蝻蛇

蝻蛇

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): naam⁴ se⁴
• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): nam² sa²
• Min Bei (KCR): nâng-ṳê

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: naam⁴ se⁴
    • Yale: nàahm sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /näːm²¹ sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: nam² sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
• Min Bei
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nâng-ṳê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ³³ yɛ³³/

Noun

蝻蛇

1. (Cantonese, Hakka, Min Bei) python; boa  

Synonyms

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

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇
Mandarin	Taiwan	蟒蛇
	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
	Guiyang	蟒
	Liuzhou	南蛇, 蚺蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蟒蛇
	Dongguan	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
Gan	Nanchang	蟒蛇
	Lichuan	蟒蛇
Hakka	Meixian	蝻蛇, 禽蛇
	Yudu	蟒蛇
Jin	Taiyuan	蟒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	蝻蛇
Min Dong	Fuzhou	蟒
Min Nan	Xiamen	錦蛇
	Quanzhou	錦蛇
	Zhangzhou	錦蛇
	Penang (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Shantou	蟒蛇
	Leizhou	琴蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	南蛇
Wu	Suzhou	蟒蛇
	Hangzhou	蟒蛇