Chinese
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both; two; some both; two; some; a few; tael
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old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)
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trad. (兩老)
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兩
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老
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simp. (两老)
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两
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老
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Pronunciation
Noun
(deprecated template usage) 兩老
- two seniors (from an older generation)
- parents; mother and father; mum and dad
- (Hakka) husband and wife; married couple
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
父母 (“father and mother; parents”)
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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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父母, 爺娘, 怙恃, 雙親
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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父母, 雙親, 父母親
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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爹媽, 老家兒
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Taiwan
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爸媽
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Singapore
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爸媽, 家長
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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老的兒, 爹媽
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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老兒的
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Xi'an
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媽爸
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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娘老子
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Lanzhou
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娘老子, 老漢們
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Ürümqi
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娘老子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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娘老子, 媽老漢兒
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Chongqing
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媽老漢兒
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Wuhan
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娘老子, 兩老
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Liuzhou
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娘老子
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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娘老子
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Yangzhou
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娘老子
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Nantong
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爺娘
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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老豆老母
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Hong Kong
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老豆老母, 爹哋媽咪, 阿爸阿媽
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Yangjiang
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老子阿奶
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Gan
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Nanchang
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爺娘
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Pingxiang
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娘爺
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Hakka
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Meixian
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爺哀
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Xingning
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爺哀
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Huidong (Daling)
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阿爸阿姆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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阿姆阿爸
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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爺哀
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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阿爸阿姆
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Liannan
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爺哀
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Jiexi
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爺哀
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Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
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爺哀
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Changting
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爹哀, 爺哀
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Wuping
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爺哀
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Wuping (Yanqian)
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爺哀
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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爺哀
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Ninghua
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爹母
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Ningdu
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爹姐
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Ruijin
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哀爹, 爺娘, 爺哀
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Shicheng
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爹哀
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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爺姐
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Tonggu (Sandu)
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娘爺
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Ganzhou (Panlong)
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爺姐
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Dayu
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爺佬姐佬
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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爺哀, 爺娘, 兩老
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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爺哀, 爺母, 兩老
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Hong Kong
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阿爸阿姆
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Yangxi (Tangkou)
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老子阿奶
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Yangchun (Sanjia)
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父母
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Xinyi (Sihe)
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爺哀
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Xinyi (Qianpai)
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爺哀
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Gaozhou (Xindong)
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爸媽
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Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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父母親
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Huazhou (Xin'an)
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爺哀
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Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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爺哀, 爸哀
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Lianjiang (Qingping)
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爸哀
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Luchuan
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爸媽
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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娘老子, 老子娘, 老子爺娘
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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爹娘
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Xinzhou
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老子娘
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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爹奶
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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爸奶
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Matsu
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爸奶
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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爸母, 老爸母
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Quanzhou
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爸母, 老爸母
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Jinjiang
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爸母
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Zhangzhou
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爸母, 老爸母
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Zhao'an
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爸母
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Taipei
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爸母
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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爸母
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Kaohsiung
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爸母
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Yilan
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爸母
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Changhua (Lukang)
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爸母
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Taichung
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爸母
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Tainan
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爸母
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Hsinchu
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爸母
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Kinmen
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爸母
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Penghu (Magong)
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爸母
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Penang (Hokkien)
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爸母
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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爸母
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Manila (Hokkien)
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爸母
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Chaozhou
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父嬡, 爸母
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Jieyang
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父嬡
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Singapore (Teochew)
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爸母
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Wu
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Shanghai
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爺娘
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Suzhou
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爺娘
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Danyang
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娘啊老子, 爺娘 rare
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Hangzhou
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娘老子
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Ningbo
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爹娘
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Wenzhou
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奶阿伯, 阿伯奶
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Xiang
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Changsha
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爺娘
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Shuangfeng
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爺娘
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Dialectal synonyms of
夫妻 (“husband and wife”)
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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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夫妻, 夫婦, 伉儷
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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兩口子, 兩口兒, 公母倆
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Taiwan
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夫妻, 兩夫妻
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Langfang
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兩口子
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Harbin
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兩口子, 公母倆
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Singapore
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夫妻, 夫婦, 兩公婆
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tangshan
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兩口子
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Cangzhou
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兩口子
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Baoding
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兩口子
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Shijiazhuang
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兩口子
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Jinan
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兩口子, 兩口兒
