TranslingualEdit
Glyph originEdit
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Old Chinese
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| 勞
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*raːw, *raːws
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| 撈
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*raːw, *reːw
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| 嘮
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*ruːw, *hr'aːw
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| 癆
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*raːw, *raːw, *raːws
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| 簩
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*raːw
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| 蟧
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*raːw, *reːw
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| 憥
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*raːw
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| 澇
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*raːwʔ, *raːws
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| 僗
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*raːws
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| 髝
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*raːws
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| 膋
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*reːw
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| 犖
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*rraːwɢ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *raːw, *reːw): semantic 扌 (“hand”) + phonetic 勞 (OC *raːw, *raːws).
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): lāo (lao1)
- (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠ
- (Chengdu, SP): nao1
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): laau4, laau1, lou4, lou1
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): leu3
- Gan (Wiktionary): lau1
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): lèu
- (Meixian, Guangdong): lêu2 / lau1
- Jin (Wiktionary): lau1
- Min Bei (KCR): láu / lāu
- Min Dong (BUC): lău / lô̤ / lò̤
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien, POJ): lô / lô͘
- (Teochew, Peng'im): liao5 / liou5 / lao5 / lao1
- Wu (Wiktionary): 1'lau
- Xiang (Wiktionary): lau1
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: laau4, laau1, lou4, lou1
- Yale: làauh, lāau, lòuh, lōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: laau4, laau1, lou4, lou1
- Guangdong Romanization: lao4, lao1, lou4, lou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /laːu̯²¹/, /laːu̯⁵⁵/, /lou̯²¹/, /lou̯⁵⁵/
Note:
- laau4 - common;
- laau1 - common variant;
- lou4 - uncommon literary variant;
- lou1 - rare variant in 撈本.
Gan
Hakka
Note:
- Meixian:
- lêu2 - “to scoop up”;
- lau1 - “to gain by improper means”.
Jin
Min Bei
Note:
- láu - “to scoop up”;
- lāu - “to look for”.
Min Dong
Note:
- lău - “to scoop up; to gain by improper means”;
- lô̤ - “to scoop up”;
- lò̤ - “to blanch”.
Min Nan
Note:
- liao5/liou5 - vernacular;
- lao5 - literary;
- lao1 - variant.
Wu
Xiang
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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撈
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撈
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| Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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| No.
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7648
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7664
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Phonetic
component
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勞
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勞
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Rime
group
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宵
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宵
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Rime
subdivision
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1
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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勞
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聊
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Old
Chinese
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/*raːw/
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/*reːw/
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| Notes
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見通俗文
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見方言
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DefinitionsEdit
撈
- to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for
- 把金魚撈出來／把金鱼捞出来 ― bǎ jīnyú lāo chūlái ― to scoop a goldfish out
- 撈出粒螺絲／捞出粒螺丝 [Cantonese] ― laau4 ceot1 lap1 lo4 si1 [Jyutping] ― to fish out a screw
- (dialectal) to grab; to take up
- (figurative) to gain by improper means
- (Min Dong) to blanch; to scald; to cook briefly in boiling water
- (Min Bei) to look for; to seek
- (to dredge up): 撈取／捞取 (lāoqǔ)
- (to look for):
Dialectal synonyms of
找 (“to look for, to seek, to search for”)
[map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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求, 尋, 覓1
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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找, 尋找, 尋覓
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| Mandarin
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Beijing
|
找
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| Taiwan
|
找
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| Tianjin
|
找
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| Chengde
|
找
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| Tangshan
|
找
|
| Cangzhou
|
找
|
| Baoding
|
找
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
找
|
| Chifeng
|
找
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
找
|
| Heihe
|
找
|
| Qiqihar
|
找
|
| Harbin
|
找
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| Jiamusi
|
找
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| Baicheng
|
找
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| Changchun
|
找
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| Tonghua
|
找
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| Shenyang
|
找
|
| Dandong
|
找
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| Jinzhou
|
找
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| Dalian
|
找
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| Yantai
|
找
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
找
|
| Qingdao
|
找
|
| Lijin
|
找
|
| Zhucheng
|
找
|
| Jinan
|
找
|
| Jining
|
找
|
| Luoyang
|
尋, 找
|
| Wanrong
|
尋
|
| Shangqiu
|
找, 尋
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| Yuanyang
|
尋
|
| Zhengzhou
|
找
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| Lingbao
|
尋
