Translingual
Han character
片 (Kangxi radical 91, 片+0, 4 strokes, cangjie input 中中一中 (LLML) or 中中一弓 (LLMN), four-corner 22027, composition ⿰丿⿱丄𠃍)
- Kangxi radical #91, ⽚.
Derived characters
- Appendix:Chinese radical/片
- 𰁨, 𠯯, 𫭡, 𭖎, 扸, 沜, 𭤬, 㭊, 𤕰, 䏒, 𤰽, 𭽌, 𥞄, 𥩜, 𥸺, 𧈼, 𧦓, 𨐏, 𣶁, 𬫄, 𩢝, 𧌨, 魸
- 𠛁, 𢦤, 𣂔, 㲏, 覑, 𧣉, 𬷃, 𪚖, 𡵫, 𩂌, 𨳭
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 692, character 36
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 19813
- Dae Jaweon: page 1105, character 25
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2014, character 1
- Unihan data for U+7247
Chinese
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)
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Old Chinese
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爿
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*braːn, *zaŋ
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片
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*pʰeːns
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沜
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*pʰaːns
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Mirror image of 爿 (OC *braːn, “piece”), which is the pictogram of a bed.
Shuowen: half of 木 (“wood; tree”) to denote “to pare; to slice”; but this interpretation is not based on oracle bones and bronzes.
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard)
- (Pinyin): piàn, piān (pian4, pian1)
- (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧㄢˋ, ㄆㄧㄢ
- (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): pian3
- Cantonese
- (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): pin3 / pin3-2
- (Taishan, Wiktionary): pen1 / pen1*
- Gan (Wiktionary): pien3
- Hakka
- (Sixian, PFS): phién / phien
- (Meixian, Guangdong): piên3
- Jin (Wiktionary): pie2
- Northern Min (KCR): pi̿ng
- Eastern Min (BUC): piéng
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien, POJ): phìⁿ / phiàn
- (Teochew, Peng'im): piang3 / piêng3 / pin3
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 5phi / 5phie
- Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): pienn4
Note: piān - colloquial variant usually with erhua, used in the sense “thin piece” especially referring to an electronic item, such as films, photographs, discs, etc..
Note:
- phìⁿ - vernacular;
- phiàn - literary.
- (Teochew)
- Peng'im: piang3 / piêng3 / pin3
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: phiàng / phièng / phìⁿ
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰiaŋ²¹³/, /pʰieŋ²¹³/, /pʰĩ²¹³/
Note:
- piang3/piêng3 - literary (piêng3 - Chaozhou);
- pin3 - vernacular.
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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片
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Reading #
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1/1
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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piàn
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Middle Chinese
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‹ phenH ›
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰˁe[n]-s/
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English
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half; partial
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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片
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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9740
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Phonetic component
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Rime group
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元
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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Old Chinese
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/*pʰeːns/
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Definitions
片
- thin piece; flake; slice
- 片子 ― piànzi ― flake, small piece
- film; TV play; photograph; record
- 影片 ― yǐngpiàn ― film, movie
- 片子 ― piānzi ― film, movie, film reel
- (specifically) film (form of mass media); movie (Classifier: 部 m; 套 c)
- 賀歲片/贺岁片 [Cantonese] ― ho6 seoi3 pin3-2 [Jyutping] ― Chinese New Year film
- 動作片/动作片 ― dòngzuò piān ― action movie
- 片商 [Cantonese] ― pin3-2 soeng1 [Jyutping] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (by extension, Cantonese) video (Classifier: 條/条 c)
- 去片 [Cantonese] ― heoi3 pin3-2 [Jyutping] ― to play a video
- (medicine) tablet
- (dialectal) diaper; nappy (Classifier: 條/条 c)
- 幫BB換片/帮BB换片 [Cantonese] ― bong1 bi4 bi1 wun6 pin3-2 [Jyutping] ― to change diapers for the baby
- 纜片/缆片 [Cantonese] ― laam6 pin3-2 [Jyutping] ― to wear a diaper
- part of a place; portion on the earth; area
- (linguistics) subgroup; subdivision of a language
- 廣府片/广府片 [Cantonese] ― gwong2 fu2 pin3 [Jyutping] ― Guangfu subgroup (of Yue Chinese)
- to slice; to carve thin
- (Cantonese) to fight
- (Cantonese) to throw something along its thin side
- 片石仔 [Cantonese] ― pin3-2 sek6 zai2 [Jyutping] ― stone skipping
- (Cantonese, of a vehicle) to squeeze into a gap
- (Cantonese) bribe
- 收片 [Cantonese] ― sau1 pin3-2 [Jyutping] ― to collect bribes
- partial; incomplete; one-sided
- 片面 ― piànmiàn ― unilateral, one-sided
- Classifier for flat objects such as leaves, pieces of paper, slices, etc.
