| Variety | Location | Words |
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| Classical Chinese | 鼠 |
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| Formal(Written Standard Chinese) | 老鼠 |
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| Taxonomic name | 鼠 |
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| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老鼠,耗子 |
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| Taiwan | 老鼠,米奇 colloquial |
| Langfang | 耗子 |
| Chengde | 耗子 |
| Ulanhot | 耗子 |
| Tongliao | 耗子 |
| Chifeng | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Hulunbuir(Hailar) | 耗子 |
| Heihe | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Qiqihar | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Harbin | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Jiamusi | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Baicheng | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Changchun | 耗子 |
| Tonghua | 耗子 |
| Shenyang | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Jinzhou | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Malaysia | 老鼠 |
| Singapore | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老鼠,耗子 |
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| Tangshan | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Cangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Baoding | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Shijiazhuang | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Lijin | 老鼠 |
| Jinan | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 耗子 |
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| Dandong | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Yantai | 老鼠 |
| Yantai(Muping) | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Qingdao | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Zhucheng | 耗子,土耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老鼠,耗子 |
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| Lingbao | 老鼠 |
| Jining | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Daming | 老鼠 |
| Yuncheng | 老鼠 |
| Wenxi | 老鼠 |
| Yongji | 老鼠 |
| Wanrong | 老鼠 |
| Linfen | 老鼠 |
| Jixian | 老鼠,圪老夜 |
| Huozhou | 老鼠 |
| Shangqiu | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Yuanyang | 耗子 |
| Zhengzhou | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Xinyang | 老鼠 |
| Baihe | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Xi'an | 老鼠 |
| Baoji | 老鼠 |
| Tianshui | 老鼠 |
| Xining | 老鼠 |
| Xuzhou | 老鼠 |
| Pizhou | 老鼠 |
| Lianyungang(Ganyu) | 老鼠 |
| Donghai | 老鼠 |
| Fuyang | 老鼠 |
| Sokuluk(Gansu Dungan) | 老鼠 |
| Masanchin(Shaanxi Dungan) | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老鼠,老蟲,耗子 |
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| Bayanhot | 老鼠 |
| Lanzhou | 老鼠子,老鼠 |
| Dunhuang | 老鼠 |
| Hami | 老鼠 |
| Ürümqi | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老鼠,耗子 |
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| Nanchong | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Dazhou | 耗子 |
| Hanyuan | 老鼠子 |
| Xichang | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Zigong | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Chongqing | 耗子 |
| Wuhan | 老鼠,高大爹 dated, euphemistic,客人 dated, euphemistic |
| Yichang | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Xiangyang | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Tianmen | 老鼠,老鼠子 |
| Guiyang | 耗子 |
| Zunyi | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Bijie | 耗子 |
| Liping | 老鼠 |
| Zhaotong | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Shuifu | 耗子 |
| Daguan | 耗子,水耗子 |
| Dali | 耗子 |
| Kunming | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Mengzi | 耗子 |
| Guilin | 老鼠 |
| Guanyang | 老鼠子 |
| Liuzhou | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Nanning(Wuming) | 老鼠 |
| Jishou | 老鼠 |
| Changde | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Hanzhong | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Mae Salong(Lancang) | 老鼠 |
| Mae Sai(Tengchong) | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老鼠,小耳朵 |
