Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声) : semantic 亻 (“man; person”) + phonetic 因 (in).
Contraction of 伊儂／伊侬 (i-nâng). Compare 阮 (goán, “we, us (exclusive)”), 咱 (lán, “we, us (inclusive)”), 恁 (lín, “you (plural)”).
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Jinjiang, Philippines)
- (Hokkien: Yilan, Tainan, Taichung)
- (Teochew)
Note:
- ing1 - Chaozhou, Shantou;
- êng1 - Jieyang.
𪜶 (Southern Min)
- they; them
- their; theirs
- his
This character is not correctly displayed on some systems and is not always easy to enter, so it is sometimes substituted with other characters, such as 亻因.
Dialectal synonyms of
他們 (“they”)
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| Variety
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Location
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Words
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| Classical Chinese
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彼, 之, 其, 渠等
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| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
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他們
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| Northeastern Mandarin
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Beijing
|
他們
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| Taiwan
|
他們
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| Ulanhot
|
他們
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| Tongliao
|
他們
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| Chifeng
|
他們
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| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
他們
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| Harbin
|
他們
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| Shenyang
|
他們
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| Malaysia
|
他們
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| Singapore
|
他們
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| Jilu Mandarin
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Jinan
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他們, 他這夥
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| Jiaoliao Mandarin
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Yantai (Muping)
|
他這些兒, 他乜些兒
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| Central Plains Mandarin
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Luoyang
|
他們
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| Wanrong
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伢都, 他底, 他
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| Xi'an
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他的, 他們
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| Xining
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他們, 家們
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| Xuzhou
|
他們
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| Lanyin Mandarin
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Yinchuan
|
他們
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| Bayanhot
|
他們
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| Lanzhou
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那們, 他們
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| Ürümqi
|
他們
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| Southwestern Mandarin
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Chengdu
|
他們
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| Wuhan
|
他們, 他家們
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| Guiyang
|
他們
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| Kunming
|
他們
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| Guilin
|
他們
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| Liuzhou
|
他們
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| Nanning (Xiakuojie)
|
他哋
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| Nanning (Wuming)
|
他們
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| Nanning (Fucheng, Wuming)
|
他們
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| Binyang (Nanjie)
|
他們
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| Xiangtan (Jiangnan Industries Group koine)
|
他們
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| Jianghuai Mandarin
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Nanjing
|
他們
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| Yangzhou
|
他們
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| Nantong
|
他恁
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| Hefei
|
他們
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| Cantonese
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Guangzhou
|
佢哋
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| Hong Kong
|
佢哋
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| Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)
|
佢哋, 佢人
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| Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)
|
佢哋
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| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
佢俚
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| Macau
|
佢哋
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| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
佢哋
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| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
佢哋
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| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
佢啲
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| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
佢班人
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| Foshan
|
佢哋
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| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
佢哋
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| Foshan (Shunde)
|
佢哋
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| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
佢哋
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| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhongshan (Huancheng)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Xiaolan)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Dongsheng, Xiaolan)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Tanbei, Xiaolan)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Henglan)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Dongfeng)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhongshan (Nantou)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Fusha)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Shalang)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Gangkou)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Huangpu)
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佢俚
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| Zhongshan (Sanjiao)
|
佢哋
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| Zhongshan (Langwang, Minzhong)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhongshan (Minzhong)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhongshan (Guzhen)
|
㑢
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| Zhongshan (Banfu)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhongshan (Tanzhou)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
佢哋
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
㑢
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| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
㑢
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
㑢
|
| Taishan
|
㑢
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
