Chinese
Etymology
The usual word 鵝／鹅 (ngu, “goose”) is homophonic with 我 (ngu, “I”) in Northern Wu, and is thus avoided in speech. For example, “kill a goose” and “kill me” sound identical.
Pronunciation
- Wu (Northern, Wugniu): 8baq-u1-ciu1 / 8baq-3ou1-ciu1 / 8boq-u1-kuai1
- Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
- Wugniu: 8baq-u1-ciu1
- MiniDict: bah入 u平 ciu平
- Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 5baq-u1-jy1
- Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ u²² t͡ɕy²³/
- (Northern: Suzhou)
- Wugniu: 8baq-3ou1-ciu1
- MiniDict: bah入 ou平 ciu平
- Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /bɑʔ²² əu⁵¹ t͡ɕy/
- (Northern: Changzhou)
- Wugniu: 8boq-u1-kuai1
- MiniDict: boh入 u平 kuai平
- Sinological IPA (Changzhou): /boʔ¹¹ u¹¹ kuai¹³/
Noun
白烏龜
- (Northern Wu) (white) goose
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of
鵝 (“domestic goose”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
鵝
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
鵝
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
鵝
|
| Taiwan
|
鵝
|
| Chengde
|
鵝
|
| Chifeng
|
鵝, 鵝子
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
鵝
|
| Heihe
|
鵝
|
| Qiqihar
|
鵝
|
| Harbin
|
鵝, 鵝子
|
| Jiamusi
|
鵝, 大鵝
|
| Baicheng
|
鵝
|
| Changchun
|
鵝
|
| Tonghua
|
鵝
|
| Shenyang
|
鵝
|
| Jinzhou
|
鵝
|
| Singapore
|
鵝
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
鵝
|
| Tangshan
|
鵝
|
| Cangzhou
|
鵝
|
| Baoding
|
鵝
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
鵝
|
| Lijin
|
鵝
|
| Jinan
|
鵝
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Dalian
|
鵝
|
| Dandong
|
鵝
|
| Yantai
|
鵝
|
| Yantai (Muping)
|
鵝
|
| Qingdao
|
鵝
|
| Zhucheng
|
鵝
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
鵝
|
| Lingbao
|
鵝
|
| Jining
|
鵝
|
| Linfen
|
鵝
|
| Shangqiu
|
鵝
|
| Yuanyang
|
鵝
|
| Zhengzhou
|
鵝
|
| Xinyang
|
鵝
|
| Baihe
|
鵝
|
| Xi'an
|
鵝
|
| Baoji
|
鵝
|
| Tianshui
|
鵝
|
| Xining
|
鵝
|
| Xuzhou
|
鵝
|
| Pizhou
|
鵝
|
| Lianyungang (Ganyu)
|
鵝
|
| Donghai
|
鵝
|
| Fuyang
|
鵝
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
鵝
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
鵝
|
| Lanzhou
|
鵝
|
| Dunhuang
|
鵝
|
| Hami
|
鵝
|
| Ürümqi
|
鵝
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
鵝, 鵝兒
|
| Nanchong
|
鵝
|
| Dazhou
|
鵝
|
| Hanyuan
|
鵝
|
| Xichang
|
鵝
|
| Zigong
|
鵝
|
| Chongqing
|
鵝, 威威
|
| Wuhan
|
鵝
|
| Yichang
|
鵝
|
| Xiangyang
|
鵝
|
| Tianmen
|
鵝
|
| Guiyang
|
鵝
|
| Zunyi
|
鵝
|
| Bijie
|
鵝
|
| Liping
|
鵝
|
| Zhaotong
|
鵝
|
| Dali
|
鵝
|
| Kunming
|
鵝
|
| Mengzi
|
鵝
|
| Guilin
|
鵝
|
| Liuzhou
|
鵝
|
| Jishou
|
鵝
|
| Changde
|
鵝
|
| Hanzhong
|
鵝
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
鵝
|
| Yangzhou
|
鵝, 鵝子
|
| Baoying
|
鵝, 鵝子
|
| Taizhou
|
鵝
|
| Zhenjiang
|
鵝
|
| Lianyungang
|
鵝
|
| Huai'an (Huaiyin)
|
鵝
|
| Lianshui
|
鵝
|
| Xuyi
|
鵝
|
| Nantong
|
鵝兒
|
| Rugao
|
鵝兒
|
| Yancheng
|
家鵝
|
| Funing
|
鵝
|
| Sihong
|
鵝
|
| Anqing
|
鵝
|
| Wuhu
|
鵝
|
| Hefei
|
鵝
|
| Hong'an
|
鵝
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
鵝
|
| Macau
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
鵝
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
鵝
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
鵝
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
鵝
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
鵝
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
鵝
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
鵝
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
鵝
|
| Taishan
|
鵝
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
鵝
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
鵝
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
鵝
|
| Dongguan
|
鵝
