Etymology
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From 波羅蜜 (“paramita; perfection”), with the addition of the 艹 (“grass”) radical to indicate a plant.
The association between paramita and jackfruit may have resulted from the confusion of the two Sanskrit loanwords 波羅蜜 (MC pa la mjit, “paramita”) and 波那娑 (MC pa na sa, “jackfruit”).
Pronunciation
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Rime
|
Character
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菠
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蘿
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蜜
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Reading #
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1/1
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1/1
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1/1
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Initial (聲)
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幫 (1)
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來 (37)
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明 (4)
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Final (韻)
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戈 (95)
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歌 (94)
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質 (48)
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Tone (調)
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Level (Ø)
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Level (Ø)
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Checked (Ø)
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Openness (開合)
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Closed
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Open
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Open
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Division (等)
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I
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I
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III
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Fanqie
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博禾切
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魯何切
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彌畢切
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Baxter
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pa
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la
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mjit
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Reconstructions
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Zhengzhang Shangfang
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/puɑ/
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/lɑ/
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/miɪt̚/
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Pan Wuyun
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/puɑ/
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/lɑ/
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/mit̚/
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Shao Rongfen
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/puɑ/
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/lɑ/
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/mjet̚/
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Edwin Pulleyblank
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/pwa/
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/la/
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/mit̚/
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Li Rong
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/puɑ/
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/lɑ/
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/miĕt̚/
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Wang Li
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/puɑ/
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/lɑ/
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/mĭĕt̚/
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Bernard Karlgren
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/puɑ/
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/lɑ/
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/mi̯ĕt̚/
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Expected Mandarin Reflex
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bō
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luó
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mì
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Expected Cantonese Reflex
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bo1
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lo4
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mat6
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菠蘿蜜
- jackfruit; breadfruit
- (dialectal Mandarin, Northern Min, Wu) pineapple
Synonyms
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Dialectal synonyms of
菠蘿蜜 (“jackfruit”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Classical Chinese
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波那娑, 婆那娑, 波那沙, 半橠娑, 半娜娑
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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菠蘿蜜, 木菠蘿, 樹菠蘿
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Taxonomic name
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菠蘿蜜
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Mandarin
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Taiwan
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菠蘿蜜
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Liuzhou
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木菠蘿
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Nanning (Wuming)
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木菠蘿
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Singapore
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菠蘿蜜
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Kokang
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牛肚子果
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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菠蘿蜜, 大樹菠蘿, 木菠蘿
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Hong Kong
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大樹菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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大樹菠蘿
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Taishan (Guanghai)
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樹菠蘿
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Yangjiang
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菠蘿子
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Nanning
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木菠蘿, 樹菠蘿
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Nanning (Tanka)
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木菠蘿
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Wuzhou
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木菠蘿
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Yulin
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木菠蘿
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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木菠蘿
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Guiping (Jintian)
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木菠蘿
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Baise
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木菠蘿, 樹菠蘿
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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木菠蘿
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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大菠蘿
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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芒加
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Sarikei (Xinhui)
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大樹菠蘿
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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菠蘿蜜
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Móng Cái
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木菠蘿
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Mandalay (Taishan)
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菠蘿蜜
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Hakka
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Senai (Huiyang)
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芒加
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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菠蘿蜜
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Penang (Hokkien)
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芒加
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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芒加
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Chaozhou
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菠蘿蜜
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Shantou
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菠蘿蜜
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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菠蘿蜜
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Jieyang
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菠蘿蜜
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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芒加
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Singapore (Teochew)
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芒加, 菠蘿蜜
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Pontianak (Teochew)
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菠蘿蜜
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Leizhou
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包蘿
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Wenchang
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包蜜
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Haikou
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包蜜
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Zhongshan Min
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Sanxiang
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大樹菠蘿
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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木菠蘿
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Dialectal synonyms of
菠蘿 (“pineapple”)
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Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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菠蘿, 鳳梨, 楓梨 rare
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Mandarin
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Taiwan
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鳳梨
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Harbin
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菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 suburbs, 風梨 dated
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Yantai (Muping)
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菠蘿
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Jinan
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菠蘿
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Xi'an
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菠蘿
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Ürümqi
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菠蘿
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Wuhan
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菠蘿
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Chengdu
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菠蘿
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Guiyang
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菠蘿
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Guilin
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菠蘿
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Guilin (Lingui)
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菠蘿
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Liuzhou
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菠蘿
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Liuzhou (Luorong)
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菠蘿
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Nanning (Wuming)
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菠蘿
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Xuzhou
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菠蘿
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Yangzhou
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菠蘿