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| Yangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Baoying | 老鼠 |
| Taizhou | 老鼠 |
| Zhenjiang | 老鼠 |
| Lianyungang | 老鼠 |
| Huai'an(Huaiyin) | 老鼠 |
| Lianshui | 老鼠 |
| Xuyi | 老鼠 |
| Xinghua | 老鼠 |
| Nantong | 老鼠 |
| Rugao | 老鼠 |
| Yancheng | 老鼠 |
| Funing | 老鼠 |
| Sihong | 老鼠 |
| Anqing | 老鼠 |
| Wuhu | 老鼠,老鼠子 |
| Hefei | 老鼠,老鼠子 |
| Hong'an | 老鼠,高客 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老鼠 |
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| Hong Kong | 老鼠,米奇 colloquial |
| Hong Kong(San Tin; Weitou) | 老鼠 |
| Hong Kong(Kam Tin; Weitou) | 老鼠 |
| Hong Kong(Ting Kok) | 老鼠 |
| Hong Kong(Tung Ping Chau) | 老鼠 |
| Macau | 老鼠 |
| Guangzhou(Panyu) | 老鼠 |
| Guangzhou(Huashan, Huadu) | 老鼠 |
| Guangzhou(Conghua) | 老鼠 |
| Guangzhou(Zengcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Foshan | 老鼠 |
| Foshan(Shatou, Nanhai) | 老鼠 |
| Foshan(Shunde) | 老鼠 |
| Foshan(Sanshui) | 老鼠 |
| Foshan(Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老鼠 |
| Zhongshan(Shiqi) | 老鼠 |
| Zhuhai(Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老鼠 |
| Zhuhai(Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老鼠 |
| Zhuhai(Doumen) | 老鼠 |
| Jiangmen(Baisha) | 老鼠 |
| Jiangmen(Xinhui) | 老鼠 |
| Taishan | 老鼠 |
| Kaiping(Chikan) | 老鼠 |
| Enping(Niujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Heshan(Yayao) | 老鼠 |
| Dongguan | 老鼠 |
| Shenzhen(Shajing, Bao'an) | 老鼠 |
| Shenzhen(Dapeng) | 老鼠 |
| Qingyuan | 老鼠 |
| Fogang | 老鼠 |
| Yingde(Hanguang) | 老鼠 |
| Yangshan | 老鼠 |
| Lianshan(Butian) | 老鼠 |
| Lianzhou(Qingshui; Sihui) | 老鼠 |
| Shaoguan | 老鼠 |
| Shaoguan(Qujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Renhua | 老鼠 |
| Lechang | 老鼠 |
| Zhaoqing(Gaoyao) | 老鼠 |
| Sihui | 老鼠 |
| Guangning | 老鼠 |
| Deqing | 老鼠 |
| Huaiji | 老鼠 |
| Fengkai(Nanfeng) | 老鼠 |
| Yunfu | 老鼠 |
| Xinxing | 老鼠 |
| Luoding | 老鼠 |
| Yunan(Pingtai) | 老鼠 |
| Yangjiang | 老鼠 |
| Xinyi | 老鼠 |
| Maoming(Xinpo) | 老鼠 |
| Lianjiang | 老鼠 |
| Nanning | 老鼠 |
| Wuzhou | 老鼠 |
| Yulin | 老鼠 |
| Hepu(Lianzhou) | 老鼠 |
| Hepu(Shatian) | 老鼠 |
| Guiping | 老鼠 |
| Mengshan(Xihe) | 老鼠 |
| Guigang(Nanjiang) | 老鼠 |
| Beiliu(Tangliao) | 老鼠 |
| Baise | 老鼠 |
| Bobai | 老鼠 |
| Lingshan | 老鼠 |
| Pubei | 老鼠 |
| Qinzhou | 老鼠 |
| Beihai | 老鼠 |
| Beihai(Nankang) | 老鼠 |
| Beihai(Yingpan) | 老鼠 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老鼠 |
| Beihai(Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老鼠 |
| Ningming | 老鼠 |
| Hengzhou | 老鼠 |
| Hezhou(Pumen, Babu) | 老鼠 |
| Fangchenggang(Fangcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Danzhou | 老鼠 |
| Kuala Lumpur(Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Penang(Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Singapore(Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Ho Chi Minh City(Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Móng Cái | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老鼠,財神 euphemistic |
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| Pengze | 老鼠 |
| Lichuan | 老鼠 |
| Pingxiang | 老鼠子,老鼠 |
| Liuyang | 老鼠哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鼠,老鼠仔 |
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| Huizhou(Huicheng; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou(Shuikou; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou(Hengli; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Huidong(Pingshan; Bendihua) | 老鼠,老鼠仔 |
| Dongguan(Qingxi) | 老鼠 |
| Longmen(Pingling; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Longmen(Luxi; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Boluo(Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Shenzhen(Shatoujiao) | 老鼠 |
| Guangzhou(Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Zhongshan(Nanlang Heshui) | 老鼠 |
| Wuhua(Shuizhai) | 老鼠 |
| Wuhua(Huacheng) | 老鼠 |
| Wuhua(Changbu) | 老鼠 |
| Wuhua(Mianyang) | 老鼠 |
