From 膝頭 (“knee”) + suffix 哥, which Bauer (1987) suggests to be derived from an Austro–Tai word for “head” (compare Thai หัว (hǔua), Zhuang gyaeuj, Bouyei jauc, Hlai ghwous). The suffix is also found in 鼻哥 (“nose”).
Also compare similar forms (膝頭 + k-) in other dialects:
Pingxiang Gan |
膝頭牯 /t͡sʰi tʰœ ku/
|
Lichuan Gan |
膝頭公 /ɕiɛʔ hɛu kuŋ/
|
Changsha Xiang |
膝頭骨 /si təu ku/
|
Nanning Pinghua |
膝頭蓋 /ɬət təu kai/
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膝頭哥
- (Cantonese) knee
Dialectal synonyms of
膝蓋 (“knee”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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膝
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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膝蓋
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
波稜蓋兒, 胳稜瓣兒, 磕膝蓋兒
|
Taiwan
|
膝蓋
|
Langfang
|
波了蓋兒
|
Chengde
|
磕膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒
|
Ulanhot
|
波浪蓋兒
|
Tongliao
|
波浪蓋兒
|
Chifeng
|
膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 波羅蓋
|
Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
波稜蓋兒, 波浪蓋兒
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Heihe
|
膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒
|
Qiqihar
|
波稜蓋兒
|
Harbin
|
膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 波勒蓋兒
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Jiamusi
|
膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒
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Baicheng
|
波稜蓋兒
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Changchun
|
波稜蓋兒
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Tonghua
|
波稜蓋兒
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Shenyang
|
膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒, 波拉蓋兒
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Jinzhou
|
膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 胳稜瓣兒
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Singapore
|
膝蓋
|
Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
波稜蓋兒, 磕膝蓋兒, 脖拉蓋兒, 脖力蓋兒
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Tangshan
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波稜蓋兒
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Cangzhou
|
膝蓋, 波拉蓋兒
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Baoding
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圪拉瓣兒
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Shijiazhuang
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膝蓋兒, 磕膝蓋兒
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Lijin
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波拉蓋兒
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Jinan
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波勒蓋, 波拉蓋, 圪拉瓣兒
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
|
波羅蓋
|
Dandong
|
膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒
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Yantai
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波羅蓋
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Yantai (Muping)
|
波稜蓋
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Qingdao
|
波羅蓋, 波羅蓋兒
|
Zhucheng
|
波羅蓋
|
Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
不老蓋兒, 圪老拜兒
|
Lingbao
|
虧蓋兒
|
Jining
|
圪拉拜子
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Daming
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胳拉伴兒
|
Wanrong
|
圪膝蓋, 膝子蓋
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Linfen
|
圪膝蓋兒
|
Shangqiu
|
膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒, 波拉蓋兒
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Yuanyang
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膝蓋, 波老蓋兒
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Zhengzhou
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不牢蓋兒, 膝蓋
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Xinyang
|
腿包子
|
Baihe
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磕膝蓋兒, 波稜蓋兒
|
Xi'an
|
膝蓋, 磕膝蓋, 腿膝蓋兒
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Baoji
|
磕膝蓋
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Tianshui
|
磕膝蓋
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Xining
|
波膝蓋
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Xuzhou
|
圪婁拜子, 圪拜子, 膝蓋
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Fuyang
|
膝蓋, 膝拉拜子
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
磕膝蓋, 普膝蓋子
|
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
磕膝蓋, 磕膝蓋子, 洼膝羅子
|
Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
波稜蓋兒, 波里蓋, 膝蓋
|
Bayanhot
|
波羅蓋
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Lanzhou
|
膝蓋, 磕膝蓋兒, 波膝蓋子, 玻璃蓋子
|
Dunhuang
|
波膝蓋
|
Hami
|
膝蓋
|
Ürümqi
|
磕膝蓋, 波膝蓋, 波膝蓋兒
|
Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
磕膝頭兒, 膝蓋
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Nanchong
|
膝蓋, 膝蓋骨, 磕膝頭
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Dazhou
|
磕膝波羅
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Hanyuan
|
磕膝頭, 磕膝包
|
Xichang
|
膝蓋, 磕膝頭
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Zigong
|
磕膝頭
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Chongqing
|
磕膝頭兒
|
Wuhan
|
膝蓋, 磕膝頭, 磕膝, 拱子
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Yichang
|
膝蓋, 磕膝蓋
|
Xiangyang
|
膝蓋, 波羅蓋
|
Tianmen
|
膝蓋, 膝蓋骨
|
Guiyang
|
磕膝頭
|
Zunyi
|
磕膝頭
|
Bijie
|
磕膝頭
|
Liping
|
波羅蓋
|
Zhaotong
|
磕膝頭
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Dali
|
磕膝頭兒
|
Kunming
|
磕膝頭, 波羅蓋
|
Mengzi
|
波羅蓋兒
|
Guilin
|
磕膝蓋, 膝蓋
|
Liuzhou
|
波羅蓋, 腳膝蓋
|
Jishou
|
磕膝頭兒
|
Changde
|
膝腦殼
|
Hanzhong
|
磕膝蓋
|
Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
磕膝頭, 磕膝頭兒, 胳蓋兒
|
Yangzhou
|
膝蓋, 磕膝頭子, 波羅蓋子 dated
|
Lianyungang
|
磕頭子, 磕拜子
|
Lianshui
|
磕頭子
|
Nantong
|
膝頭盤兒
|
Anqing
|
磕膝坡
|
Wuhu
|
膝蓋, 膝波羅頭子
|
Hefei
|
膝蓋, 胳腦頭子, 胳腦頭, 磕膝頭, 磕老求
|
Huanggang
|
色頭兒
|
Mandarin
|
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle)
|
波羅蓋
|
Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
膝頭哥, 膝頭
|
Hong Kong
|
膝頭哥, 膝頭
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Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
膝頭哥
|
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
膝頭蓋
|
Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
膝頭
|
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
膝頭
|
Macau
|
膝頭
|
Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