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
鵝
|
| Shaoguan
|
鵝
|
| Yunfu
|
鵝
|
| Yangjiang
|
鵝
|
| Xinyi
|
鵝
|
| Lianjiang
|
鵝
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
鵝
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
鵝
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
鵝
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
鵝
|
| Lichuan
|
草鴨
|
| Pingxiang
|
鵝
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
鵝
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
鵝
|
| Huidong (Daling)
|
鵝
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
鵝
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
鵝
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
鵝
|
| Yudu
|
鵝
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
鵝仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
鵝仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
鵝仔
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
鵝
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
鵝仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
鵝
|
| Hong Kong
|
鵝
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
鵝
|
| Singkawang
|
鵝
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
鵝
|
| Shexian
|
鵝
|
| Fuliang
|
鵝
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
鵝
|
| Pingyao
|
鵝
|
| Yangyuan
|
鵝
|
| Datong
|
鵝
|
| Xinzhou
|
鵝
|
| Lüliang (Lishi)
|
鵝
|
| Changzhi
|
鵝
|
| Linhe
|
鵝
|
| Jining
|
鵝
|
| Hohhot
|
鵝
|
| Erenhot
|
鵝
|
| Pingshan
|
鵝
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
鵝
|
| Handan
|
鵝, 家鵝
|
| Linzhou
|
鵝
|
| Suide
|
鵝
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
鵝
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
鵝
|
| Fuqing
|
家鵝, 鵝
|
| Matsu
|
鵝
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鵝
|
| Quanzhou
|
鵝
|
| Jinjiang
|
鵝
|
| Taipei
|
鵝
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鵝
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鵝仔
|
| Yilan
|
鵝仔
|
| Kinmen
|
鵝
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鵝
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鵝
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鵝
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
鵝
|
| Chaozhou
|
鵝
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
鵝
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
鵝
|
| Leizhou
|
鵝
|
| Haikou
|
鵝
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
鵝
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
鵝
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
鵝
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
鵝
|
| Xianyou
|
鵝
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
鵝
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
鵝
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
鵝
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
鵝
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
鵝
|
| Fuding
|
赤鵝
|
| Luoyuan
|
赤鵝
|
| Sanming
|
鵝
|
| Shunchang
|
赤鵝
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
鵝
|
| Cangnan
|
赤鵝
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
赤鵝
|
| Lishui
|
赤鵝
|
| Longyou
|
赤鵝
|
| Chaozhou
|
鵝
|
| Fengshun
|
鵝
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
鵝, 白烏龜, 戇
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Shanghai (Jiading)
|
鵝
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Suzhou
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Wuxi
|
戇鵝, 高頭
|
| Changshu
|
白烏龜
|
| Nantong (Haimen)
|
我
|
| Changzhou
|
白烏龜
|
| Danyang
|
鵝, 白烏龜
|
| Nanjing (Gaochun)
|
鵝
|
| Hangzhou
|
鵝
|
| Ningbo
|
鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish
|
| Wenzhou
|
雁鵝, 鵝
|
| Jinhua
|
鵝
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
鵝
|
| Loudi
|
鵝
|
| Shuangfeng
|
鵝
|