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- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Singapore, rare in Taiwan)
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Penang)
- (Hokkien: Tong'an)
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Yongchun, Lukang, Kinmen, Hsinchu, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Magong, Singapore)
- (Hokkien: Yilan)
- (Teochew)
蟮蟲
- (Southern Min) gecko, house lizard (Hemidactylus frenatus)
Dialectal synonyms of
壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”)
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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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蝘蜓, 守宮
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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壁虎
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| Taxonomic name
|
壁虎
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子
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| Taiwan
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壁虎, 守宮
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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蠍拉虎子
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| Harbin
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蠍虎子
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| Shenyang
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馬舌子
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| Malaysia
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壁虎
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| Singapore
|
壁虎
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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蠍拉虎子
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| Jinan
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蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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蠍虎子
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| Qingdao
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蠍虎子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
|
蠍虎
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| Wanrong
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蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
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| Wanrong (Ronghe)
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蛇兒子
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| Zhengzhou
|
蠍虎
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| Xi'an
|
蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
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| Xining
|
麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
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| Xuzhou
|
蠍虎子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
|
巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
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| Wuhan
|
壁虎子
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| Guiyang
|
巴壁虎
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| Kunming
|
壁虎
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| Guilin
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壁虎
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| Liuzhou
|
壁虎, 四腳蛇
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
壁虎
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| Yangzhou
|
壁虎子
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| Nantong
|
壁虎子
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| Hefei
|
蠍虎子, 四腳蛇
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| Huanggang
|
壁虎兒
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| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
檐蛇
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| Hong Kong
|
檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
檐蛇
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
檐蛇
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
壁蛇仔
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
壁蛇仔
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| Macau
|
檐蛇
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
檐蛇
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
檐蛇
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
偷鹽蛇
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
檐蛇
|
| Foshan
|
檐蛇
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
檐蛇
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
檐蛇
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
舔鹽蛇
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
蠅虎
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
檐蛇
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
偷鹽蛇
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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四腳蛇
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
偷鹽蛇
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
四腳蛇
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
四腳蛇
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| Taishan
|
四腳蛇
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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四腳蛇
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| Enping (Niujiang)
|
檐蛇
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
蠄虎
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| Dongguan
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檐蛇, 炮公魚
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
百公蛇
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| Shaoguan
|
檐蛇
|
| Yunfu
|
偷鹽蛇
|
| Yangjiang
|
檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
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| Xinyi
|
偷鹽蛇
|
| Lianjiang
|
偷鹽蛇
|
| Nanning
|
檐蛇
|
| Wuzhou
|
檐蛇
|
| Yulin
|
草檐鼠
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
檐蛇
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
檐蛇
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
檐蛇
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
檐蛇
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
壁蛇子, 壁蛇
|
| Lichuan
|
壁虎
|
| Pingxiang
|
蜘虎
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
檐蛇仔, 檐蛇
|
| Xingning
|
壁蛇
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
檐蛇
|
| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
|
壁蛇, 檐蛇
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
壁蛇
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
壁蛇
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
檐蛇
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
四腳蛇
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
狗嫲臊
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
檐蛇
|
| Changting
|
螭虎
|
| Wuping
|
壁
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
壁蛇子
|
| Liancheng
|
壁虎子
|
| Ninghua
|
壁虎子
|
| Yudu
|
壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子
|
| Ruijin
|
壁蛇子
|
| Shicheng
|
伏壁, 狗婆蛇
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| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
壁蛇子
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
壁蛇, 檐蛇
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
壁蛇
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
壁蛇
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
壁蛇
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
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| Hong Kong
|
壁蛇
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
壁蛇
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
壁蛇
|
| Kuching (Hepo)
|
檐蛇
|
| Singkawang
|
檐蛇
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
壁虎
|
| Shexian
|
壁壁虎
|
| Wuyuan
|
壁虎
|
| Fuliang
|
壁虎哩
|
| Dexing
|
壁虎
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
蠍虎兒
|
| Pingyao
|
蠍虎兒
|
| Xinzhou
|
蠍虎兒
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
壁哩蜥
|
| Songxi
|
厝貼
|
| Zhenghe
|
厝鐵
|
| Jianyang
|
木客仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
𧕇
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
五爪龍
|
| Fuqing
|
𧕇
|
| Yongtai
|
檐鼠
|
| Gutian
|
𧕇
|
| Fu'an
|
牆魚
|
| Ningde
|
𧕇虎
|
| Shouning
|
牆魚
|
| Zhouning
|
杜靛
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
蟮蟲
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Quanzhou
|
蟮蟲
|
| Jinjiang
|
蟮蟲
|
| Zhangzhou
|
蟮蟲
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Zhao'an
|
蟮蟲
|
| Taipei
|
蟮蟲仔, 守宮
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
蟮蟲仔
|
| Kaohsiung
|
蟮蟲
|
| Yilan
|
蟮蟲, 壁虎
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Taichung
|
蟮蟲仔
|
| Tainan
|
蟮蟲仔
|
| Hsinchu
|
蟮蟲
|
| Kinmen
|
蟮蟲
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
蟮蟲, cicak
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
檐蛇
|
| Chaozhou
|
檐龍
|
| Shantou
|
檐龍
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
檐龍
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
蟮蟲
|
| Jieyang
|
檐龍, 胡蠅虎
|
| Puning
|
檐龍, 神龍
|
| Haifeng
|
檐蛇
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
檐龍
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
檐龍
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
檐龍
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
檐龍
|
| Leizhou
|
孫龍
|
| Wenchang
|
神郎
|
| Haikou
|
龍船
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
神郎
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
爬豆
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
檐蛇
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
檐蛇子
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
壁虎, 四腳蛇
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
壁虎
|
| Suzhou
|
壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
|
| Wuxi
|
壁虎
|
| Danyang
|
壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
|
| Hangzhou
|
壁虎兒, 壁虎
|
| Ningbo
|
壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
|
| Wenzhou
|
五爪龍, 白蟻龍
|
| Jinhua
|
蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
|
| Shuangfeng
|
痴虎, 壁虎子
|
| Quanzhou
|
壁虎
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