Chinese
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rice dumplings wrapped in leaves
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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 |
| trad. (粽子/糉子/糭子)
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粽/糉/糭
|
子
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| simp. (粽子)
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粽
|
子
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Etymology
- (food)
- See etymology of 粽 (zòng).
- (fiction)
- Coined in the fantasy novel Ghost Blows Out the Light (2006).
Pronunciation
Noun
粽子
- zongzi (a kind of Chinese dumpling made of glutinous rice, stuffed with different fillings and wrapped in bamboo or reed leaves)
- (fiction) animate corpse; undead
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 粽子 (“zongzi (sticky rice dumpling)”) [map]
| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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粽, 角黍, 角粽, 角飯
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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粽子
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
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粽子
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| Taiwan
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粽子
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| Chengde
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粽子
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| Chifeng
|
粽子
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
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粽子
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| Heihe
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粽子
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| Qiqihar
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粽子
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| Harbin
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粽子
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| Jiamusi
|
粽子
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| Baicheng
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粽子
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| Changchun
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粽子
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| Tonghua
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粽子
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| Shenyang
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粽子
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| Jinzhou
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粽子
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| Singapore
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粽子
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Tianjin
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粽子
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| Tangshan
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粽子
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| Cangzhou
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粽子
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| Baoding
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粽子
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| Shijiazhuang
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粽子
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| Lijin
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粽子
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| Jinan
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粽子
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Dalian
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粽子
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| Dandong
|
粽子
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| Yantai
|
粽子
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| Yantai (Muping)
|
粽子
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| Qingdao
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粽子
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| Zhucheng
|
粽子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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粽子
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| Lingbao
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粽子
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| Jining
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粽子
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| Wanrong
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粽子
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| Linfen
|
粽子
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| Shangqiu
|
粽子
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| Yuanyang
|
粽子
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| Zhengzhou
|
粽
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| Xinyang
|
粽子
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| Baihe
|
粽子
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| Xi'an
|
粽子
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| Baoji
|
粽子
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| Tianshui
|
粽子
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| Xining
|
粽子
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| Xuzhou
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粽子
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| Fuyang
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粽子
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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粽子
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| Lanzhou
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粽子
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| Dunhuang
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粽子
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| Hami
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粽子
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| Ürümqi
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粽子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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粽子
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| Nanchong
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粽子
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| Dazhou
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粽子
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| Hanyuan
|
粽子
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| Xichang
|
粽子
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| Zigong
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粽子
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| Chongqing
|
粽子
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| Wuhan
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粽子
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| Yichang
|
粽子
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| Xiangyang
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粽子
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| Tianmen
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粽子
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| Guiyang
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粽粑
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| Zunyi
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粽子
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| Bijie
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粽粑
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| Liping
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粽子
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| Zhaotong
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粽子
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| Dali
|
粽子
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| Kunming
|
粽子
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| Mengzi
|
粽子
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| Guilin
|
粽子
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| Guilin (Lingui)
|
粽子
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| Liuzhou
|
粽子
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| Liuzhou (Luorong)
|
粽子
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| Nanning (Wuming)
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粽子
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| Jishou
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粽粑
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| Changde
|
粽子
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| Yongzhou
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粽子粑粑, 粽子
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| Hanzhong
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粽子
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
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粽子
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| Yangzhou
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粽子
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| Lianyungang
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粽子
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| Lianshui
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粽子
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| Nantong
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粽子
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| Anqing
|
粽子
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| Wuhu
|
粽子
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| Hefei
|
粽子
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| Hong'an
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粽子
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
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粽
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| Hong Kong
|
粽
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
粽
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
粽
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
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裹粽
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
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裹粽
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| Macau
|
粽
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
粽
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
粽
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
粽
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
粽
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| Foshan
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粽
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
粽
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| Foshan (Shunde)
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粽
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
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粽
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
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粽
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
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粽
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
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粽
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
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粽糍
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
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裹粽糍
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
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粽糍
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| Taishan
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粽
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
粽
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| Enping (Niujiang)
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裹粽
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| Heshan (Yayao)
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粽
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| Dongguan
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粽
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
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粽
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| Qingyuan
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粽
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| Fogang
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粽
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
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粽仔
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| Yangshan
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粽
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| Lianshan (Butian)
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粽, 黃茅粽
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
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粽
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| Shaoguan
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粽
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
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粽
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| Renhua
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粽糍
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| Lechang
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粽
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
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粽仔
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| Sihui
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粽
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| Guangning
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粽
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| Deqing
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粽仔, 三角粽
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| Huaiji
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粽
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
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粽仔
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| Yunfu
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粽仔
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| Xinxing
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粽仔
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| Luoding
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粽
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
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粽
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| Xinyi
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粽, 古粽
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| Lianjiang
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古粽䊦
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| Nanning
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粽
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| Wuzhou
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粽
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| Yulin
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粽, 米粽
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
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粽
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| Hepu (Shatian)
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粽仔
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| Guiping
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粽
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| Guiping (Mule)
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粽兒
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| Pingnan
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粽兒
