| Variety
| Location
| Words |
| Classical Chinese |
乞人, 乞丐, 乞兒, 丐者, 丐 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) |
乞丐 |
| Northeastern Mandarin |
Beijing |
要飯的, 要飯兒的, 老花子, 叫花子, 看街的, 抱火盆兒的 |
| Taiwan |
乞丐 |
| Langfang |
要飯的 |
| Ulanhot |
要飯的, 要飯花子 |
| Tongliao |
要飯的 |
| Chifeng |
要飯的 |
| Hulunbuir (Hailar) |
要飯的 |
| Harbin |
叫花子, 要飯花子 |
| Singapore |
乞丐 |
| Jilu Mandarin |
Tangshan |
花子 |
| Cangzhou |
要飯的 |
| Baoding |
要飯的 |
| Shijiazhuang |
要飯的 |
| Jinan |
要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin |
Yantai (Muping) |
要飯兒的, 叫花子, 要飯的, 花子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin |
Luoyang |
叫花子, 要飯吃的, 靠門傍子 |
| Daming |
要飯吃哩 |
| Wanrong |
要飯的, 尋饃的 |
| Zhengzhou |
要飯哩 |
| Xi'an |
要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Xining |
尋口, 要饃饃的 |
| Xuzhou |
要飯的 |
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) |
抄花子, 討吃, 要乜貼的, 要的吃的 |
| Lanyin Mandarin |
Yinchuan |
討吃 |
| Bayanhot |
討吃, 要飯的 |
| Lanzhou |
要飯的, 要要吃 |
| Ürümqi |
要飯的 |
| Southwestern Mandarin |
Chengdu |
叫花子, 討口子 |
| Wuhan |
告花子, 花子, 討飯的, 要飯的, 乞丐, 討米的, 睡門樓的 |
| Guiyang |
叫化子 |
| Kunming |
花子, 叫花子, 要飯的 |
| Liuzhou |
討飯佬, 叫化子, 叫化 |
| Dagudi (Maliba) |
叫花子 |
| Reshuitang (Longling) |
要飯人 |
| Mae Salong (Lancang) |
叫花子, 討飯人 |
| Mae Sai (Tengchong) |
要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin |
Nanjing |
花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的 |
| Yangzhou |
花子, 要飯花子, 要飯的, 告花子 |
| Xinghua |
花子, 要飯的, 討飯的 |
| Nantong |
告花子, 討飯子 |
| Hefei |
要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Huanggang |
告殼子 |
| Mandarin |
Fuzhou (Qinjiang, Changle) |
化子 |
| Nanping (Yanping) |
叫化子 |
| Cantonese |
Guangzhou |
乞兒 |
| Hong Kong |
乞兒 |
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) |
乞兒 |
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) |
乞兒, 乞兒佬 |
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok) |
攞食佬 |
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) |
攞食佬 |
| Macau |
乞兒 |
| Guangzhou (Panyu) |
乞兒 |
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) |
乞兒 |
| Guangzhou (Conghua) |
乞兒 |
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng) |
乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young |
| Foshan |
乞兒 |
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) |
乞兒 |
| Foshan (Shunde) |
乞兒 |
| Foshan (Sanshui) |
乞兒 |
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) |
乞兒 |
| Zhongshan (Shiqi) |
乞兒 |
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) |
乞兒 |
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) |
乞兒 |
| Zhuhai (Doumen) |
乞耳 |
| Jiangmen (Baisha) |
乞兒 |
| Jiangmen (Xinhui) |
乞兒 |
| Taishan |
乞米仔 |
| Kaiping (Chikan) |
乞米仔 |
| Enping (Niujiang) |
乞米仔 |
| Heshan (Yayao) |
乞兒 |
| Dongguan |
乞食佬 male, 乞食婆 female, 乞食仔 young |
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) |
乞兒 |
| Shenzhen (Dapeng) |
攞食佬 |
| Qingyuan |
乞兒 |
| Fogang |
乞兒 |
| Yingde (Hanguang) |
架化佬 |
| Yangshan |
乞吃佬 |
| Lianshan (Butian) |
狗化佬 |
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) |
叫化佬 |
| Shaoguan |
乞兒 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
乞兒 |
| Renhua |
乞兒, 乞兒佬 |
| Lechang |
乞兒 |
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) |
乞兒 |
| Sihui |
乞兒佬 |
| Guangning |
乞兒 |
| Deqing |
乞兒 |
| Fengkai (Nanfeng) |
乞吃 |
| Yunfu |
乞兒 |
| Xinxing |
乞兒 |
| Luoding |
乞兒 |
| Yunan (Pingtai) |
乞兒 |
| Yangjiang |
