四腳蛇

Chinese

		four	role; foot; base	snake; serpent
trad. (四腳蛇)		四	腳	蛇
simp. (四脚蛇)		四	脚	蛇
alternative forms		四跤蛇 Min Nan

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): sìjiǎoshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄜˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si⁴ juo² se²

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei³ goek³ se⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhei¹ giak¹ sie^3*

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kha-chôa
• Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ⁵sy-ciaq-zo
• Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si⁴ jio⁶ sha² / si⁴ jio⁶ she²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiǎoshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiǎoshé
    • Wade–Giles: ssŭ⁴-chiao³-shê²
    • Yale: sz̀-jyǎu-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjeausher
    • Palladius: сыцзяошэ (syczjaošɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: si⁴ juo² se²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sgiuose
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sz̩²¹³ t͡ɕyo²¹ sɛ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: sei³ goek³ se⁴
    • Yale: sei geuk sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sei³ goek⁸ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: séi³ gêg³ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sei̯³³ kœːk̚³ sɛː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: lhei¹ giak¹ sie^3*
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬei³³ kiak̚³³ siɛ²²⁻²²⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Tainan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kha-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: sì-kha-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sie'qazoaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Tainan): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Jinjiang): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰa³³ t͡sua²⁴/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ⁵sy-ciaq-zo
    • MiniDict: sy^去 ciah zo
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²sr-jiaq-zo
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ zo²¹/
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩⁵² t͡ɕiɑʔ³³ zo/
• Xiang
  • (Changsha)
    • Wiktionary: si⁴ jio⁶ sha² / si⁴ jio⁶ she²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /si⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʂa̠¹³/, /si⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʂɤ̞¹³/
    • Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ sa̠¹³/, /ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ sɤ̞¹³/

Noun

四腳蛇

1. lizard; gecko
2. (Singapore) monitor lizard

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蜥蜴
Taxonomic name		蜥蜴
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蜥蜴
	Taiwan	蜥蜴
	Singapore	蜥蜴
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	馬蛇子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	馬蛇子
Central Plains Mandarin	Xuzhou	蛇立子
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	大頭蠍虎子, 蠍虎子
	Ürümqi	麻蛇子, 蜥蜴, 四腳蛇
Southwestern Mandarin	Wuhan	四腳蛇
	Guiyang	四腳蛇
	Liuzhou	草龍, 四腳蛇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	四腳蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	四腳蛇
	Hong Kong	蜥蜴
	Dongguan	四腳蛇
Gan	Nanchang	四腳蛇
	Lichuan	旋官
	Pingxiang	狗貓蛇, 狗尾巴蛇
Hakka	Meixian	四腳蛇, 狗嫲蛇
	Xingning	狗嫲蛇
	Huidong (Daling)	簷蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	狗嫲蛇
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗嫲蛇
	Changting	狗嫲蛇
	Wuping	狗嫲蛇
	Wuping (Pingyu)	狗嫲蛇
	Liancheng	伯公蛇
	Ninghua	田坎蛇
	Yudu	狗婆蛇
	Ruijin	狗婆蛇子
	Shicheng	田坎蛇, 狗尾蛇
	Shangyou (Shexi)	狗婆蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	狗嫲蛇, 山狗太, 大頭確
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	狗嫲蛇
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	狗嫲蛇
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	狗嫲蛇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	狗嫲蛇, 山狗太
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	赤龍公, 死頭確
Huizhou	Jixi	纏龍
Jin	Pingyao	蛇次兒
	Xinzhou	蛇獅哥, 蛇獅子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	四跤蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	杜墊
Southern Min	Xiamen	四跤杜定, 杜定, 四跤蛇
	Quanzhou	土地公蛇, 四跤媽
	Jinjiang	四跤蛇
	Yongchun	土地公蛇
	Zhangzhou	四跤杜定, 杜定, 四跤蛇, 四跤杜豬, 杜豬
	Zhao'an	杜仲
	Taipei	四跤仔杜定
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	杜定
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	四跤杜定, 四跤蛇仔
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	四跤蛇, 蟮蟲仔蛇
	Kaohsiung	杜定, 四跤仔蛇, 咕咕公
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	杜定
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	杜定, 狗母仔蛇
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	四跤蛇
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	戶橂蛇仔, 五國公仔
	Yilan	四跤蛇仔, 杜定
	Yilan (Toucheng)	杜定
	Changhua (Lukang)	竹虎, 杜定
	Taichung	杜定
	Tainan	四跤蛇, 杜定
	Tainan (Anping)	杜定
	Hsinchu	杜定, 狗母蛇
	Kinmen	杜定
	Penghu (Magong)	杜定
	Penghu (Xiyu)	杜定
	Haikou	四跤蛇
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	四跤蛇
Wu	Shanghai	四腳蛇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	四腳蛇
	Danyang	四腳蛇
	Hangzhou	四腳蛇
	Ningbo	四腳蛇
	Jinhua	蛇鰍
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	山鰍
Xiang	Changsha	四腳蛇
	Loudi	四腳蛇, 雞婆蛇