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| Xinyang
|
找
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| Baihe
|
找
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| Hanzhong
|
找
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| Xi'an
|
尋, 找
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| Baoji
|
找, 尋
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| Yinchuan
|
找
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| Tianshui
|
找, 尋
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| Lanzhou
|
找
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| Dunhuang
|
找
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| Xining
|
尋
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| Hami
|
找
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| Ürümqi
|
找
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| Wuhan
|
找, 尋
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| Yichang
|
找
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| Xiangyang
|
找
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| Tianmen
|
找, 尋
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| Hong'an
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找
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| Chengdu
|
找
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| Nanchong
|
找
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| Dazhou
|
找
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| Hanyuan
|
找
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| Xichang
|
找
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| Zigong
|
找
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| Chongqing
|
找
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| Guiyang
|
找
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| Zunyi
|
找
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| Bijie
|
找
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| Liping
|
找
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| Zhaotong
|
找
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| Dali
|
找
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| Kunming
|
找
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| Mengzi
|
尾
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| Guilin
|
找
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| Liuzhou
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找
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| Changde
|
找
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| Anqing
|
找
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| Xuzhou
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找
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| Fuyang
|
找
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| Wuhu
|
找
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| Yangzhou
|
找
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| Lianyungang
|
找
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| Lianshui
|
找
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| Nanjing
|
找
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| Hefei
|
找
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| Nantong
|
找
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| Malaysia
|
找
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| Singapore
|
找
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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搵2
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| Hong Kong
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搵2
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| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
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搵2
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
尋
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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搵2
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
搵2
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| Macau
|
搵2
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
搵2
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
搵2
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
搵2
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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搵2
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| Foshan
|
搵2
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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搵2
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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搵2
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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搵2
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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搵2
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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搵2
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan)
|
搵2
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| Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
|
搵2
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
搵2
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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搵2
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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搵2
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| Taishan
|
搵2, 搵3
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
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搵2, 搵3
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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搵2
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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搵2
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| Dongguan
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搵2
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
尋, 搵2
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| Qingyuan
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搵2
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| Fogang
|
搵2
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
搵2
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| Yangshan
|
搵2
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| Shaoguan
|
搵2
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
搵2
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| Renhua
|
搵2
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| Lechang
|
搵2
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
搵2
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| Sihui
|
搵2
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| Guangning
|
搵2
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| Deqing
|
搵2
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| Huaiji
|
搵2
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
搵2
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| Yunfu