膝頭哥
|
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
膝頭哥
|
Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
膝頭牯
|
Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
膝頭
|
Foshan
|
膝頭哥
|
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
膝頭哥
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Foshan (Shunde)
|
膝頭哥
|
Foshan (Sanshui)
|
膝頭哥
|
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Huancheng)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Nanlang)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)
|
膝頭哥
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Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)
|
膝頭哥
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Zhongshan (Henglan)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Dongfeng)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Nantou)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Fusha)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Shalang)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Gangkou)
|
膝頭哥
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Zhongshan (Huangpu)
|
膝頭哥
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Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
|
膝頭跗
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Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Minzhong)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Guzhen)
|
膝腳頭, 膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Banfu)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhongshan (Tanzhou)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
膝頭
|
Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
膝頭哥
|
Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
膝頭哥
|
Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
膝頭哥
|
Taishan
|
膝頭哥, 膝頭
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Kaiping (Chikan)
|
膝頭哥
|
Enping (Niujiang)
|
膝頭哥
|
Heshan (Yayao)
|
膝頭蓋
|
Dongguan
|
膝頭, 波羅蓋, 膝蓋
|
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
波羅蓋
|
Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
膝頭
|
Qingyuan
|
膝頭哥
|
Fogang
|
膝頭哥
|
Yingde (Hanguang)
|
膝頭牯
|
Yangshan
|
膝頭牯
|
Lianshan (Butian)
|
膝頭牯
|
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
膝頭蓋
|
Shaoguan
|
膝頭哥
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
膝頭哥
|
Renhua
|
膝頭哥
|
Lechang
|
膝頭哥
|
Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
膝頭哥
|
Sihui
|
膝頭哥
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Guangning
|
膝頭哥
|
Deqing
|
膝頭牯, 膝頭哥
|
Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
膝頭牯
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Yunfu
|
膝頭牯
|
Xinxing
|
膝頭哥
|
Luoding
|
膝頭哥
|
Yunan (Pingtai)
|
膝頭牯
|
Yangjiang
|
膝頭
|
Xinyi
|
膝頭牯
|
Lianjiang
|
膝頭
|
Nanning
|
膝頭哥, 膝頭
|
Wuzhou
|
膝頭
|
Yulin
|
膝頭
|
Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
膝蓋
|
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
膝頭哥
|
Singapore (Guangfu)
|
膝頭哥
|
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
膝頭哥
|
Gan
|
Nanchang
|
膝頭, 膝頭蓋子, 磕膝, 磕膝頭子, 和尚
|
Lichuan
|
膝頭公
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Pingxiang
|
膝頭牯
|
Hakka
|
Meixian
|
膝頭, 膝頭項
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Xingning
|
膝頭
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
膝頭
|
Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
膝頭
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Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
膝頭
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Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
膝頭
|
Huidong (Daling)
|
膝頭
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
膝頭蓋
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Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
膝頭
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Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
膝頭, 膝頭牯
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Boluo (Bendihua)
|
膝頭
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
膝頭
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Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
膝頭牯
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Zhongshan (Wuguishan)
|
膝頭, 波羅蓋
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
波羅蓋
|
Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
膝頭
|
Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
膝頭
|
Wuhua (Changbu)
|
膝頭
|
Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
膝頭
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Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
膝頭
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Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
膝頭
|
Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
膝頭
|
Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
膝頭
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Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
腳頭
|
Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
膝頭
|
Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
膝頭骨
|
Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
膝頭牯
|
Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
膝頭牯
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Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
膝頭牯
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
腳頭牯
|
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
膝頭
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Jiexi
|
膝頭
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Changting
|
膝頭
|
Wuping
|
膝頭
|
Wuping (Pingyu)
|
膝頭
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Liancheng
|
膝頭卵
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Ninghua
|
膝頭拐, 膝頭腦
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Yudu
|
膝頭
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Ruijin
|
膝頭蓋子
|
Shicheng
|
膝頭
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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膝頭腦
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Taoyuan
|
膝頭
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
膝頭, 腳膝頭
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
膝頭, 腳膝頭
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
膝頭, 腳膝頭
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
