| Variety
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Location
|
Words
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
剪刀
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
剪子
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| Taiwan
|
剪刀
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| Harbin
|
剪子
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| Shenyang
|
剪子
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| Singapore
|
剪刀
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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剪子
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
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剪子
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
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剪子
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| Wanrong
|
剪子
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| Zhengzhou
|
剪
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| Xi'an
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剪子
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| Xining
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剪子, 剪剪
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| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
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剪子, 剪刀
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
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剪子
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| Lanzhou
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剪子
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| Ürümqi
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剪子
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
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剪刀
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| Wuhan
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剪子
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| Guiyang
|
剪刀
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| Kunming
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剪子
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| Guilin
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剪刀
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| Liuzhou
|
剪刀
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
剪子
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| Yangzhou
|
剪子
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| Hefei
|
剪子
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
鉸剪
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| Hong Kong
|
鉸剪
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
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鉸剪
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
鉸剪
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
鉸剪
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| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
鉸剪
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| Macau
|
鉸剪
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
鉸剪
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
鉸剪
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
鉸剪
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
鉸剪
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| Foshan
|
鉸剪
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
鉸剪
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| Foshan (Shunde)
|
鉸剪
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
鉸剪
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
鉸剪
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
鉸剪
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| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
鉸剪
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| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
鉸剪
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| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
鉸剪
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
鉸剪
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| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
鉸剪
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| Taishan
|
鉸剪
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| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
鉸剪
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| Enping (Niujiang)
|
鉸剪
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| Heshan (Yayao)
|
鉸剪
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| Dongguan
|
鉸剪
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| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
鉸剪
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| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
鉸剪
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| Qingyuan
|
鉸剪
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| Fogang
|
鉸剪
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| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
鉸剪
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| Yangshan
|
鉸剪, 剪刀
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| Lianshan (Butian)
|
鉸剪
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| Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)
|
鉸剪
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| Shaoguan
|
鉸剪
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
鉸剪
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| Renhua
|
鉸剪
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| Lechang
|
鉸剪
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| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
鉸剪
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| Sihui
|
鉸剪
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| Guangning
|
鉸剪
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| Deqing
|
鉸剪
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| Huaiji
|
鉸剪
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| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
鉸剪
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| Yunfu
|
鉸剪
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| Xinxing
|
鉸剪
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| Luoding
|
鉸剪
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| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
鉸剪
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| Yangjiang
|
鉸剪
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| Xinyi
|
鉸剪
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| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
鉸剪
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| Lianjiang
|
鉸剪
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| Nanning
|
剪刀, 鉸剪
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| Wuzhou
|
鉸剪
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| Yulin
|
鉸剪
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| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
剪刀
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| Guiping
|
鉸剪
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
剪刀
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| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
鉸剪
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| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
鉸剪
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| Baise
|
剪刀
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| Bobai
|
剪刀
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| Lingshan
|
剪刀
|
| Pubei
|
剪刀
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| Qinzhou
|
剪刀
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| Beihai
|
剪刀
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| Ningming