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Nanjing
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菠蘿
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Yanping
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菠蘿梨
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Malaysia
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黃梨
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Singapore
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黃梨
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Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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鳳梨, 菠蘿
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Kokang
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打鑼錘
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Dagudi (Maliba)
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菠蘿
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Reshuitang (Longling)
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菠蘿
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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菠蘿, 大籮錘
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Mae Sai (Tengchong)
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菠蘿
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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菠蘿
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Hong Kong
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菠蘿
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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菠蘿
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Macau
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菠蘿
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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菠蘿
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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菠蘿
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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菠蘿
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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菠蘿
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Foshan
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菠蘿
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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菠蘿
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Foshan (Shunde)
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菠蘿
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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菠蘿
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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菠蘿
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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菠蘿
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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菠蘿
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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菠蘿
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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菠蘿
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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菠蘿
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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菠蘿
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Taishan
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菠蘿
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Taishan (Guanghai)
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菠蘿
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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菠蘿
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Enping (Niujiang)
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菠蘿
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Heshan (Yayao)
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菠蘿
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Dongguan
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菠蘿
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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菠蘿
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Maoming (Xinpo)
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麻子, 菠蘿麻子
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Zhanjiang
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麻子
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Lianjiang
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麻子
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Wuchuan (Wuyang)
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麻子
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Nanning
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菠蘿
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Nanning (Tanka)
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菠蘿
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Wuzhou
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菠蘿
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Yulin
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菠蘿
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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菠蘿
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Guiping
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菠蘿
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Guiping (Jintian)
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菠蘿
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Mengshan (Xihe)
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菠蘿
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Guigang (Nanjiang)
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菠蘿
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Beiliu (Tangliao)
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菠蘿
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Baise
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菠蘿
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Bobai
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菠蘿
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Lingshan
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菠蘿
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Pubei
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菠蘿
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Qinzhou
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菠蘿
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Beihai
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菠蘿
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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地菠蘿, 番菠蘿
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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番菠蘿, 菠蘿仔
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Ningming
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菠蘿
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Hengzhou
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菠蘿
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Hezhou (Pumen)
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菠蘿
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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地菠蘿
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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黃梨
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Ipoh (Guangfu)
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黃梨
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Sarikei (Xinhui)
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黃梨
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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黃梨
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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菠蘿
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Móng Cái
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地菠蘿
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Yangon (Taishan)
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菠蘿, 黃梨
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Mandalay (Taishan)
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菠蘿
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Bangkok (Guangfu)
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黃梨
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Gan
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Lichuan
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菠蘿
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Pingxiang
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菠蘿
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Hakka
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Meixian
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黃梨
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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菠蘿
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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菠蘿
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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菠蘿
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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菠蘿
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Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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菠蘿
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Wuhua (Huacheng)
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菠蘿
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Wuhua (Changbu)
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菠蘿
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Conghua (Lütian)
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菠蘿
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Jiexi
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番梨
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Luhe
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菠蘿
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Pinghe (Jiufeng)
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番梨
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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黃梨
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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黃梨
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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黃梨
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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黃梨
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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黃梨
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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番梨
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Hong Kong
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菠蘿
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Beiliu (Tang'an)
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菠蘿
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Mashan (Pianlian)
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菠蘿
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Sabah (Longchuan)
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黃梨, 菠蘿
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Senai (Huiyang)
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黃梨
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Kuching (Hepo)
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黃梨
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Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
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黃梨
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Bangkok (Meixian)
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黃梨
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Bangkok (Fengshun)
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番梨
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Bangkok (Jiexi)
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番梨
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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菠蘿
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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菠蘿
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Xinzhou
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菠蘿
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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菠蘿蜜