- 一片麵包/一片面包 ― yī piàn miànbāo ― a slice of bread
- Classifier for small nonspherical medicinal objects such as pills, tablets.
- Classifier for tracts of land and areas of water.
- Classifier for CDs, movies and DVDs.
- (used with numeral 一) Classifier for scenarios, scenes, feelings, atmospheres, sounds, clouds.
- (Teochew) Classifier for doors and windows.
- (Hakka, Teochew) side
- 東片/东片 [Teochew] ― dang1 pin3 [Peng'im] ― east; east side
- 許片/许片 [Teochew] ― he2 pin3 [Peng'im] ― there; that side
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
視頻 (“video”)
[map]
Dialectal synonyms of
尿布 (“diaper; nappy”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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尿布, 尿片
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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尿布, 褯子
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Taiwan
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尿布
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Langfang
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褯子
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Chifeng
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尿布, 褯子
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Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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褯子
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Harbin
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尿布, 褯子, 尿褯子
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Shenyang
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尿布, 褯子
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Singapore
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尿布
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Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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褯子, 㞎㞎褯子
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Tangshan
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尿布, 褯子
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Cangzhou
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尿布, 褯子
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Baoding
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褯子
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Shijiazhuang
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尿布, 褯子
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Jinan
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褯子, 尿布
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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潑潑
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Qingdao
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褯子
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Daming
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褯子
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Wanrong
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屎布子
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Zhengzhou
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屎布
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Xi'an
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尿布, 墊子, 褯子
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Xining
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尿褯褯, 尿布
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Xuzhou
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尿布, 褯子
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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尿布
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Lanzhou
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尿布, 褯褯子
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Ürümqi
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尿褯子, 褯褯子
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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尿片片, 尿片, 尿片子, 片片兒, 尿布
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Chongqing
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尿片兒, 片子
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Wuhan
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尿布, 片子, 尿片子, 㞎㞎片子
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Guiyang
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尿片, 片
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Kunming
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尿布
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Guilin
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尿布
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Liuzhou
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尿布, 尿片
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Mae Salong (Lancang)
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尿布
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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尿布
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Yangzhou
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尿布
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Nantong
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尿布, 尿溺子
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Hefei
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尿布
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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尿片, 屎片, 片
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Hong Kong
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尿片, 屎片, 片
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Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
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尿布
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Macau
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尿片
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Guangzhou (Panyu)
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屎片
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Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
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屎布
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Guangzhou (Conghua)
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屎片
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Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
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屎片
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Foshan
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屎片
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Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
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屎片
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Foshan (Shunde)
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尿片
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Foshan (Sanshui)
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屎片
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Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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尿布
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Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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尿片
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Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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尿片
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Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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尿片
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Zhuhai (Doumen)
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尿片
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Jiangmen (Baisha)
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尿片
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Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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尿片
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Taishan
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尿片
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Kaiping (Chikan)
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尿片, 屎片
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Enping (Niujiang)
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尿布
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Heshan (Yayao)
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屎布
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Dongguan
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屎片
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Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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尿片
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Hepu (Lianzhou)
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尿布
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Hepu (Shatian)
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尿布
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Beihai
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尿布
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Beihai (Nankang)
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屎片
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Beihai (Yingpan)
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屎布
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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尿片
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Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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尿布, 紙布
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Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
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尿片
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Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
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尿布
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Móng Cái
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尿片
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Gan
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Nanchang
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褯片
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Lichuan
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褯仔
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Pingxiang
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屎片布, 屎片
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Hakka
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Meixian
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尿帕, 尿裙, 屎帕, 屎裙, 尿布, 屎片
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Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
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屎片, 尿片
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Dongguan (Qingxi)
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屎片
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Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
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屎片
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Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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尿布
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Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
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尿布
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Yudu
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屎跌子, 尿片
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Miaoli (N. Sixian)
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尿裙仔, 尿墊仔, 尿布
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Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
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尿布仔, 尿布, 尿片
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Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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尿裙, 尿布
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Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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尿裙, 尿墊, 尿布
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Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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尿裙, 尿墊仔, 尿布
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Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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尿裙
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Huizhou
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Jixi
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尿片
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Shexian
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尿片
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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屎布, 尿褯子
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Xinzhou
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屎布
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Linhe
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尿布
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Jining
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尿布
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Hohhot
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尿布, 屎布
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Zhangjiakou
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尿布
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Handan
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尿布, 屎布
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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尿塊, 尿托仔
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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尿套
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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尿苴, 尿燥, 尿帕
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Quanzhou
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尿燥, 尿帕
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Jinjiang
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尿燥
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Zhangzhou
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尿苴, 尿帕
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Zhao'an
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尿帕
