蛇酒

蛇酒

Chinese

		snake; serpent	alcoholic drink
simp. and trad. (蛇酒)		蛇	酒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ zau²
• Min Nan (POJ): chôa-chiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shéjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherjeou
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéjiǒu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕjoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ zau²
    • Yale: sèh jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsuâ-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaciuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³⁻²² t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡ɕiu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua²³⁻³³ t͡ɕiu⁴¹/

Noun

蛇酒

1. snake wine, an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol

   花蛇酒治諸風。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
   花蛇酒治诸风。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

   From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

   Huā shéjiǔ zhì zhū fēng. [Pinyin]

   Flower snake wine cures all types of winds.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蛇酒):

• → Vietnamese: rượu rắn (蛇酒)

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Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛇	酒
Grade: S	Grade: 3

Calque of Chinese 蛇酒.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he̞bʲiɕɨᵝ]
• IPA^(key): [he̞bʲiza̠ke̞]

Noun

蛇酒(へびしゅ) or 蛇酒(へびざけ) • (hebishu or hebizake) 

1. snake wine