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Songxi
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菠蘿
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Jianyang
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菠蘿蜜
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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黃梨
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Changle
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黃梨
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Fuqing
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黃梨, 芋梨
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Yongtai
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黃梨
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Gutian
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黃梨
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Fu'an
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菠蘿
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Ningde
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黃梨
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Shouning
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黃梨
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Zhouning
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黃梨, 菠蘿
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Fuding
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菠蘿
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Matsu
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黃梨
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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王梨
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Xiamen (Tong'an)
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王梨
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Quanzhou
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王梨
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Jinjiang
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王梨
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Zhangzhou
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王梨
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Zhangzhou (Changtai)
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王梨
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Pinghe
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王梨
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Zhangpu
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王梨
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Zhao'an
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王梨
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Dongshan
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王梨
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Taipei
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王梨
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Taipei (Wanhua)
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王梨
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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王梨
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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王梨
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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王梨
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Kaohsiung
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王梨
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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王梨
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Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
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王梨
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Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
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王梨
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Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
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王梨
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Yilan
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王梨
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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王梨
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Changhua (Lukang)
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王梨
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Taichung
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王梨
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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王梨
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Tainan
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王梨
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Tainan (Anping)
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王梨
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Taitung
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王梨
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Hsinchu
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王梨
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Kinmen
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王梨
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Penghu (Magong)
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王梨
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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王梨
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Penang (Hokkien)
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王梨
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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王梨
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Manila (Hokkien)
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王梨
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Longyan
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王梨
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Zhangping (Yongfu)
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王梨
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Pingnan (Shangdu)
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菠蘿
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Pingnan (Sijie)
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菠蘿
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Pingle (Zhoutang)
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菠蘿
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Lechang (Tatou)
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菠蘿
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Yingde (Yuzui)
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菠蘿
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Yunan (Liantan)
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菠蘿
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Chaozhou
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番梨
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Raoping
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番梨
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Shantou
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番梨
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Shantou (Chenghai)
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番梨
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Shantou (Chaoyang)
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番梨
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Jieyang
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番梨, 菠蘿
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Lufeng
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王梨
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Haifeng
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菠蘿
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Bangkok (Teochew)
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紅梨
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Chiang Mai (Teochew)
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紅梨
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Hat Yai (Teochew)
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紅梨
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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紅梨
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Singapore (Teochew)
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王梨
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Pontianak (Teochew)
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紅梨, 王梨
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Leizhou
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菠蘿, 櫓蔸籽, 日蔸籽
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Wenchang
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菠蘿, 番簍
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Haikou
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圓導, 番圓導
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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王梨
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Putian (Donghai)
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王梨
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Putian (Jiangkou)
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王梨
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Putian (Nanri)
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王梨
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Xianyou
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王梨
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Xianyou (Fengting)
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王梨
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Xianyou (Youyang)
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王梨
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Fuding (Aoyao)
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王梨
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Central Min
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Yong'an
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菠蘿
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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菠蘿
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Sanxiang
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菠蘿
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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菠蘿
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Nanning (Shajing)
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菠蘿
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Binyang (Xinqiao)
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菠蘿
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Chaoyang)
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菠蘿
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Guilin (Zhuyuan)
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菠蘿
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Lingchuan (Tanxia)
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菠蘿
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Wu
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Shanghai
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菠蘿蜜, 菠蘿
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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菠蘿
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Shanghai (Songjiang)
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菠蘿
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Suzhou
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菠蘿, 菠蘿蜜 suburbs
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Danyang
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菠蘿
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Hangzhou
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菠蘿
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Ningbo
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菠蘿
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Wenzhou
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菠蘿
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Jinhua
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菠蘿蜜, 菠蘿
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Xiang
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Changsha
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菠蘿
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Quanzhou
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菠蘿
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Guanyang (Wenshi)
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菠蘿
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Derived terms
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