膝頭, 腳膝頭
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
膝頭, 腳膝頭
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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膝頭, 腳膝頭
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Hong Kong
|
膝頭
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Luchuan
|
膝頭
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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膝頭, 膝蓋
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Sabah (Longchuan)
|
膝頭
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Senai (Huiyang)
|
膝頭
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
膝頭
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Singkawang
|
膝頭
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Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
腳膝頭
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Shexian
|
腳膝頭
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Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
腳膝頭
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Xiuning
|
腳膝頭
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Yixian
|
腳膝頭
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Qimen
|
腳膝頭
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Wuyuan
|
腳膝頭
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Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
圪膝蓋, 圪地跪
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Pingyao
|
胳膝跪子
|
Yangyuan
|
膝蓋, 波稜蓋兒
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Datong
|
圪膝蓋兒
|
Xinzhou
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圪替跪, 圪膝蓋, 圪膝
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Lüliang (Lishi)
|
圪膝蓋兒
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Changzhi
|
膝蓋, 圪膝蓋
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Taibus (Baochang)
|
圪膝蓋
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Linhe
|
圪膝蓋, 波羅蓋, 波羅蓋子
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Jining
|
圪膝蓋
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Hohhot
|
圪膝蓋, 圪膝蓋兒, 圪膝
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Baotou
|
圪膝蓋
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Dongsheng
|
圪膝蓋
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Erenhot
|
圪膝蓋, 圪膝
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Pingshan
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磕膝蓋兒
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Zhangjiakou
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波稜蓋兒, 胳膝蓋兒
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Handan
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膝蓋, 波盧蓋兒, 胳老伴兒
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Linzhou
|
波羅蓋兒
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Suide
|
圪膝蓋兒, 圪膝
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Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
跤腹頭
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Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
跤腹頭
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Songxi
|
跤腹頭
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Zhenghe
|
跤腹頭
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Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
跤神頭, 跤腹頭
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Jianyang
|
跤腹頭
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Wuyishan
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跤脊頭
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Pucheng (Shibei)
|
跤腹頭
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
|
跤腹頭
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Fuqing
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跤肚頭, 跤腹頭
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Gutian
|
跤腹頭
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Ningde
|
跤骨頭
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Zhouning
|
跤肚頭
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Fuding
|
跤腹頭
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Matsu
|
跤骨頭
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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跤頭趺
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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跤頭趺
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Quanzhou
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跤頭趺, 牛仔頭
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Jinjiang
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跤頭趺
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Yongchun
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跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
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Dehua
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跤頭趺
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Zhangzhou
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跤頭趺, 跤尪仔
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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跤腕仔, 燈火仔
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Dongshan
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跤頭趺
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Taipei
|
跤頭趺
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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跤頭腕
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Kaohsiung
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跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
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Yilan
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跤頭趺, 跤頭翁仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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跤腕, 跤頭趺, 跤趺
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Taichung
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跤頭趺
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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跤頭趺
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Tainan
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跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
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Taitung
|
跤甕
