Chinese
Pronunciation
Noun
眼淚
- tear; teardrop
- 掉眼淚／掉眼泪 ― diào yǎnlèi ― to cry
- 流眼淚／流眼泪 ― liú yǎnlèi ― to tear up
- 擦乾眼淚／擦干眼泪 ― cāgān yǎnlèi ― to wipe away tears
- 忍住眼淚／忍住眼泪 ― rěnzhù yǎnlèi ― to choke back tears
- 流出鱷魚的眼淚／流出鳄鱼的眼泪 ― liú chū èyú de yǎnlèi ― to cry crocodile tears
Usage notes
- In some lects, including Cantonese and Nanjing Mandarin, 眼淚／眼泪 (yǎnlèi) is reserved for tears from crying. 眼水 (yǎnshuǐ) is used instead for tears from irritation, laughing, etc.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 眼淚 (“tears”) [map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
|
淚, 涕
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
眼淚, 淚水, 淚液
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| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
眼淚, 眼淚兒
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| Taiwan
|
眼淚
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| Chengde
|
眼淚
|
| Ulanhot
|
眼淚
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| Tongliao
|
眼淚
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| Chifeng
|
眼淚
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
眼淚
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| Heihe
|
眼淚
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| Qiqihar
|
眼淚
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| Harbin
|
眼淚
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| Jiamusi
|
眼淚
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| Baicheng
|
眼淚
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| Changchun
|
眼淚
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| Tonghua
|
眼淚
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| Shenyang
|
眼淚
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| Jinzhou
|
眼淚
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| Malaysia
|
眼淚
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| Singapore
|
眼淚
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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眼淚, 眼淚兒
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| Tangshan
|
眼淚
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| Cangzhou
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Baoding
|
眼淚
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| Shijiazhuang
|
眼淚
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| Lijin
|
淚兒
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| Jinan
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
|
眼淚兒
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| Dandong
|
眼淚
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| Yantai
|
眼淚
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
淚, 眼淚
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| Qingdao
|
眼淚
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| Zhucheng
|
眼淚
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
|
眼淚
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| Lingbao
|
眼淚
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| Jining
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Wanrong
|
淚顆
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| Linfen
|
淚顆兒
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| Shangqiu
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Yuanyang
|
眼淚
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| Zhengzhou
|
眼淚
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| Xinyang
|
眼淚
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| Baihe
|
眼淚
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| Xi'an
|
眼淚, 淚水
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| Baoji
|
眼淚
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| Tianshui
|
眼淚
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| Xining
|
眼淚
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| Xuzhou
|
眼淚
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| Fuyang
|
眼淚
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| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
眼淚
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| Bayanhot
|
眼淚
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| Lanzhou
|
眼淚
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| Dunhuang
|
眼淚
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| Hami
|
眼淚
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| Ürümqi
|
眼淚
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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眼淚, 眼淚花兒, 眼淚水, 眼流水, 眼睛水兒, 眼睛水
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| Nanchong
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Dazhou
|
眼淚水兒
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| Hanyuan
|
眼淚子
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| Xichang
|
眼淚
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| Zigong
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眼睛水
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| Chongqing
|
眼淚, 眼睛水
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| Wuhan
|
眼淚
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| Yichang
|
眼淚
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| Xiangyang
|
眼淚
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| Tianmen
|
眼淚, 眼雨
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| Guiyang
|
眼淚水, 眼淚
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| Zunyi
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眼淚水兒
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| Bijie
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眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Liping
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眼淚
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| Zhaotong
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眼淚, 眼露水
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| Dali
|
眼淚
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| Kunming
|
眼淚
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| Mengzi
|
眼淚
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| Guilin
|
眼淚
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| Liuzhou
|
眼淚
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| Jishou
|
眼淚
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| Changde
|
眼雨
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| Hanzhong
|
眼淚, 眼露水
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
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| Yangzhou
|
眼力水, 眼淚, 眼睛水
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| Lianyungang
|
眼淚
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| Lianshui
|
眼淚
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| Nantong
|
眼淚
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| Anqing
|
眼睛水, 眼睛
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| Wuhu
|
眼睛水, 眼水
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| Hefei
|
眼淚, 眼水
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| Hong'an
|
眼淚
|
| Mandarin
|
Nanping (Yanping)
|
眼淚
|
| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡, 眼淚水
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| Hong Kong
|
眼淚 †, 馬尿 †, 眼水 ‡
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
眼淚
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
眼淚
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| Macau
|
眼淚
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
眼淚
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
眼水
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
眼淚
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| Foshan
|
眼淚
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
眼水