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Taipei (Wanhua)
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尿苴仔
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New Taipei (Tamsui)
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尿苴仔, 尿帕仔
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New Taipei (Pingxi)
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尿苴仔
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Kaohsiung
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尿苴仔
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Kaohsiung (Cijin)
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尿苴仔, 尿帕仔
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Yilan
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尿苴仔
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Yilan (Luodong)
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尿苴仔
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Yilan (Toucheng)
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尿苴仔
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Changhua (Lukang)
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尿苴仔
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Taichung
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尿苴仔
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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尿苴仔
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Tainan
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尿苴, 尿帕
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Tainan (Anping)
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尿苴仔, 尿帕仔
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Taitung
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尿苴仔
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Hsinchu
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尿帕仔
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Penghu (Magong)
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尿苴
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Penghu (Xiyu)
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尿苴
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Penang (Hokkien)
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lampeng
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Singapore (Hokkien)
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尿巾, 冰薄
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Manila (Hokkien)
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尿燥
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Shantou
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尿布
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Haikou
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尿幅, 幅
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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尿片, 尿蔭
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Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
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尿掩
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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尿片, 屎片
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Waxiang
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Guzhang (Gaofeng)
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尿布
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Wu
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Shanghai
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尿布
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Shanghai (Chongming)
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尿布
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Suzhou
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尿布
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Danyang
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尿布
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Hangzhou
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單爿兒
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Ningbo
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尿衲布, 尿衲, 衲, 衲爿
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Jinhua
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尿片
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Xiang
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Changsha
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尿布, 片
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Loudi
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褯子布, 褯子
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Hengyang
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片子
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Dialectal synonyms of
扇 (“(classifier for doors)”)
[map]
Variety
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Location
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Words
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Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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扇, 道
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Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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扇兒
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Taiwan
|
扇
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Singapore
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扇
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Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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扇
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Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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扇, 道
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Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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扇
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Xi'an
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扇兒, 扇, 道
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Xining
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扇, 道
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Xuzhou
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扇兒, 扇, 道
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Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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扇
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Ürümqi
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道
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Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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扇, 道
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Wuhan
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扇, 道
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Guiyang
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扇
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Guilin
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扇
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Liuzhou
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扇, 道
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Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
扇
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Yangzhou
|
扇
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Hefei
|
扇
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Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
度
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Hong Kong
|
度
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Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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隻
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Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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度
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Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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隻
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Taishan
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度
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Dongguan
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度
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Yangjiang
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扇
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Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
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扇
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Gan
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Nanchang
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扇
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Pingxiang
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扇, 陣
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Hakka
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Meixian
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扇, 皮
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Yudu
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扇
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Hong Kong
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隻
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Senai (Huiyang)
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扇
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Jin
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Taiyuan
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扇, 道
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Xinzhou
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扇
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Northern Min
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Jian'ou
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扇
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Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
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扇
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Southern Min
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Xiamen
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扇
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Quanzhou
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扇
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Zhangzhou
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扇
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Taipei (Wanhua)
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扇
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Kaohsiung
|
片
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Yilan
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扇
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Changhua (Lukang)
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扇
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Taichung
|
片
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Taichung (Wuqi)
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扇
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Tainan
|
片, 扇
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Taitung
|
片
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Hsinchu
|
片
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Penghu (Magong)
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扇
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Chaozhou
|
片
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Jieyang
|
片
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Bangkok (Teochew)
|
片
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Johor Bahru (Teochew)
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扇
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Singapore (Teochew)
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片
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Leizhou
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奇
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Haikou
|
片
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Zhongshan Min
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Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
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扇
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Southern Pinghua
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Nanning (Tingzi)
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扇
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Wu
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Shanghai
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扇
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Suzhou
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扇
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Ningbo
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扇
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Wenzhou
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爿
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Xiang
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Changsha
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扇, 張, 隻
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Shuangfeng
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扇
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- (disc): 碟 (dié), 碟片 (diépiàn)
Compounds
Descendants
- → Proto-Southwestern Tai: *pʰɛːnᴮ¹
- Ahom: 𑜇𑜢𑜐𑜫 (phiñ)
- Lao: ແຜ່ນ (phǣn)
- Northern Thai: ᨹᩯ᩠᩵ᨶ
- Shan: ၽႅၼ်ႇ (phèn)
- Tai Dam: ꪵꪠ꪿ꪙ
- Tai Nüa: ᥚᥦᥢᥱ (phǎen)
- Thai: แผ่น (pɛ̀n)
References
Japanese
Kanji
片
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
- (かた): one of a pair, one-sided[1]
- (ひら, きれ): slice
- slight, a little
- (ペンス): pound sterling
Readings
Derived terms
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term
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片
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かた Grade: 6
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kun'yomi
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From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *kata-. First cited in the Nihon Shoki of 720.[2]
Japanese sources describe this as cognate with 方 (kata, “side, direction”).[3] However, the pitch accents differ: compounds starting with 片 show <LL->
accent in the Heian period, in contrast to 方, which is recorded with a <HL>
accent instead, suggesting no direct relationship between the two.