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Hsinchu
|
跤頭趺
|
Kinmen
|
跤頭趺
|
Penghu (Magong)
|
跤頭趺, 跤頭腕
|
Penang (Hokkien)
|
跤頭趺
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Singapore (Hokkien)
|
跤頭趺
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Manila (Hokkien)
|
牛仔頭, 跤頭趺
|
Longyan
|
跤頭趺
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Zhangping
|
跤趺腕
|
Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
跤趺
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Datian
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跤趺頭
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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膝頭
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Chaozhou
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跤頭趺
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Shantou
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跤頭, 跤頭趺
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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跤頭
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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跤頭
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Jieyang
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跤頭趺
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Haifeng
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跤頭趺
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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跤頭趺
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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跤頭趺
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Singapore (Teochew)
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跤頭趺
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Leizhou
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跤頭趺, 跤趺
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Wenchang
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跤趺
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Haikou
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跤趺臍, 跤趺
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Qionghai
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跤趺
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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跤肚頭
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Xianyou
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跤肚頭
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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跤頭節, 跤筒節, 跤際頭節, 跤仔頭
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Sanming (Sanyuan)
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跤脊頭
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Sanming (Shaxian)
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跤子頭
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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跤瀝頭
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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跤頭趺, 跤即頭
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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膝頭, 膝頭蓋, 膝頭尖
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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屈頭眼
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Shehua
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Fu'an
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腳腹頭
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Fuding
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腳腹頭
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Luoyuan
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腳腹頭
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Sanming
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腳腹頭
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Hua'an
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腳腹頭
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Cangnan
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腳腹頭
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Fengshun
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腳腹頭
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Wu
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Shanghai
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腳饅頭, 膝饅頭, 膝蓋
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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膝饅頭
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Suzhou
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腳饅頭, 膝饅頭
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Wuxi
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膝饅頭
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Danyang
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膝盤頭, 膝頭盤, 膝蓋, 膝蓋頭
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Hangzhou
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腳髁頭, 膝髁頭, 腳膝髁頭
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Ningbo
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腳髁頭
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Wenzhou
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腳胐頭
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Jinhua
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腳膝䯊
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Jinhua (Tangxi)
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膝蓋, 腳膝髁頭
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Xiang
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Changsha
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膝頭骨, 磕膝骨
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Xiangtan
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膝頭牯, 膝蓋
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Loudi
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膝頭牯
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Shuangfeng
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膝頭骨
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Hengyang
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膝頭箍
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Quanzhou
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磕膝頭
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