蝻蛇

Chinese

		immature locusts	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (蝻蛇)		蝻	蛇
alternative forms		南蛇 蚺蛇

Etymology

For the first syllable, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naam⁴ se⁴

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ sie³

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): nàm-sà

  (Hailu, HRS): nam sha

  (Meixian, Guangdong): nam² sa²

• Northern Min (KCR): nâng-ṳê

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ se⁴
    • Yale: nàahm sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ sɛː²¹/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: nam³ sie³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² siɛ²²/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam^ˇ sa^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: nam² sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: nam sha
    • Sinological IPA: /nam⁵⁵ ʃa⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nam² sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nâng-ṳê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ³³ yɛ³³/

Noun

蝻蛇

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Hakka, Northern Min, Hainanese, Zhongshan Min, Pinghua) python; boa

Synonyms

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇, 蚺蛇
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蟒蛇
	Singapore	蟒蛇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蟒
	Guilin	蟒
	Liuzhou	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Nanning (Wuming)	蟒蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Taishan	蝻蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蝻蛇
	Dongguan	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Nanning	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Wuzhou	蝻蛇
	Yulin	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蝻蛇, 蟒
Gan	Nanchang	蟒蛇
	Lichuan	蟒蛇
Hakka	Meixian	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Yudu	蟒蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	琴蛇
Jin	Taiyuan	蟒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝻蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟒
Southern Min	Xiamen	錦蛇
	Quanzhou	錦蛇
	Zhangzhou	錦蛇
	Taipei	錦蛇
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	錦蛇
	Kaohsiung	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	錦蛇
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	臭腥母
	Yilan	錦蛇
	Yilan (Luodong)	錦蛇
	Yilan (Toucheng)	錦蛇
	Changhua (Yongjing)	蝻蛇, 錦蛇
	Taichung	錦蛇
	Tainan	蟒蛇
	Tainan (Anping)	錦蛇
	Hsinchu	錦蛇, 大山剌
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	錦蛇, 蝻蛇, 過山刀
	Kinmen	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penghu (Magong)	錦蛇
	Penghu (Xiyu)	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penang (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Shantou	琴蛇, 蟒蛇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	琴蛇
	Haifeng	琴蛇
	Leizhou	琴蛇
	Wenchang	蝻蛇
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蝻蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝻蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蟒
Wu	Shanghai	蟒蛇
	Suzhou	蟒蛇
	Hangzhou	蟒蛇

Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]