|
剪刀
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| Hengzhou
|
剪刀
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| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
剪刀
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| Danzhou
|
剪刀
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
鉸剪
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
鉸剪
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| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
鉸剪
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| Yangon (Taishan)
|
鉸剪
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| Mandalay (Taishan)
|
鉸剪
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| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
剪刀
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| Lichuan
|
剪仔, 剪刀
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| Pingxiang
|
剪子
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| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
剪刀
|
| Dabu (Xihe)
|
剪刀
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
剪刀
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
剪刀
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
剪刀
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
剪刀
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| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
剪刀
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| Wengyuan
|
剪刀
|
| Liannan
|
剪刀
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
剪刀
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| Jiexi
|
剪刀
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| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan)
|
剪刀
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| Changting
|
剪刀
|
| Wuping
|
剪刀
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
剪刀
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| Liancheng
|
剪刀
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| Ninghua
|
剪刀
|
| Yudu
|
鉸剪
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| Ningdu
|
鉸剪
|
| Shicheng
|
剪刀
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
剪刀
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
鉸剪
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
剪刀
|
| Dayu
|
鉸剪
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
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剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
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剪刀, 鉸刀, 哈沙米
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
剪刀, 哈沙米
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| Hong Kong
|
剪刀, 鉸剪
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| Yangxi (Tangkou)
|
鉸剪
|
| Yangchun (Sanjia)
|
剪刀
|
| Xinyi (Sihe)
|
鉸剪
|
| Xinyi (Qianpai)
|
鉸剪
|
| Gaozhou (Xindong)
|
鉸剪
|
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai)
|
剪刀
|
| Huazhou (Xin'an)
|
鉸剪
|
| Lianjiang (Shijiao)
|
剪刀
|
| Lianjiang (Qingping)
|
剪刀
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
剪刀
|
| Luchuan
|
鉸剪
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| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
剪刀
|
| Bobai (Shahe)
|
剪刀
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
剪刀
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
剪刀
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| Kuala Lumpur (Dabu)
|
剪刀
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
剪刀
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
剪刀
|
| Singkawang
|
剪刀
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
剪刀
|
| Shexian
|
剪刀
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
剪刀
|
| Xiuning
|
剪
|
| Yixian
|
剪
|
| Qimen
|
剪刀
|
| Wuyuan
|
剪刀
|
| Fuliang
|
剪哩
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
剪子
|
| Pingyao
|
剪子
|
| Xinzhou
|
剪子
|
| Hohhot
|
剪子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
剪仔
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
剪仔
|
| Songxi
|
剪錐
|
| Zhenghe
|
剪錐
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
鉸剪
|
| Jianyang
|
剪仔
|
| Wuyishan
|
剪仔
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
剪仔
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
鉸刀
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
鉸刀
|
| Fuqing
|
鉸刀
|
| Yongtai
|
鉸刀
|
| Gutian
|
鉸刀
|
| Fu'an
|
鉸刀
|
| Ningde
|
鉸刀
|
| Shouning
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhouning
|
鉸刀
|
| Fuding
|
鉸剪
|
| Matsu
|
鉸刀
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鉸刀, 鉸剪
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| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
鉸刀
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| Quanzhou
|
鉸刀, 鉸剪
|
| Jinjiang
|
鉸刀, 鉸剪
|
| Yongchun
|
鉸剪
|
| Dehua
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhangzhou
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhangzhou (Longhai)
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
鉸剪
|
| Pinghe
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhangpu
|
鉸刀
|
| Zhao'an
|
鉸刀
|
| Dongshan
|
鉸刀
|
| Taipei
|
鉸刀
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鉸刀
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鉸刀
|
| Yilan
|
鉸刀
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
鉸刀
|
| Taichung
|
鉸刀
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
鉸刀
|
| Tainan
|
鉸刀, chiok-kih GT
|
| Taitung
|
鉸刀
|
| Hsinchu
|
鉸刀
|
| Kinmen
|
鉸刀, 鉸剪, 鉸攆
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| Penghu (Magong)
|
鉸刀, 鉸剪
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鉸刀
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鉸刀, 鉸剪
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
鉸剪, 鉸攆, 剪刀
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| Longyan
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhangping
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
鉸剪, 鉸刀, 剪刀
|
| Datian
|
鉸剪
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
剪子
|
| Chaozhou
|
鉸刀
|
| Shantou
|
鉸刀
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
鉸刀
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
鉸刀
|
| Jieyang
|
鉸刀
|
| Haifeng
|
鉸刀
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
鉸刀
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
鉸刀
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
鉸刀
|
| Leizhou
|
鉸刀
|
| Wenchang
|
鉸刀
|
| Haikou
|
鉸刀
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
鉸刀
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
鉸刀
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
鉸刀
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
鉸刀
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
鉸刀
|
| Xianyou
|
鉸刀
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
鉸刀
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
鉸刀
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
鉸剪
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
鉸剪
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
剪刀, 鉸剪
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
剪刀
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
剪刀
|
| Fuding
|
剪刀
|
| Luoyuan
|
剪刀
|
| Sanming
|
剪刀
|
| Shunchang
|
剪刀
|
| Hua'an
|
剪刀
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
剪刀
|
| Cangnan
|
剪刀
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
剪刀
|
| Lishui
|
剪刀
|
| Longyou
|
剪刀
|
| Chaozhou
|
剪刀
|
| Fengshun
|
剪刀
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
剪刀
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
剪刀
|
| Suzhou
|
剪刀
|
| Wuxi
|
剪刀
|
| Danyang
|
剪刀
|
| Hangzhou
|
剪刀
|
| Ningbo
|
剪刀
|
| Wenzhou
|
鉸剪
|
| Jinhua
|
剪刀
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
剪刀
|
| Loudi
|
剪刀
|
| Shuangfeng
|
剪刀
|
| Quanzhou
|
剪刀, 剪子
|
| Note
|
GT - General Taiwanese (no specific region identified)
|