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| Foshan (Shunde)
|
眼淚
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
眼淚
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
眼淚
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
眼淚
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
眼淚
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
眼淚
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
眼淚
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
眼淚
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
眼淚
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| Taishan
|
眼淚 †, 眼水 ‡
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
眼淚
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| Enping (Niujiang)
|
眼淚
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
眼水
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| Dongguan
|
眼淚
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| Qingyuan
|
眼淚
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| Fogang
|
眼淚
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
眼淚
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| Yangshan
|
眼淚水
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| Lianshan (Butian)
|
眼淚
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
眼淚
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| Shaoguan
|
眼淚
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Renhua
|
眼淚
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| Lechang
|
眼淚, 眼水
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
眼淚
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| Sihui
|
眼淚
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| Guangning
|
眼淚
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| Deqing
|
眼淚水
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| Huaiji
|
眼淚
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
眼淚
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| Yunfu
|
眼淚
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| Xinxing
|
眼淚水
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| Luoding
|
眼淚水
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
眼淚
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| Yangjiang
|
眼淚
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| Xinyi
|
眼淚
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| Lianjiang
|
眼淚, 眼汁
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| Nanning
|
眼淚
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| Wuzhou
|
眼淚
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| Yulin
|
眼淚
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
眼淚
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
眼淚
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
眼淚
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
眼淚
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| Lichuan
|
眼淚
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| Pingxiang
|
眼淚
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| Jianning
|
眼涕
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| Taining
|
目水
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
目汁
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| Xingning
|
目汁, 眼水
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
眼淚
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| Huidong (Daling)
|
目汁
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
眼汁
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
眼汁
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
眼汁
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
眼汁
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
眼水
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
眼汁
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| Changting
|
目汁
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| Wuping
|
目汁
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| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
目汁
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| Liancheng
|
目汁
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| Ninghua
|
眼汁
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| Yudu
|
眼淚
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| Ruijin
|
眼泣水
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| Shicheng
|
眼鼻水
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
目汁
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
目汁
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
目汁
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
目汁
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
目汁
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
目汁
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| Hong Kong
|
眼汁
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
眼水
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
眼汁
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| Senai (Huiyang)
|
眼汁
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| Singkawang
|
目汁
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Shexian
|
眼淚
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
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眼淚, 淚
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| Yangyuan
|
眼淚, 淚水
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| Datong
|
眼淚
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| Xinzhou
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
眼淚, 淚水
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| Changzhi
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Taibus (Baochang)
|
淚
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| Linhe
|
眼淚
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| Jining
|
眼淚, 淚
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| Hohhot
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眼淚, 淚蛋蛋
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| Baotou
|
淚
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| Dongsheng
|
眼淚
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| Haibowan
|
淚
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| Erenhot
|
眼淚
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| Pingshan
|
淚
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| Zhangjiakou
|
眼淚
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| Handan
|
眼淚
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| Linzhou
|
眼淚
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| Suide
|
眼淚
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| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
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目澤, 目澤水
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| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
目澤
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| Nanping (Xiayang, Yanping)
|
目澤
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| Songxi
|
目澤
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| Zhenghe
|
目澤
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| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
目澤
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| Shunchang (Yangdun)
|
目澤
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| Jianyang
|
目澤
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| Wuyishan
|
目澤
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| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
目澤
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| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
目滓
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| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
目滓
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| Fuqing
|
目滓
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| Yongtai