Dialectal synonyms of 蜥蜴 (“lizard”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝘蜓, 守宮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壁虎
Taxonomic name		壁虎
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子
	Taiwan	壁虎, 守宮
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蠍拉虎子
	Harbin	蠍虎子
	Shenyang	馬舌子
	Malaysia	壁虎
	Singapore	壁虎
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	蠍拉虎子
	Jinan	蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	蠍虎子
	Qingdao	蠍虎子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蠍虎
	Wanrong	蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蛇兒子
	Zhengzhou	蠍虎
	Xi'an	蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
	Xining	麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
	Xuzhou	蠍虎子
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
	Wuhan	壁虎子
	Guiyang	巴壁虎
	Kunming	壁虎
	Guilin	壁虎
	Liuzhou	壁虎, 四腳蛇
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	壁虎
	Yangzhou	壁虎子
	Nantong	壁虎子
	Hefei	蠍虎子, 四腳蛇
	Huanggang	壁虎兒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	檐蛇
	Hong Kong	檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	檐蛇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	壁蛇仔
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	壁蛇仔
	Macau	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	檐蛇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	偷鹽蛇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	檐蛇
	Foshan	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Shunde)	檐蛇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	舔鹽蛇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蠅虎
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	檐蛇
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	偷鹽蛇
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	四腳蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	偷鹽蛇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	四腳蛇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	四腳蛇
	Taishan	四腳蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	四腳蛇
	Enping (Niujiang)	檐蛇
	Heshan (Yayao)	蠄虎
	Dongguan	檐蛇, 炮公魚
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	百公蛇
	Shaoguan	檐蛇
	Yunfu	偷鹽蛇
	Yangjiang	檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
	Xinyi	偷鹽蛇
	Lianjiang	偷鹽蛇
	Nanning	檐蛇
	Wuzhou	檐蛇
	Yulin	草檐鼠
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Penang (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	檐蛇
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	檐蛇
Gan	Nanchang	壁蛇子, 壁蛇
	Lichuan	壁虎
	Pingxiang	蜘虎
Hakka	Meixian	檐蛇仔, 檐蛇
	Xingning	壁蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	檐蛇
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	壁蛇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	壁蛇
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	檐蛇
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	四腳蛇
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗嫲臊
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	檐蛇
	Changting	螭虎
	Wuping	壁
	Wuping (Pingyu)	壁蛇子
	Liancheng	壁虎子
	Ninghua	壁虎子
	Yudu	壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子
	Ruijin	壁蛇子
	Shicheng	伏壁, 狗婆蛇
	Shangyou (Shexi)	壁蛇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	壁蛇, 檐蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	壁蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	壁蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	壁蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
	Hong Kong	壁蛇
	Sabah (Longchuan)	壁蛇
	Senai (Huiyang)	壁蛇
	Kuching (Hepo)	檐蛇
	Singkawang	檐蛇
Huizhou	Jixi	壁虎
	Shexian	壁壁虎
	Wuyuan	壁虎
	Fuliang	壁虎哩
	Dexing	壁虎
Jin	Taiyuan	蠍虎兒
	Pingyao	蠍虎兒
	Xinzhou	蠍虎兒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	壁哩蜥
	Songxi	厝貼
	Zhenghe	厝鐵
	Jianyang	木客仔
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	𧕇
	Fuzhou (Changle)	五爪龍
	Fuqing	𧕇
	Yongtai	檐鼠
	Gutian	𧕇
	Fu'an	牆魚
	Ningde	𧕇虎
	Shouning	牆魚
	Zhouning	杜靛
Southern Min	Xiamen	蟮蟲
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	蟮蟲
	Quanzhou	蟮蟲
	Jinjiang	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou (Longhai)	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	蟮蟲
	Zhao'an	蟮蟲
	Taipei	蟮蟲仔, 守宮
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蟮蟲仔
	Kaohsiung	蟮蟲
	Yilan	蟮蟲, 壁虎
	Changhua (Lukang)	蟮蟲
	Taichung	蟮蟲仔
	Tainan	蟮蟲仔
	Hsinchu	蟮蟲
	Kinmen	蟮蟲
	Penghu (Magong)	蟮蟲
	Penang (Hokkien)	蟮蟲, cicak
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Manila (Hokkien)	蟮蟲
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	檐蛇
	Chaozhou	檐龍
	Shantou	檐龍
	Shantou (Chenghai)	檐龍
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	蟮蟲
	Jieyang	檐龍, 胡蠅虎
	Puning	檐龍, 神龍
	Haifeng	檐蛇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	檐龍
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	檐龍
	Singapore (Teochew)	檐龍
	Pontianak (Teochew)	檐龍
	Leizhou	孫龍
	Wenchang	神郎
	Haikou	龍船
	Singapore (Hainanese)	神郎
Puxian Min	Putian	爬豆
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	檐蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	檐蛇子
Wu	Shanghai	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	壁虎
	Suzhou	壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
	Wuxi	壁虎
	Danyang	壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Hangzhou	壁虎兒, 壁虎
	Ningbo	壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
	Wenzhou	五爪龍, 白蟻龍
	Jinhua	蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
Xiang	Changsha	壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
	Shuangfeng	痴虎, 壁虎子
	Quanzhou	壁虎

Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”) [map]