| Heyuan(Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Zijin(Guzhu; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Longchuan(Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Longchuan(Sidu; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Heping(Linzhai; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Lianping(Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Lianping(Longjie; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Xinfeng(Matou; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Xinfeng(Daxi; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Guangzhou(Lütian, Conghua) | 老鼠 |
| Longyan(Xiayang, Yongding) | 老鼠,尖支鬼 |
| Wuping | 了猬 |
| Yudu | 老鼠 |
| Shicheng | 老鼠 |
| Shangyou(Shexi) | 老鼠 |
| Taoyuan | 老鼠 |
| Miaoli(N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Miaoli(Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Miaoli(Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Pingtung(Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Pingtung(Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Kaohsiung(Meinong; S. Sixian) | 老鼠仔 |
| Kaohsiung(Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 老鼠仔 |
| Hsinchu County(Zhudong; Hailu) | 老鼠 |
| Taichung(Dongshi; Dabu) | 老鼠 |
| Hsinchu County(Qionglin; Raoping) | 老鼠,老鼠仔 |
| Miaoli(Zhuolan; Raoping) | 老鼠 |
| Yunlin(Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老鼠 |
| Hong Kong | 老鼠 |
| Luchuan(Daqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Beiliu(Tang'an) | 老鼠 |
| Mashan(Pianlian) | 老鼠 |
| Sabah(Longchuan) | 老鼠 |
| Senai(Huiyang) | 老鼠 |
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa(Hepo) | 老鼠 |
| Singkawang | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老鼠 |
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| Shexian | 老鼠,尖嘴 |
| Huangshan(Tunxi) | 老鼠 |
| Xiuning | 老伯 |
| Yixian | 老鼠 |
| Qimen | 老鼠 |
| Wuyuan | 老鼠 |
| Fuliang | 老鼠 |
| Dexing | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老鼠,𪕸兒,耗子 |
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| Taiyuan(Jiancaoping) | 老鼠 |
| Taiyuan(Jinyuan) | 毛𪕸兒,老鼠 |
| Qingxu | 毛𪕸兒,𪕸兒 |
| Loufan | 老鼠 |
| Jinzhong(Taigu) | 老鼠 |
| Pingyao | 𪕸兒 |
| Heshun | 老鼠 |
| Qixian | 老鼠 |
| Yangyuan | 耗子 |
| Datong | 耗子 |
| Tianzhen | 耗子 |
| Guangling | 耗子 |
| Suozhou | 耗子 |
| Shanyin | 耗子 |
| Pingding | 老鼠 |
| Xinzhou | 𪕸兒,耗子 |
| Wutai | 𪕸子,耗子 |
| Daixian | 耗子 |
| Wuzhai | 耗子 |
| Lüliang(Lishi) | 老鼠,𪕸兒,旮旯兒家 |
| Shilou | 老鼠 |
| Fenyang | 𪕸兒,毛𪕸兒 |
| Lanxian | 老鼠 |
| Linxian | 旮旯家 |
| Wenshui | 𪕸兒 |
| Xiaoyi | 𪕸兒 |
| Fenxi | 旮旯裡家 |
| Xixian | 老鼠 |
| Changzhi | 老鼠,耗子,老耗子 |
| Taibus(Baochang) | 耗子 |
| Linhe | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Pingshun | 老耗子 |
| Zhangzi | 老耗子 |
| Qinxian | 旮旯家 |
| Jincheng | 老鼠 |
| Lingchuan | 缸旮旯 |
| Yangcheng | 老鼠 |
| Gaoping | 老鼠 |
| Jining | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Hohhot | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Baotou | 老鼠 |
| Dongsheng | 老鼠 |
| Haibowan | 老鼠 |
| Erenhot | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Pingshan | 老鼠 |
| Zhangjiakou | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Handan | 老鼠,耗子 |
| Linzhou | 老鼠 |
| Suide | 老鼠 |
| Shenmu | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老鼠 |
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| Jian'ou(Dikou) | 老鼠 |
| Zhenghe(Zhenqian) | 老鼠 |
| Pucheng(Shibei) | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老鼠,尖尖喙 euphemistic |
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| Fuzhou(Changle) | 老鼠 |
| Fuqing | 老鼠 |
| Ningde | 老鼠 |
| Matsu | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鳥鼠,鼠 |
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| Xiamen(Tong'an) | 鳥鼠 |
| Quanzhou | 老鼠,鼠 |
| Jinjiang | 老鼠 |
| Shishi | 老鼠 |
| Zhangzhou | 鳥鼠,鼠 |
| Zhangzhou(Changtai) | 鳥鼠 |
| Pinghe | 鳥鼠 |
| Yunxiao | 貓鼠 |
| Zhao'an | 貓鼠 |
| Dongshan | 貓鼠 |
| Taipei | 鳥鼠 |
| New Taipei(Tamsui) | 鳥鼠 |
| New Taipei(Sanxia) | 鳥鼠 |
| New Taipei(Pingxi) | 鳥鼠 |
| Kaohsiung | 鳥鼠 |
| Kaohsiung(Cijin) | 鳥鼠 |
| Kaohsiung(Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Kaohsiung(Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Kaohsiung(Tianliao) | 鳥鼠 |
| Yilan | 鳥鼠,鳥鼠仔 |
| Yilan(Luodong) | 鳥鼠 |
| Yilan(Toucheng) | 鳥鼠 |
