其他摘要：The continuous distribution area of the Chinese word for “hail” bingbao, located in the middle and lower reaches of theYangtze River, is a slightly wasp-shaped broadband running from northeast to southwest. This particular geographical distribution pattern is associated with the formation of the word bingbao. Bao or baozi, the word for “hail” is widely spoken in the south of the broadband, while the word for “hail” lengzi is a common word in the north of the broadband. Lengzi is a result of lexical changes “bao/baozi→bingdanzi→ lengdanzi→lengzi”. Therefore, the word bingbao was actually the contamination of bingdanzi spoken inCentral Chinaand baozi used in the south of this area in history. It is a blend or portmanteau word due to dialect contact which explains why the broadband of bingbao gets to be where it is.