|
搵2
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| Xinxing
|
搵2
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| Luoding
|
搵2
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
搵2
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| Yangjiang
|
搵2
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| Xinyi
|
搵2
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| Lianjiang
|
搵2
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| Wuchuan (Wuyang)
|
尋
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| Nanning
|
搵2
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
搵2
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| Penang (Guangfu)
|
搵2
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
搵2
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
尋, 找
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| Lichuan
|
尋
|
| Pingxiang
|
尋
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
尋
|
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| Xingning
|
尋
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
尋
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
尋
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
尋
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
尋
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
搵2
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
尋
|
| Zijin
|
尋
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
尋
|
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
尋
|
| Liannan
|
尋
|
| Conghua (Lütian)
|
尋
|
| Jiexi
|
尋
|
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
尋
|
| Changting
|
尋
|
| Wuping
|
尋
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
尋
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
尋
|
| Liancheng
|
尋
|
| Ninghua
|
尋
|
| Yudu
|
尋
|
| Ningdu
|
尋
|
| Ruijin
|
尋
|
| Shicheng
|
尋
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
尋
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
尋
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
尋
|
| Dayu
|
尋
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
尋
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
尋
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
尋
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
尋
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
尋
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
尋
|
| Hong Kong
|
尋
|
| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
搵2, 跟
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
搵2
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
跟
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
跟
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
跟
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
跟
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
跟
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
跟
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
跟
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
尋
|
| Luchuan
|
尋
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
尋
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
尋
|
|---|
| Shexian
|
尋
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
尋, 找
|
|---|
| Yangyuan
|
找, 尋
|
| Datong
|
尋
|
| Xinzhou
|
尋
|
| Lishi
|
尋
|
| Linfen
|
尋
|
| Changzhi
|
找, 尋
|
| Linhe
|
找, 尋
|
| Jining
|
找
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| Hohhot
|
找, 尋
|
| Erenhot
|
找
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| Pingshan
|
找
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
找
|
| Handan
|
找
|
| Linzhou
|
找
|
| Suide
|
尋
|
| Min Bei
|
Jian'ou
|
撈
|
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| Songxi
|
撈
|
| Zhenghe
|
撈
|
| Jianyang
|
撈
|
| Wuyishan
|
撈
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
撈
|
| Min Dong
|
Fuzhou
|
討, 尋
|
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| Changle
|
討
|
| Fuqing
|
討
|
| Yongtai
|
討
|
| Gutian
|
討, 撈
|
| Pingnan
|
撈
|
| Fu'an
|
揣
|
| Ningde
|
尋
|
| Xiapu
|
揣
|
| Zherong
|
揣
|
| Shouning
|
撈
|
| Zhouning
|
揣
|
| Fuding
|
揣
|
| Matsu
|
討
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
討
|
| Min Nan
|
Xiamen
|
揣, 覓1
|
|---|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
揣
|
| Quanzhou
|
揣, 覓1
|
| Jinjiang
|
揣
|
| Shishi
|
揣
|
| Yongchun
|
揣
|
| Zhangzhou
|
揣, 覓1
|
| Zhao'an
|
揣
|
| Taipei
|
揣
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
揣
|
| Kaohsiung
|
揣
|
| Yilan
|
揣
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
揣
|
| Taichung
|
揣
|
| Tainan
|
揣
|
| Hsinchu
|
揣
|
| Kinmen
|
揣
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
揣
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
揣
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
揣
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
揣
|
| Longyan
|
揣
|
| Datian
|
揣
|
| Chaozhou
|
揣
|
| Shantou
|
揣
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
揣
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
揣
|
| Jieyang
|
揣
|
| Haifeng
|
揣
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
揣
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
揣
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
揣
|
| Leizhou
|
覓3
|
| Wenchang
|
覓3, 揣
|
| Haikou
|
覓3
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
覓3
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
揣
|
|---|
| Min Zhong
|
Yong'an
|
撈
|
|---|
| Sanyuan
|
撈
|
| Shaxian
|
撈
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Shaxi (Longdu)
|
搵2
|
|---|
| Sanxiang
|
搵2
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
尋
|
|---|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
尋
|
| Suzhou
|
尋
|
| Danyang
|
尋
|
| Hangzhou
|
尋
|
| Ningbo
|
尋
|
| Wenzhou
|
尋
|
| Jinhua
|
尋
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
尋
|
|---|
| Loudi
|
尋
|
| Shuangfeng
|
尋
|
DescendantsEdit
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
撈
- Used in 撈什子／捞什子, alternative form of 勞什子／劳什子 (láoshízi).
Etymology 3Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
撈
- (Cantonese) to mix; to stir
- (Cantonese) to earn a living
- (Cantonese) to want
- (Cantonese) to tease
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 4Edit
From 撈鬆／捞松 (laau1 sung1).
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
撈
- (Cantonese, derogatory) non-Cantonese Chinese; northern Chinese; Mandarin-speaking Chinese
- 東北撈／东北捞 [Cantonese] ― dung1 bak1 laau1 [Jyutping] ― Northeasterner
CompoundsEdit
Etymology 5Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
PronunciationEdit
DefinitionsEdit
撈
- (Hokkien) to dredge up; to scoop out of water; to fish for
撈 • (ro>no) (hangeul 로>노, revised ro>no, McCune–Reischauer ro>no, Yale lo>no)
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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VietnameseEdit
Han characterEdit
撈: Hán Nôm readings: lau, lao, lạo, trau
- This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text
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