乞兒, 乞米佬 male, 乞米婆 female |
| Xinyi |
乞兒 |
| Maoming (Xinpo) |
乞兒 |
| Lianjiang |
乞兒 |
| Wuchuan (Wuyang) |
乞兒, 乞兒佬 male, 乞兒婆 female |
| Nanning |
乞兒 |
| Hepu (Lianzhou) |
覓吃佬 |
| Beihai |
乞食佬 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) |
乞兒 |
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) |
乞兒 |
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) |
乞兒 |
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) |
乞兒 |
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) |
乞兒 |
| Móng Cái |
乞兒 |
| Gan |
Nanchang |
告化子, 討飯個 |
| Pengze |
討飯個 |
| Lichuan |
告化子, 乞兒 |
| Pingxiang |
告化子, 花子, 討米個 |
| Hakka |
Meixian |
告化仔, 討食個 |
| Xingning |
告化哩 |
| Fengshun (Liuhuang) |
乞食 |
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) |
攞食, 攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young |
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua) |
攞食佬 |
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua) |
攞食 |
| Huiyang |
攞食 |
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) |
攞食仔 |
| Huidong (Daling) |
攞食 |
| Dongguan (Qingxi) |
攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young |
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua) |
乞食佬, 攞食 |
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua) |
攞食佬 |
| Boluo (Bendihua) |
攞食伊, 攞食佬 |
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) |
攞食佬 male, 攞食婆 female, 攞食仔 young |
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) |
乞兒 |
| Wuhua (Shuizhai) |
酌食哩, 乞丐 |
| Wuhua (Huacheng) |
告化哩, 酌食個, 絡食個 |
| Wuhua (Changbu) |
告化哩 |
| Wuhua (Mianyang) |
絡食哩 |
| Wuhua (Meilin) |
絡食哩 |
| Heyuan (Bendihua) |
攞食的, 攞食 |
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua) |
攞食佬 |
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua) |
告化佬 |
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua) |
攞食哎 |
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua) |
告化 |
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua) |
攞食 |
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua) |
叫化 |
| Wengyuan |
討食佬 |
| Shaoguan (Qujiang) |
告化子 |
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua) |
叫化 |
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua) |
攞食佬 |
| Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) |
狗化公 |
| Liannan |
攞食佬 |
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) |
攞食佬 |
| Jiexi |
乞食 |
| Luhe |
乞食 |
| Zhao'an (Xiuzhuan) |
乞食 |
| Changting |
告化子, 告化 |
| Wuping |
告化 |
| Wuping (Yanqian) |
討食告化 |
| Wuping (Pingyu) |
告化 |
| Ninghua |
乞食 |
| Yudu |
告化子 |
| Ningdu |
教化 |
| Ruijin |
告化 |
| Shicheng |
告化 |
| Shangyou (Shexi) |
告化子 |
| Tonggu (Sandu) |
教化子 |
| Ganzhou (Panlong) |
教化子 |
| Dayu |
討飯佬 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) |
乞食仔, 乞食 |
| Miaoli (Zaoqiao; N. Sixian) |
乞食 |
| Miaoli (Touwu; N. Sixian) |
乞食 |
| Miaoli (Nanzhuang; N. Sixian) |
乞食仔 |
| Miaoli (Shitan; N. Sixian) |
乞食仔 |
| Miaoli (Sanwan; N. Sixian) |
乞食仔 |
| Miaoli (Toufen; N. Sixian) |
乞食仔, 討食 |
| Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) |
乞食仔 |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) |
乞食 |
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) |
打幫食, 乞食仔, 教化仔, 打幫仔 |
| Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) |
討食, 乞食 |
| Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) |
討食仔 |
| Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) |
討食仔 |
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) |
