# 白烏龜
## 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 (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^8$baq-u-ciu
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^8$baq-u-ciu
*** MiniDict: bah$^入$ u ciu
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^5$baq-u-jy
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /baʔ¹¹ u²² t͡ɕy²³/

### Noun

白烏龜
* (Northern Wu) (white) goose

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鵝 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 鵝, 鵝子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鵝, 鵝子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 鵝, 大鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 鵝 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 鵝 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鵝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 鵝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 鵝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 鵝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鵝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 鵝 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 鵝 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 鵝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鵝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鵝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 鵝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 鵝 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鵝, 鵝兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 鵝, 威威 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 鵝 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鵝, 鵝子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 鵝兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 鵝 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鵝 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 鵝 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鵝 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 草鴨 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鵝仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鵝仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鵝仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鵝仔 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 鵝 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 鵝 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鵝 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 鵝 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 鵝 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鵝 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 鵝 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 鵝 |
| Jin | Datong | 鵝 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鵝 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 鵝 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 鵝 |
| Jin | Linhe | 鵝 |
| Jin | Jining | 鵝 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 鵝 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 鵝 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 鵝 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 鵝 |
| Jin | Handan | 鵝, 家鵝 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 鵝 |
| Jin | Suide | 鵝 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鵝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鵝 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 家鵝, 鵝 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鵝仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鵝仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鵝 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 鵝 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 鵝 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 鵝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鵝 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 鵝 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 鵝 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 鵝 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 赤鵝 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 鵝 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 鵝 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鵝, 白烏龜, 戇 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 鵝, 白烏龜 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 鵝 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鵝, 白烏龜 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鵝, 白烏龜 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 戇鵝, 高頭 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鵝, 白烏龜 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鵝 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鵝, 戇戇鵝 childish |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 雁鵝, 鵝 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鵝 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鵝 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鵝 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 鵝 |