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
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粽
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| Guigang (Gangcheng)
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粽
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| Guigang (Nanjiang)
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粽
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| Guigang (Pingdong)
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米粽
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| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
粽
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| Baise
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粽
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| Bobai
|
粽
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| Lingshan
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粽
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| Pubei
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粽䊦
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| Qinzhou
|
粽
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| Beihai
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骨粽, 粽
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| Beihai (Nankang)
|
粽
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| Beihai (Yingpan)
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骨粽
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
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裹粽
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| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
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裹粽
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| Ningming
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粽
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| Hengzhou
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粽
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| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
粽
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
粽
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
粽
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
粽
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
粽
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| Gan
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Nanchang
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粽子
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| Lichuan
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粽仔, 粽子
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| Pingxiang
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粽子
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| Hakka
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Meixian
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粽仔
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| Dabu (Xihe)
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粽兒
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
粽
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| Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)
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粽
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| Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)
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粽
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| Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)
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粽仔
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
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粽
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| Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)
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粽哩
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| Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)
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粽
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| Boluo (Bendihua)
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粽哎
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
粽
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
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粽
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| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
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粽哩
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
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粽哩
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| Wuhua (Changbu)
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粽哩
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| Wuhua (Mianyang)
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粽仔
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
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粽, 粽咧
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| Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)
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粽哩
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| Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)
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粽哎
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| Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)
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粽哎
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| Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)
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粽蒂
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| Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)
|
粽
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| Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)
|
粽
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| Wengyuan
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粽子
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| Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)
|
粽
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| Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)
|
粽
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| Liannan
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粽子
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
粽
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| Jiexi
|
粽
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| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
粽
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| Changting
|
粽子
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| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
粽子
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| Ninghua
|
粽
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| Yudu
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粽子
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| Ningdu
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鹽粽
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| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
粽子
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| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
粽子
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| Dayu
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粽哩
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| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
粽仔
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
粽仔
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
粽仔
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
粽
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
粽仔, 粽
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
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餡粽
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| Hong Kong
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裹粽, 粽
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| Yangxi (Tangkou)
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古粽
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| Yangchun (Sanjia)
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粽子
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| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
粽
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| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
粽
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| Gaozhou (Xindong)
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䊦, 古粽
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| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
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古粽䊦
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| Huazhou (Xin'an)
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古粽䊦
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| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
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包䊦
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| Lianjiang (Qingping)
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古粽䊦
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
粽
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| Luchuan
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米粽
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
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糯米䊦
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| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
粽
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| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
粽
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
裹粽, 粽
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| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
粽子
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| Senai (Huiyang)
|
粽
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| Huizhou
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Jixi
|
裹粽
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| Shexian
|
粽
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| Jin
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Taiyuan
|
粽子
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| Pingyao
|
粽子
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| Yangyuan
|
粽兒
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| Datong
|
粽子
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| Xinzhou
|
粽子, 粽粽
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| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
粽子
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| Changzhi
|
粽子
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| Linhe
|
粽子
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| Jining
|
粽子
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| Hohhot
|
粽子
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| Erenhot
|
粽子
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| Pingshan
|
粽子
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| Zhangjiakou
|
粽子
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| Handan
|
粽子
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| Linzhou
|
粽哦
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| Suide
|
粽子
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| Northern Min
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Jian'ou
|
粽
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| Eastern Min
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Fuzhou
|
粽, 裹粽, 角黍 suburbs
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| Fuqing
|
粽
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| Southern Min
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Xiamen
|
粽
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| Quanzhou
|
粽
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| Yongchun
|
粽
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| Zhangzhou
|
粽
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| Zhao'an
|
粽
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| Taichung
|
粽
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| Tainan
|
粽
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| Hsinchu
|
粽
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| Penang (Hokkien)
|
粽
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| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
粽
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| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
粽
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
粽
|
| Pingnan (Pingtian)
|
粽
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| Pingnan (Sijie)
|
粽
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| Guilin (Biyange)
|
粽
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| Pingle (Zhoutang)
|
粽
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| Lechang (Tatou)
|
粽
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| Yingde (Yuzui)
|
粽
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| Yunan (Liantan)
|
粽
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| Chaozhou
|
粽球
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| Shantou
|
粽, 粽球
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
粽球
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| Nan'ao (Houzhai)
|
粽球
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| Nan'ao (Yun'ao)
|
粽
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| Jieyang
|
粽, 粽球
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
粽
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| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
粽
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| Singapore (Teochew)
|
粽
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| Leizhou
|
粽
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| Wenchang
|
粽
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| Haikou
|
粽
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| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
粽
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| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
粽
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| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
粽
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| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
粽
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
粽
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| Xianyou
|
粽
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
粽
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| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
粽
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
粽
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| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
粽
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| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
粽子, 粽
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
粽子
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| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
粽
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
粽子
|
| Guilin (Chaoyang)
|
粽子
|
| Guilin (Zhuyuan)
|
粽
|
| Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
粽子
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
粽子
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
粽子
|
| Shanghai (Jiading)
|
粽子
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
粽子
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| Suzhou
|
粽子
|
| Danyang
|
粽子
|
| Hangzhou
|
粽子
|
| Ningbo
|
粽子
|
| Wenzhou
|
粽
|
| Jinhua
|
粽
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
粽子
|
| Loudi
|
粽子
|
| Hengyang
|
粽子
|
| Quanzhou
|
粽粑, 粽子
|
| Guanyang (Wenshi)
|
粽子
|
Descendants
- → English: zongzi
- → Guiqiong: ʥiɐʂi
- → Korean: 쭝쯔 (jjungjjeu)
- → Russian: цзу́нцзы (czúnczy)