毒蛇

毒蛇

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (毒蛇)		毒	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ se⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sà
• Min Nan (POJ): to̍k-chôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: dúshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
    • IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ se⁴
    • Yale: duhk sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ sé⁴
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug saˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ sa²
    • IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ sa¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogzoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sua¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²³/

Noun

毒蛇

1. venomous snake, viper

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Japanese

毒蛇 (dokuja, dokuhebi): a cobra, an iconic and well-known venomous snake.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毒	蛇
どく Grade: 4	じゃ Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (dowk zyæ, literally “poison + snake”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk⁶ se⁴.

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Goon
  • (Tokyo) ど​くじゃ [dóꜜkùjà] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝʑa̠]

Noun

毒蛇 (hiragana どくじゃ, rōmaji dokuja)

1. venomous snake
2. a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi

Derived terms

• 毒蛇 (どくじゃ)の口 (くち) (dokuja no kuchi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毒	蛇
どく Grade: 4	へび Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.

Pronunciation

• Jūbakoyomi
  • (Tokyo) どくへび [dòkúhébí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝhe̞bʲi]

Noun

毒蛇 (hiragana どくへび, rōmaji dokuhebi)

1. venomous snake

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

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Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	蛇

Noun

毒蛇 • (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

1. Hanja form^? of 독사 (“venomous snake”).