
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Quanzhou
|
芫荽
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Anxi
|
芫荽
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Zhangzhou
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芫荽
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Zhao'an
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芫荽, 香菜
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Taipei
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芫荽
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Taipei (Wanhua)
|
芫荽
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
芫荽
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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芫荽
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
芫荽
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Kaohsiung
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芫荽
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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芫荽
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
芫荽仔
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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芫荽
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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芫荽
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Yilan
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芫荽
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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芫荽
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Changhua (Lukang)
|
芫荽
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Taichung
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芫荽
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Taichung (Wuqi)
|
芫荽
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Tainan
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芫荽
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Taitung
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芫荽
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Hsinchu
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芫荽
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Kinmen
|
芫荽
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Penghu (Magong)
|
芫荽
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Penghu (Xiyu)
|
芫荽
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Penang (Hokkien)
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芫荽, 芹菜
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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芫荽, 芳菜
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Manila (Hokkien)
|
芫荽
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Medan (Hokkien)
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芫荽
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
香菜
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Pingnan (Sijie)
|
芫荽
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Guiping (Xiaowen)
|
番荽
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Pingle (Zhoutang)
|
芫荽
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Lechang (Tatou)
|
芫荽
|
Yingde (Yuzui)
|
芫荽
|
Yunan (Liantan)
|
芫荽
|
Chaozhou
|
芫荽, 芳菜
|
Shantou
|
芫荽
|
Jieyang
|
芫荽
|
Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
芫荽
|
Singapore (Teochew)
|
芫荽, 芳菜
|
Leizhou
|
銀荽
|
Wenchang
|
芳菜, 雞菜
|
Haikou
|
芳菜
|
Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
香絲菜
|
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
|
香菜
|
Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
芫茜
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
芫茜
|
Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
芫荽
|
Binyang
|
香菜
|
Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
芫荽
|
Guilin (Qianjing)
|
芫荽
|
Lingchuan (Sanjie)
|
芫荽
|
Lingchuan (Shuangzhou)
|
芫荽
|
Wu
|
Shanghai
|
香菜
|
Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
香菜
|
Shanghai (Chongming)
|
香菜
|
Suzhou
|
香菜, 芫荽
|
Danyang
|
芫荽, 香菜
|
Hangzhou
|
香菜
|
Ningbo
|
香菜
|
Wenzhou
|
香菜
|
Jinhua
|
芫荽
|
Xiang
|
Changsha
|
芫荽菜
|
Loudi
|
香菜
|
Quanzhou
|
芫荽, 香菜
|