The usual word 鵝／鹅 (ngu, “goose”) is homophonic with 我 (ngu, “I”) in Northern Wu, and is thus avoided in speech. For example, “kill a goose” and “kill me” sound identical.
白烏龜
- (Northern Wu) (white) goose
Dialectal synonyms of
鵝 (“domestic goose”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
鵝
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
鵝
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
鵝
|
| Taiwan
|
鵝
|
| Chifeng
|
鵝子
|
| Harbin
|
鵝, 鵝子
|
| Shenyang
|
鵝
|
| Singapore
|
鵝
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Jinan
|
鵝
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
鵝
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
鵝
|
| Zhengzhou
|
鵝
|
| Xi'an
|
鵝
|
| Xining
|
鵝
|
| Xuzhou
|
鵝
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
鵝
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
鵝
|
| Lanzhou
|
鵝
|
| Ürümqi
|
鵝
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
鵝, 鵝兒
|
| Wuhan
|
鵝
|
| Guiyang
|
鵝
|
| Kunming
|
鵝
|
| Liuzhou
|
鵝
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
鵝
|
| Yangzhou
|
鵝, 鵝子
|
| Nantong
|
鵝兒
|
| Hefei
|
鵝
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
鵝
|
| Macau
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
鵝
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
鵝
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
鵝
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
鵝
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
鵝
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
鵝
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
鵝
|
| Taishan
|
鵝
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
鵝
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
鵝
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
鵝
|
| Dongguan
|
鵝
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
鵝
|
| Shaoguan
|
鵝
|
| Yunfu
|
鵝
|
| Yangjiang
|
鵝
|
| Xinyi
|
鵝
|
| Lianjiang
|
鵝
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
鵝
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
鵝
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
鵝
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
鵝
|
| Lichuan
|
草鴨
|
| Pingxiang
|
鵝
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
鵝
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
鵝
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
鵝
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
鵝
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
鵝
|
| Yudu
|
鵝
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
鵝仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
鵝仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
鵝仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
鵝
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
鵝仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong
|
鵝
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
鵝
|
| Singkawang
|
鵝
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
鵝
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
鵝
|
| Pingyao
|
鵝
|
| Xinzhou
|
鵝
|
| Hohhot
|
鵝
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
鵝
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
鵝
|
| Fuqing
|
家鵝, 鵝
|
| Matsu
|
鵝
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鵝
|
| Quanzhou
|
鵝
|
| Jinjiang
|
鵝
|
| Taipei
|
鵝
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鵝
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鵝仔
|
| Yilan
|
鵝仔
|
| Kinmen
|
鵝
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鵝
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鵝
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鵝
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
鵝
|
| Chaozhou
|
鵝
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
鵝
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
鵝
|
| Leizhou
|
鵝
|
| Haikou
|
鵝
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
鵝
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
鵝
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
鵝
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
鵝
|
| Fuding
|
赤鵝
|
| Luoyuan
|
赤鵝
|
| Sanming
|
鵝
|
| Shunchang
|
赤鵝
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
鵝
|
| Cangnan
|
赤鵝
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
赤鵝
|
| Lishui
|
赤鵝
|
| Longyou
|
赤鵝
|
| Chaozhou
|
鵝
|
| Fengshun
|
鵝
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
鵝, 白烏龜, 戇
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Suzhou
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Wuxi
|
戇鵝, 高頭
|
| Danyang
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Hangzhou
|
鵝
|
| Ningbo
|
鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish
|
| Wenzhou
|
雁鵝, 鵝
|
| Jinhua
|
鵝
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
鵝
|
| Loudi
|
鵝
|
| Shuangfeng
|
鵝
|