㑢
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
㑢
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
佢
|
| Dongguan
|
佢哋
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
佢哋
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
佢哋
|
| Shaoguan
|
佢哋
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| Yunfu
|
佢哋
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| Yangjiang
|
㑢
|
| Xinyi
|
佢哋
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| Lianjiang
|
佢哋
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| Nanning
|
佢哋
|
| Wuzhou
|
佢哋
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| Yulin
|
佢人
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
呢人
|
| Baise
|
佢哋
|
| Qinzhou
|
佢哋
|
| Beihai
|
佢哋
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
佢哋
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
佢哋
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| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
佢哋
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| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
佢哋
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| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
佢哋
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
佢哋
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| Móng Cái
|
佢哋
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
佢們, 佢個裡
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| Lichuan
|
佢多
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| Pingxiang
|
他俚
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
佢等人
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| Xingning
|
佢兜人
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| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)
|
佢大家
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| Huidong (Daling)
|
厥兜人
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| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
厥兜
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| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
厥兜
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| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
厥哋
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
佢兜
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| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
佢兜
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| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
佢兜
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
佢兜
|
| Wuhua (Meilin)
|
佢兜
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| Wengyuan
|
佢等
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| Nanxiong (Zhuji)
|
佢等
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| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
佢俚
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| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)
|
佢俚
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| Liannan
|
佢俚
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| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
他兜
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| Jiexi
|
佢兜儕, 佢兜人
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| Changting
|
佢儕們
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| Wuping
|
佢嫩人
|
| Wuping (Yanqian)
|
佢嫩人
|
| Wuping (Pingyu)
|
佢等人, 佢兜
|
| Liancheng
|
佢大沙, 佢大儕
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| Ninghua
|
佢等人, 佢多人
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| Yudu
|
佢底
|
| Ruijin
|
佢班人, 佢班
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| Shicheng
|
佢郎人
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
佢子人
|
| Tonggu (Sandu)
|
佢人
|
| Ganzhou (Panlong)
|
佢們
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等
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| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
佢等
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| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
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佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢等
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| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
厥等, 厥該兜人
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| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
佢兜, 佢兜人, 佢兜儕, 佢這兜
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| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
佢人
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| Hong Kong
|
厥兜, 佢兜
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| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
厥兜
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| Luchuan
|
佢俚
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
他們
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| Bobai (Shahe)
|
佢人
|
| Bobai (Longtan)
|
佢大家人
|
| Bobai (Lingping)
|
佢哋, 佢啲人
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| Bobai (Lingjiao)
|
佢人, 佢兜人
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| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
佢兜, 厥兜
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| Senai (Huiyang)
|
厥兜
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| Kuching (Hepo)
|
佢儕
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
佢儕, 佢兜
|
| Singkawang
|
佢兜儕
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
佢人
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
他們
|
| Xinzhou
|
他們
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
他們
|
| Linhe
|
他們
|
| Jining
|
他們
|
| Hohhot
|
他們
|
| Baotou
|
他們
|
| Dongsheng
|
他們
|
| Haibowan
|
他們
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
佢夥人, 佢人
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
伊各儂
|
| Fuqing
|
伊各儂
|
| Matsu
|
伊各儂
|
| Singapore (Fuqing)
|
伊各儂
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
𪜶
|
| Quanzhou
|
𪜶
|
| Zhangzhou
|
𪜶
|
| Zhangpu
|
𪜶
|
| Taipei
|
𪜶
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
𪜶
|
| Kaohsiung
|
𪜶
|
| Yilan
|
𪜶
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
𪜶
|
| Taichung
|
𪜶
|
| Tainan
|
𪜶
|
| Hsinchu
|
𪜶
|
| Kinmen
|
𪜶
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
𪜶
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
伊儂
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
伊儂
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
𪜶
|
| Longyan
|
伊儂
|
| Zhangping
|
伊儂
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
伊儂
|
| Datian
|
伊夥
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
伊儂
|
| Chaozhou
|
伊儂, 𪜶
|
| Shantou
|
伊儂, 𪜶
|
| Jieyang
|
伊儂
|
| Haifeng
|
伊儂
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
伊儂
|
| Pontianak (Teochew)
|
伊儂
|
| Leizhou
|
伊儂, 伊阿眾
|
| Wenchang
|
伊儂
|
| Haikou
|
伊儂
|
| Singapore (Hainanese)
|
伊儂
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
伊輩
|
| Xianyou
|
𪜶
|
| Central Min
|
Nanping (Wangtai, Yanping)
|
佢人
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
伊呀儂
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
伊儂
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
佢哋
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
他哋
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
伊拉
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
是渠拉
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
伊勒
|
| Suzhou
|
俚篤, 俉篤
|
| Danyang
|
他己
|
| Hangzhou
|
他們
|
| Ningbo
|
渠拉, 渠
|
| Wenzhou
|
渠倈
|
| Jinhua
|
渠浪
|
| Jinhua (Tangxi)
|
渠道
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
他們
|
| Loudi
|
他㑲
|
| Shuangfeng
|
他哩
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