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Chinese[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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trad. (瓜子)
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瓜
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子
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simp. #(瓜子)
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瓜
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子
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alternative forms
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瓜籽
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Pronunciation[edit]
瓜子
- melon seed (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆/颗 m)
- any edible seed consumed as a snack, e.g. watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, etc. (Classifier: 粒 m; 顆/颗 m)
- 嗑瓜子 ― kè guāzǐ ― to eat melon seeds
他居然沒有給客人準備煙、酒、飲料、糖、瓜子或茶葉。 [MSC, trad.]
他居然没有给客人准备烟、酒、饮料、糖、瓜子或茶叶。 [MSC, simp.]- Tā jūrán méiyǒu gěi kèrén zhǔnbèi yān, jiǔ, yǐnliào, táng, guāzǐ huò cháyè. [Pinyin]
- Unexpectedly, he hadn't prepared cigarettes, liquor or other beverages, sweets, melon seeds, or tea for the guests.
- (specifically) sunflower seed
Synonyms[edit]
Dialectal synonyms of
瓜子 (“melon seed; seed eaten as a snack”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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瓜子
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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瓜子兒
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Taiwan
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瓜子
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Harbin
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瓜子兒
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Yantai (Muping)
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瓜子兒
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Jinan
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瓜子兒
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Luoyang
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瓜子兒
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Wanrong
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瓜子
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Xi'an
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瓜子兒
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Yinchuan
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瓜子子
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Lanzhou
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瓜子
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Xining
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瓜子兒
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Ürümqi
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瓜子兒
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Wuhan
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瓜子
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Chengdu
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瓜子
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Guiyang
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瓜子
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Liuzhou
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瓜子
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Xuzhou
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瓜子兒
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Yangzhou
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瓜子子
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Nanjing
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瓜子
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Singapore
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瓜子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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瓜子
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Hong Kong
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瓜子
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
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瓜子
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Macau
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瓜子
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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瓜子
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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瓜子
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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瓜子
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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瓜子
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Foshan
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瓜子
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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瓜子
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Foshan (Shunde)
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瓜子
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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瓜子
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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瓜子
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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瓜子
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Zhuhai (Qianshan)
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瓜子
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Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)
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瓜子
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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瓜子
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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瓜子
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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瓜子
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Taishan
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瓜子
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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瓜子
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Enping (Niujiang)
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瓜子
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Heshan (Yayao)
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瓜子
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Dongguan
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瓜子
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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瓜子
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Gan
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Nanchang
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瓜子
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Lichuan
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瓜子
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Pingxiang
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瓜子
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Hakka
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Meixian
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瓜仁
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Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
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瓜子
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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瓜子
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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瓜子
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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瓜子
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Conghua (Lütian)
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瓜子
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Yudu
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瓜子
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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瓜子, 瓜仁
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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瓜子, 瓜仁
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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瓜子, 瓜仁
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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瓜子, 瓜仁
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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瓜子, 瓜仁
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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瓜子
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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瓜子
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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瓜仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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瓜子
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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瓜子
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Quanzhou
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瓜子
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Zhangzhou
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瓜子
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Shantou
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瓜子
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Leizhou
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瓜子
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Haikou
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瓜子
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Zhongshan Min
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Shaxi (Longdu)
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瓜子
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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瓜子
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Wu
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Suzhou
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瓜子
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Danyang
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瓜子
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Hangzhou
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瓜子
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Ningbo
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瓜子
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Jinhua
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瓜子
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Xiang
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Changsha
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瓜子
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Loudi
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瓜子
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- 向日葵子 (xiàngrìkuízǐ)
- 天葵子 (tiānkuízǐ)
- 摩登瓜子 (mo1 dang1 gwaa1 zi2) (Cantonese)
- 望日葵子 (wàngrìkuízǐ)
- 葵瓜子 (kuíguāzǐ)
- 葵花籽 (kuíhuāzǐ)
Dialectal synonyms of
葵花籽 (“sunflower seed”)
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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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葵花籽
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Mandarin
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Beijing
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瓜子兒, 轉蒂蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒
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Taiwan
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葵花籽
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Tianjin
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瓜子兒
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Chengde
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葵花籽兒
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Tangshan
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葵花籽兒
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Cangzhou
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葵花籽兒
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Baoding
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葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒
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Shijiazhuang
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葵花籽兒
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Chifeng
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Heihe
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葵花籽兒, 毛子嗑
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Qiqihar
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瓜子兒, 毛嗑
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Harbin
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葵花籽兒, 葵瓜子兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑兒, 毛嗑兒, 斜麼子兒
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Jiamusi
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛子嗑, 毛嗑
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Baicheng
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Changchun
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瓜子兒, 毛嗑
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Tonghua
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瓜子兒
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Shenyang
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Dandong
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒, 毛嗑兒
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Jinzhou
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葵花籽兒, 毛嗑兒
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Dalian