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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老婆漢子, 漢子老婆倆兒, 兩口家, 兩口子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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夫婦, 夫妻倆, 兩口
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Daming
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兩口子
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Wanrong
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婆夫, 婆夫倆
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Xi'an
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兩口子
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Xining
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兩口兒, 兩口兒子
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Xuzhou
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公母倆兒, 公母倆
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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夫妻, 兩口子
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Lanzhou
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夫妻兩個
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Ürümqi
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夫妻, 夫妻倆兒, 夫妻兩個, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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夫妻, 兩夫妻, 兩口子
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Wuhan
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夫妻, 夫妻伙裡, 兩口子
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Guiyang
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兩夫妻, 兩口子
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Liuzhou
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兩口子, 兩公婆
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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夫妻, 夫妻兩個
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Yangzhou
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夫妻, 夫妻兩個
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Hefei
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夫妻
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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兩公婆, 公婆
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Hong Kong
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兩公婆, 夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫婦, 兩夫婦
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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兩公婆
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Macau
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兩公婆
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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兩公婆
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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兩公婆
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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兩公婆
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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兩公婆
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Foshan
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兩公婆
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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兩公婆
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Foshan (Shunde)
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兩公婆
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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兩公婆
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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兩公婆
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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兩公婆
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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兩公婆
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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兩公婆
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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兩公婆
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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兩公婆
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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兩公婆
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Taishan
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兩公婆
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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兩公婆
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Enping (Niujiang)
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兩公婆
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Heshan (Yayao)
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兩公婆
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Dongguan
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兩公婆, 夫妻
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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兩公婆
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Yangjiang
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兩公婆, 公婆
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Singapore (Guangfu)
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兩公婆
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Gan
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Nanchang
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兩媽老子, 兩公婆, 夫妻
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Lichuan
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兩公婆兒, 兩公婆
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Pingxiang
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兩公婆
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Hakka
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Meixian
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兩公婆, 兩老貨, 公婆
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Xingning
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兩公婆
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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兩公婆
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Huidong (Daling)
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兩公婆
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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兩公婆
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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兩公婆
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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兩公婆
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Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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兩公婆
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Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
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兩公婆
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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兩公婆
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Changting
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兩公婆
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Wuping
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兩公婆
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Wuping (Pingyu)
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兩公婆
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Liancheng
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兩公婆
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Yudu
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公婆, 公婆兩
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Ruijin
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兩公婆, 兩老子
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Shicheng
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兩公婆
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Shangyou (Shexi)
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兩公婆
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老仔, 兩老
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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兩公姐, 公婆, 兩老
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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兩公姐, 兩公婆, 公婆, 兩老
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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兩公姐, 公姐, 兩老
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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夫妻, 老官老嫗
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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夫妻, 兩口子, 夫婦倆個
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Xinzhou
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婆姨漢子, 老婆漢子, 婆姨漢子兩個, 老婆漢子兩個
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Zhangjiakou
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兩口子
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Handan
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兩口子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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兩老, 兩老媽
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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老公媽, 老公媽兩隻
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Matsu
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老公媽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
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Quanzhou
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翁某, 翁仔某
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Jinjiang
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翁某仔
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Anxi
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翁某
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Zhangzhou
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翁某, 翁仔某, 翁婆, 翁姐
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Taipei
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翁仔某
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New Taipei (Sanxia)
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翁仔某
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Kaohsiung
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翁仔某
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Yilan
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翁仔某
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Changhua (Lukang)
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翁某
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Taichung
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翁仔某
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Tainan
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翁仔某
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Hsinchu
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翁仔某
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Kinmen
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翁仔某
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Penghu (Magong)
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翁仔某
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Penang (Hokkien)
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翁某
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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翁某
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Manila (Hokkien)
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翁某仔
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Chaozhou
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翁姐, 兩公婆
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Leizhou
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翁婆, 兩翁婆, 公婆, 兩公婆
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Haikou
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爹姩, 兩爹姩, 爹姩兩儂
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Puxian Min
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Putian
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老公媽
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Xianyou
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老公媽
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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兩公婆
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Wu
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Shanghai
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夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭, 夫妻兩個
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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夫妻, 夫妾, 夫妻兩, 夫妾兩
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Suzhou
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夫妻, 兩夫妻, 夫妻兩家頭
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Danyang
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婆老兩個
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Hangzhou
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夫妻
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Ningbo
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夫妻, 兩老頭, 兩公婆, 兩夫妻
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Wenzhou
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兩夫妻, 兩老, 兩老兒
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Jinhua
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公婆兩兒, 公婆兩個, 夫妻
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Xiang
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Changsha
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兩公婆, 兩夫婦, 兩夫妻
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Loudi
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夫妻
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Shuangfeng
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兩公婆, 兩夫婦
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Hengyang
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兩公婆
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