|
目滓
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| Gutian
|
目汁
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| Fu'an
|
目汁
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| Ningde
|
目汁
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| Shouning
|
目汁
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| Zhouning
|
目汁, 目睭汁
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| Fuding
|
目汁, 目睭汁
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| Youxi
|
目汁
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| Matsu
|
目滓
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| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
目屎
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| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
目屎
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| Quanzhou
|
目屎, 目滓
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| Jinjiang
|
目屎
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| Yongchun
|
目屎
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| Zhangzhou
|
目屎, 目滓
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| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
目滓
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| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
目滓
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| Pinghe
|
目滓
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| Yunxiao
|
目滓
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| Zhao'an
|
目汁
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| Dongshan
|
目汁
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| Taipei
|
目屎
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| Taipei (Wanhua)
|
目屎
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| New Taipei (Tamsui)
|
目屎
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| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
目屎
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| New Taipei (Pingxi)
|
目屎
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| Kaohsiung
|
目屎
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| Kaohsiung (Cijin)
|
目屎
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| Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)
|
目屎
|
| Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)
|
目屎
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| Kaohsiung (Tianliao)
|
目屎
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| Yilan
|
目屎
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| Yilan (Luodong)
|
目屎
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| Yilan (Toucheng)
|
目屎
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| Changhua (Lukang)
|
目屎
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| Changhua (Yongjing)
|
目屎
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| Taichung
|
目屎
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| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
目屎
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| Tainan
|
目屎
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| Tainan (Anping)
|
目屎
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| Taitung
|
目屎
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| Hsinchu
|
目屎
|
| Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)
|
目屎
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| Kinmen
|
目屎
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
目屎
|
| Penghu (Xiyu)
|
目屎
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
目油
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
目屎
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
目屎
|
| Medan (Hokkien)
|
目油
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| Longyan
|
目汁
|
| Datian
|
目汁
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| Shunchang (Pushang)
|
目屎
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
眼淚
|
| Chaozhou
|
目汁
|
| Raoping
|
目汁
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| Shantou
|
目汁
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| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
目汁
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| Nan'ao (Houzhai)
|
目汁
|
| Nan'ao (Yun'ao)
|
目汁
|
| Jieyang
|
目汁
|
| Haifeng
|
目汁
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
目汁
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
目汁
|
| Leizhou
|
目汁
|
| Wenchang
|
目汁
|
| Haikou
|
目汁
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
目滓
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| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
目滓
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| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
目滓
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| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
目滓
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| Xianyou
|
目滓
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| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
目滓
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| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
目滓
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| Fuding (Aoyao)
|
目睭屎
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| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
目汁
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| Sanming (Sanyuan)
|
目汁
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| Sanming (Shaxian)
|
目汁
|
| Shaojiang Min
|
Shaowu
|
目珠水
|
| Guangze
|
目珠水
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| Jiangle
|
目汁
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| Mingxi
|
目汁
|
| Shunchang
|
目汁
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| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
目睭汁
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| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
目汁
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| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
眼淚
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| Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
眼水
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| Wu
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Shanghai
|
眼淚水, 眼淚
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| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
眼淚水, 眼淚
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| Suzhou
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
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| Danyang
|
眼月
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| Hangzhou
|
眼淚水兒
|
| Ningbo
|
眼淚水, 眼淚
|
| Wenzhou
|
眼淚, 眼淚水
|
| Jinhua
|
眼淚
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
眼漏
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
眼淚水, 眼淚
|
| Loudi
|
眼淚
|
| Shuangfeng
|
眼淚
|
| Hengyang
|
眼淚水
|
| Quanzhou
|
眼淚
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
眼淚
|
| Dong'an
|
眼淚水
|
| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
眼淚
|
| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
眼淚
|
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
眼淚
|
| Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
眼淚
|
| Renhua (Shitang)
|
眼淚
|
| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
眼淚
|
| Lechang (Changlai)
|
眼淚
|
| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
眼淚
|
| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
眼淚
|
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
眼淚
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
眼淚
|
| Note
|
† - from crying; ‡ - from irritation
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Derived terms