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毛嗑兒
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Yantai
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瓜子兒
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Yantai (Muping)
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轉日蓮種兒, 轉家蓮種兒
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Qingdao
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Lijin
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葵花籽兒
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Zhucheng
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朝陽花瓜種兒
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Jinan
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Jining
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葵花籽兒, 照照葵子兒
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Luoyang
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葵花兒籽兒
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Wanrong
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葵花籽兒
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Shangqiu
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Yuanyang
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葵花籽兒
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Zhengzhou
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葵花籽兒
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Lingbao
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葵花籽
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Xinyang
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葵花籽兒
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Baihe
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Hanzhong
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葵花籽
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Xi'an
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Baoji
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葵花籽, 瓜子兒
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Yinchuan
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向陽黃籽籽, 葵花籽, 葵花籽兒
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Tianshui
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向日葵子兒
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Lanzhou
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葵花籽兒, 葵花籽
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Dunhuang
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葵花籽兒
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Xining
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Hami
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Ürümqi
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Wuhan
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葵瓜子, 葵花籽
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Yichang
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葵花籽, 瓜子
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Xiangyang
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葵花籽, 瓜子兒
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Tianmen
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葵花籽, 瓜子
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Hong'an
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葵花籽, 瓜子
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Chengdu
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葵花籽, 向兒葵
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Nanchong
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葵瓜子
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Dazhou
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瓜子
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Hanyuan
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瓜子
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Xichang
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葵花籽
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Zigong
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瓜子
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Chongqing
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葵瓜子
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Guiyang
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葵花籽, 葵花
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Zunyi
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Bijie
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葵花籽
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Liping
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葵花籽
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Zhaotong
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葵花籽, 瓜子
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Dali
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葵花籽
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Kunming
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葵花籽
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Mengzi
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瓜子兒
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Guilin
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葵瓜子, 朝陽瓜子
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Liuzhou
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葵瓜子, 葵花籽, 瓜子
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Jishou
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葵花籽
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Changde
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葵瓜子
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Anqing
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葵花籽
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Xuzhou
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轉蓮子兒, 葵花籽兒, 葵花, 瓜子兒
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Fuyang
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葵花籽兒
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Wuhu
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葵花籽
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Yangzhou
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葵花籽子
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Lianyungang
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葵花籽, 望葵
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Lianshui
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望葵
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Nanjing
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葵花籽
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Hefei
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葵花籽
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Nantong
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葵花籽兒
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Singapore
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瓜子
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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葵瓜子
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Hong Kong
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摩登瓜子
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Dongguan
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葵瓜子
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Nanning
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葵瓜子
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Wuzhou
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葵瓜子
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Yulin
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葵花籽
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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葵瓜子
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Gan
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Nanchang
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葵花籽
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Lichuan
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葵花籽
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Pingxiang
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葵花籽
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Hakka
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Meixian
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葵花籽
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Yudu
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照日亮瓜子
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Luchuan (Daqiao)
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葵瓜子
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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葵花籽
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Shexian
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葵花籽
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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瓜子, 葵花瓜子, 葵花籽籽, 葵花籽
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Yangyuan
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葵花籽兒
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Datong
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葵花籽兒
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Xinzhou
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葵花花, 麻煩子兒, 葵花籽兒
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Lishi
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葵花籽兒
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Linfen
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子子兒, 盤子子兒
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Changzhi
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望月花子子
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Linhe
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Jining
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葵花籽
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Hohhot
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瓜子兒
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Erenhot
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瓜子兒
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Pingshan
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Zhangjiakou
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朝陽花子兒
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Handan
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葵花籽兒, 瓜子兒
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Linzhou
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轉子蓮子兒
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Suide
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葵花籽兒
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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日頭陽子
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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向日葵子, 葵花籽
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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葵花籽
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Leizhou
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葵籽
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Haikou
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葵瓜子
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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葵瓜子
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Northern Pinghua
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Guilin (Dahe)
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葵花籽
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Wu
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Shanghai
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香瓜子
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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朝日頭瓜子
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Suzhou
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香瓜子
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Danyang
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葵花籽
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Hangzhou
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香瓜子
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Ningbo
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香瓜子
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Wenzhou
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太陽佛花子
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Jinhua
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香瓜子
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Xiang
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Changsha
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葵花籽
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Loudi
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向陽花籽
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Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
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melon; claw; gourd melon; claw; gourd; squash
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child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; ( noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
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trad. (瓜子)
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瓜
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子
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simp. #(瓜子)
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瓜
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子
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Pronunciation[edit]
瓜子
- (obsolete, colloquial) strike with two fingers on someone's arm as a punishment
- (obsolete or Central Plains and Lanyin Mandarin) stupid person; idiot
- (in compounds) A diminutive suffix for a round object, especially the head or the brain.
Derived terms[edit]