| Changhua(Lukang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Changhua(Yongjing) | 貓鼠 |
| Taichung | 鳥鼠 |
| Taichung(Wuqi) | 鳥鼠 |
| Tainan | 鳥鼠仔,鳥鼠 |
| Tainan(Anping) | 鳥鼠 |
| Taitung | 鳥鼠 |
| Hsinchu | 鳥鼠 |
| Pingtung(Baoli, Checheng) | 貓鼠 |
| Kinmen | 鳥鼠 |
| Penghu(Magong) | 鳥鼠 |
| Penghu(Xiyu) | 鳥鼠 |
| Penang(Hokkien) | 鳥鼠 |
| Singapore(Hokkien) | 鳥鼠 |
| Manila(Hokkien) | 老鼠 |
| Longyan | 老鼠 |
| Zhangping | 老鼠 |
| Zhangping(Yongfu) | 老鼠 |
| Datian | 鼠母 |
| Pingnan(Shangdu) | 老鼠 |
| Chaozhou | 貓鼠 |
| Shantou | 貓鼠 |
| Shantou(Chenghai) | 貓鼠 |
| Shantou(Chaoyang) | 貓鼠 |
| Jieyang | 貓鼠 |
| Haifeng | 貓鼠 |
| Bangkok(Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Johor Bahru(Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Singapore(Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Wenchang | 貓鼠,老鼠 |
| Haikou | 貓鼠 |
| Qionghai | 貓鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 廬鼠 |
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| Putian(Donghai, Chengxiang) | 廬鼠 |
| Putian(Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 廬鼠 |
| Putian(Nanri, Xiuyu) | 廬鼠 |
| Xianyou | 廬鼠 |
| Xianyou(Fengting) | 廬鼠 |
| Xianyou(Youyang) | 廬鼠 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 老鼠 |
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| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan(Longdu, Shaxi) | 老鼠 |
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| Zhongshan(Sanxiang) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning(Tingzi) | 老鼠 |
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| Nanning(Shajing) | 老鼠 |
| Binyang(Xinqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin(Dahe) | 老鼠子 |
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| Shehua | Fu'an | 老鼠 |
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| Fuding | 老鼠 |
| Luoyuan | 老鼠 |
| Sanming | 老鼠 |
| Shunchang | 老鼠 |
| Hua'an | 老鼠 |
| Guixi(Zhangping) | 老鼠 |
| Cangnan | 老鼠 |
| Jingning(Hexi) | 老鼠 |
| Lishui | 老鼠 |
| Longyou | 老鼠 |
| Chaozhou | 老鼠 |
| Fengshun | 老鼠 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling(Shaojiwan) | 老鼠 |
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| Wu | Shanghai | 老蟲 |
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| Shanghai(Songjiang) | 老蟲,老鼠 |
| Shanghai(Zhoupu, Pudong) | 老鼠,老蟲 |
| Shanghai(Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 老鼠,老蟲 |
| Shanghai(Luodian, Baoshan) | 老蟲 |
| Shanghai(Chongming) | 老鼠,老蟲 |
| Suzhou | 老蟲,老鼠,夜裡大人 humorous |
| Suzhou(Lili, Wujiang) | 老蟲 |
| Suzhou(Shengze, Wujiang) | 老鼠,老蟲 |
| Wuxi | 老蟲 |
| Changshu | 老蟲 |
| Kunshan | 老蟲 |
| Nantong(Haimen) | 老鼠 |
| Jiaxing | 老鼠 |
| Changzhou | 老鼠 |
| Liyang | 老鼠 |
| Yixing | 老鼠 |
| Danyang | 老鼠 |
| Danyang(Tongjiaqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Jingjiang | 老鼠 |
| Jiangyin | 老鼠,老蟲 |
| Nanjing(Gaochun) | 老鼠 |
| Huzhou(Shuanglin) | 老蟲 |
| Hangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Shaoxing | 老鼠 |
| Zhuji(Wangjiajing) | 老鼠 |
| Shengzhou(Chongren) | 老鼠 |
| Shengzhou(Taiping) | 老鼠 |
| Ningbo | 老鼠 |
| Yuyao | 老鼠 |
| Taizhou(Huangyan) | 老鼠 |
| Wenzhou | 老鼠 |
| Quzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jinhua | 老鼠 |
| Yongkang | 老鼠 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老鼠子,高客 dated, euphemistic,高客子 dated, euphemistic |
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| Xiangtan | 老鼠子 |
| Xiangxiang | 老鼠子 |
| Loudi | 老鼠子 |
| Shuangfeng | 老鼠子,高客 euphemistic |
| Hengyang | 老鼠子,耗子 |
| Quanzhou | 老鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 鼠,老鼠 |
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| Dong'an | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan(Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 老鼠 |
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| Shaoguan(Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Shaoguan(Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 老鼠 |
| Renhua(Zhoutian) | 老鼠 |
| Renhua(Shitang) | 老鼠 |
| Ruyuan(Songwei, Guitou) | 老鼠 |
| Lechang(Changlai) | 老鼠 |
| Lechang(Beixiang) | 老鼠 |
| Lechang(Huangpu) | 老鼠 |
| Lechang(Guitang, Pingshi) | 老鼠 |
| Lechang(Sanxi) | 老鼠 |
