Etymology 1
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Calque of English cowboy.
Pronunciation
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牛仔
- cowboy (Classifier: 個／个 m c)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
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ox; cow; bull
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dimunitive suffix
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simp. and trad.
(牛仔)
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牛
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仔
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牛囝 Eastern Min; Min Nan
牛子 Northern Min
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Pronunciation
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牛仔
- (Cantonese, Min) calf (young cow or bull) (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
- (Hakka, Taiwanese Hokkien) cattle; cow
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
小牛 (“calf”)
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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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犢
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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牛犢, 小牛
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
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牛犢兒, 牛犢子
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| Taiwan
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牛犢, 小牛
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| Harbin
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牛犢子
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| Yantai (Muping)
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牛犢子, 牛犢兒
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| Jinan
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牛犢, 牛犢子, 牛犢兒
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| Luoyang
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牛犢
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| Wanrong
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牛犢
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| Xi'an
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牛犢子, 牛犢兒, 牛娃兒
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| Yinchuan
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牛巴郎, 牛巴郎郎, 牛犢子, 小牛娃娃
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| Lanzhou
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牛犢子
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| Xining
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牛犢子, 尕牛犢兒
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| Ürümqi
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牛娃子
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| Wuhan
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小牛, 牛㹙子, 㹙子
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| Chengdu
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小牛兒, 牛崽崽, 牛兒子
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| Guiyang
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小牛崽, 小牛兒
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| Liuzhou
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牛崽
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| Xuzhou
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小牛犢兒, 牛犢兒, 小牛犢子, 牛犢子
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| Yangzhou
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小牛
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| Nanjing
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牛犢子, 牛秧子
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| Hefei
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小牛
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| Singapore
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小牛
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| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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牛娃子, 牛娃兒
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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牛仔
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| Hong Kong
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牛仔
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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牛仔
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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牛仔
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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牛仔
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| Dongguan
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牛仔
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| Yangjiang
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牛仔
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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牛仔
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
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牛仔
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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牛崽子
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| Lichuan
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牛崽兒
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| Pingxiang
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牛崽仔
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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細牛仔
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| Changting
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細牛子
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| Wuping
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細牛子
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| Ninghua
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牛仔
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| Yudu
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牛子
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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牛子, 細牛仔
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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牛子, 細牛仔
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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牛子, 細牛仔
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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牛子, 細牛
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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牛子, 細牛仔, 細牛
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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牛幺
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| Hong Kong
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牛仔
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| Senai (Huiyang)
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牛仔
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
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細牛
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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牛犢子, 牛娃子
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| Xinzhou
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牛犢子, 小牛子
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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牛仔
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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牛囝
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| Changle
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牛囝
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| Fuqing
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牛囝
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| Yongtai
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牛囝
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| Gutian
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牛囝
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| Fu'an
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牛囝
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| Ningde
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牛囝
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| Shouning
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牛囝
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| Zhouning
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牛囝
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| Fuding
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牛囝
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
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牛仔, 牛仔囝
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| Quanzhou
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牛仔
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| Jinjiang
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牛仔
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| Yongchun
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牛囝
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| Zhangzhou
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牛仔, 牛仔囝
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| Zhao'an
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牛囝仔
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| Kaohsiung
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牛仔囝
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| Yilan
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牛仔囝
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| Changhua (Lukang)
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牛仔囝
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| Taichung
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牛仔囝
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
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牛仔囝
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| Tainan
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牛仔囝
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| Taitung
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牛仔囝
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| Hsinchu
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牛仔囝
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| Penghu (Magong)
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牛仔囝
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| Penang (Hokkien)
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牛囝
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
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牛囝
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| Chaozhou
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牛囝
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| Shantou
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牛囝
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| Bangkok (Teochew)
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牛囝
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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牛囝
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| Leizhou
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牛囝
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| Wenchang
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牛囝
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| Haikou
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牛囝
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| Puxian Min
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Putian
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牛囝
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| Xianyou
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牛囝
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| Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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牛崽
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| Wu
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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小牛
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| Suzhou
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小牛
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| Danyang
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小牛
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| Hangzhou
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小牛
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| Ningbo
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㹙
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| Wenzhou
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牛兒, 牛㹙兒, 㹙兒, 牛童兒
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| Jinhua
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小牛
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| Xiang
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Changsha
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牛崽子
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| Xiangtan
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牛崽唧
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| Loudi
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牛崽唧
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| Shuangfeng
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牛崽唧
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Dialectal synonyms of
牛 (“bovine”)
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