Alternatively, 肩 (kata, “shoulder”) might be a more likely cognate given that term's matching <LH>
accent and compounds also indicating homonymy: compare 傾げる (katageru, “to tilt, to incline”), 担げる (katageru, “to carry on one’s shoulder”). Also, accent comparison might support that this word derives from the verb root 勝つ (katsu, “to win; to tend to”) or 搗つ (katsu, “to pound”) (both have an <L->
accent), and adverb 且つ (katsu, “besides; moreover; also; and”) which has an <LF>
accent.
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) かた [kàtáꜜ] (Odaka – [2])
- IPA(key): [ka̠ta̠]
Prefix
片 • (kata-)
- [from 720] (prefixed to a noun) one side or part of a pair or larger set
- 片手、片身
- katate, katami
- one hand, one half of the body
- [from 720] (prefixed to a noun or verb) one-sided
- 片思い、傾ける
- kataomoi, katamukeru
- one-sided thoughts / unrequited affection (as between two people), to lean to one side
- [from 720] (prefixed to a noun or verb) incomplete, partial, small
- 片山、片時、片笑む
- katayama, katatoki, kataemu
- a small mountain, a short time, to smile slightly
- [from 720] (prefixed to a noun) leaning or trending that way (emphasizing the quality of the prefixed noun)
- 片田舎
- katainaka
- the remote countryside
- [from 720] (prefixed to a verb, archaic) frequently, intently, earnestly
- 片設く
- katamaku
- to focus intently on doing one thing
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
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片
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ひら Grade: 6
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kun'yomi
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For pronunciation and definitions of 片 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 片, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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Etymology 3
For pronunciation and definitions of 片 – see the following entry.
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(This term, 片, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)
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References
- ^ “片”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025
- ^ “片”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten][2] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Hanja
片 (eumhun 조각 편 (jogak pyeon))
Compounds
- 가편 (歌片, gapyeon)
- 강편 (鋼片, gangpyeon)
- 골편 (骨片, golpyeon)
- 과편 (過片, gwapyeon)
- 금속편 (金屬片, geumsokpyeon)
- 기편 (器片, gipyeon)
- 녹편 (錄片, nokpyeon)
- 단편 (斷片, danpyeon)
- 동편 (銅片, dongpyeon)
- 명편 (名片, myeongpyeon)
- 목편 (木片, mokpyeon)
- 박편 (薄片, bakpyeon)
- 빙편 (氷片, bingpyeon)
- 석편 (石片, seokpyeon)
- 설편 (雪片, seolpyeon)
- 세편 (細片, sepyeon)
- 아편 (阿片, apyeon)
- 양편 (陽片, yangpyeon)
- 엽편 (葉片, yeop'pyeon)
- 와편 (瓦片, wapyeon)
- 우편 (羽片, upyeon)
- 은편 (銀片, eunpyeon)
- 음편 (陰片, eumpyeon)
- 일편 (一片, ilpyeon)
- 일편단심 (一片丹心, ilpyeondansim)
- 잔편 (殘片, janpyeon)
- 철편 (鐵片, cheolpyeon)
- 파편 (破片, papyeon)
- 파편폭탄 (破片爆彈), papyeonpoktan)
- 편각 (片刻, pyeon'gak)
- 편간 (片簡, pyeon'gan)
- 편고 (片孤, pyeon'go)
- 편뇌 (片腦, pyeonnoe)
- 편도 (片道, pyeondo)
- 편련 (片戀, pyeollyeon)
- 편리 (片利, pyeolli)
- 편리 (片理, pyeolli)
- 편마암 (片麻巖, pyeonmaam)
- 편무 (片務, pyeonmu)
- 편문 (片聞, pyeonmun)
- 편수 (片手, pyeonsu)
- 편시 (片時, pyeonsi)
- 편심 (片心, pyeonsim)
- 편언 (片言, pyeoneon)
- 편영 (片影, pyeonyeong)
- 편육 (片肉, pyeonyuk)
- 편저 (片楮, pyeonjeo)
- 편정 (片釘, pyeonjeong)
- 편족 (片足, pyeonjok)
- 편지 (片紙, pyeonji)
- 편편 (片片, pyeonpyeon)
- 편편금 (片片金, pyeonpyeon'geum)
- 화편 (花片, hwapyeon)
Vietnamese
Han character
片: Hán Nôm readings: phiến, phiện
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