乞食仔 |
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) |
乞食, 仙人 |
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) |
乞食仔, 乞食 |
| Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) |
乞食 |
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) |
乞食 |
| Hong Kong |
攞食佬, 乞兒 |
| Yangxi (Tangkou) |
丐米佬 |
| Yangchun (Sanjia) |
丐食 |
| Xinyi (Sihe) |
乞兒 |
| Xinyi (Qianpai) |
乞兒 |
| Gaozhou (Xindong) |
乞兒佬 |
| Maoming (Shalang, Dianbai) |
乞食佬 |
| Huazhou (Xin'an) |
乞兒 |
| Lianjiang (Shijiao) |
乞食佬 |
| Lianjiang (Qingping) |
乞食佬 |
| Mengshan (Xihe) |
乞兒 |
| Luchuan |
乞食佬 |
| Sabah (Longchuan) |
攞食佬 |
| Senai (Huiyang) |
攞食佬 |
| Singkawang |
乞食 |
| Huizhou |
Jixi |
討飯仂, 討飯佬 humorous, 討飯鬼 derogatory, 討飯骨 derogatory, 討飯婆 woman |
| Shexian |
討飯唉 |
| Huangshan (Tunxi) |
丐食, 討飯個 |
| Xiuning |
丐食, 討飯仂 |
| Yixian |
討飯漢 |
| Qimen |
討飯個 |
| Wuyuan |
討飯個, 討飯仂 |
| Jin |
Taiyuan |
討吃吃, 討吃子, 要飯的, 叫花子 |
| Pingyao |
叫花子 |
| Xinzhou |
討吃子, 要窩窩哩 |
| Taibus (Baochang) |
要飯的 |
| Linhe |
討吃子 |
| Jining |
討吃子 |
| Hohhot |
討吃子 |
| Baotou |
討吃子 |
| Dongsheng |
討吃子 |
| Haibowan |
討吃子 |
| Zhangjiakou |
乞丐 |
| Handan |
要飯哩 |
| Northern Min |
Jian'ou |
化食 |
| Jian'ou (Dikou) |
化食 |
| Songxi |
化食 |
| Zhenghe |
化食 |
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian) |
化食 |
| Jianyang |
化食 |
| Wuyishan |
討飯 |
| Pucheng (Shibei) |
化食 |
| Eastern Min |
Fuzhou |
乞食 |
| Fuzhou (Changle) |
乞食 |
| Fuqing |
乞食 |
| Yongtai |
乞食 |
| Gutian |
乞食 |
| Pingnan |
乞食 |
| Fu'an |
乞食 |
| Ningde |
乞食 |
| Shouning |
乞食 |
| Zhouning |
乞食 |
| Fuding |
乞食 |
| Matsu |
乞食 |
| Southern Min |
Xiamen |
乞食 |
| Xiamen (Tong'an) |
乞食 |
| Quanzhou |
乞食 |
| Jinjiang |
乞食, 分米的, 分食的, 乞食婆 female |
| Hui'an |
乞食 |
| Yongchun |
乞食 |
| Zhangzhou |
乞食 |
| Zhangzhou (Longhai) |
乞食 |
| Zhangzhou (Changtai) |
乞食 |
| Zhangpu |
乞食 |
| Zhao'an |
乞食 |
| Dongshan |
乞食 |
| Taipei |
乞食 |
| New Taipei (Sanxia) |
乞食 |
| Kaohsiung |
乞食 |
| Yilan |
乞食 |
| Changhua (Lukang) |
乞食 |
| Taichung |
乞食 |
| Tainan |
乞食 |
| Hsinchu |
乞食 |
| Kinmen |
乞食 |
| Penghu (Magong) |
乞食 |
| Penang (Hokkien) |
乞食, 乞食仔 |
| Singapore (Hokkien) |
乞食 |
| Manila (Hokkien) |
乞食 |
| Longyan |
乞食 |
| Zhangping |
乞食 |
| Zhangping (Yongfu) |
乞食 |
| Datian |
乞食 |
| Pingnan (Shangdu) |
乞兒 |
| Chaozhou |
乞食 |
| Shantou |
乞食 |
| Shantou (Chenghai) |
乞食 |
| Jieyang |
乞食 |
| Haifeng |
乞食 |
| Fengshun (Liuhuang) |
乞食 |
| Bangkok (Teochew) |
乞食 |
| Johor Bahru (Teochew) |
乞食 |
| Leizhou |
乞食 |
| Wenchang |
乞達 |
| Haikou |
乞達 |
| Qionghai |
乞達 |
| Puxian Min |
Putian |
乞食 |
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) |
乞食 |
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) |
乞食 |
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) |
乞食 |
| Xianyou |
乞食 |
| Xianyou (Fengting) |
乞食 |
| Xianyou (Youyang) |
乞食 |
| Fuding (Aoyao) |
乞食 |
| Zhongshan Min |
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) |
乞兒 |
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang) |
乞兒 |
| Southern Pinghua |
Nanning (Tingzi) |
救化子, 乞兒 |
| Wu |
Shanghai |
告花子, 癟三 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) |
掛花子 |
| Suzhou |
告花子, 癟三 |
| Danyang |
告花子, 告花嫚嫚 |
| Hangzhou |
叫花子, 討飯子 |
| Ningbo |
告花子, 討飯 |
| Wenzhou |
丐兒, 討飯丐兒, 討飯人, 取米丐兒, 取米個 |
| Jinhua |
討飯, 討飯婆 woman |
| Jinhua (Tangxi) |
討飯老丐兒 |
| Xiang |
Changsha |
告化子, 討飯的 |
| Xiangtan |
告化子 |
| Loudi |
叫化子, 叫化 |
| Shuangfeng |
告化子 |
| Quanzhou |
乞丐 |
