四跤蛇

Chinese

		four	bones of leg; wrestle	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (四跤蛇)		四	跤	蛇
alternative forms		四腳蛇／四脚蛇四骹蛇

Pronunciation

Northern Min (KCR): si̿-káu-ṳê
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si⁴ kor¹ syor² / si⁴ kor¹ sya²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kha-chôa

Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿-káu-ṳê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /si³³ kʰau⁵⁴ yɛ³³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: si⁴ kor¹ syor² [Phonetic: si⁴ kor⁵ lyor²]
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: si̍-ko̤-sió̤
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi⁴² kʰɒ⁵³³⁻¹¹ ^(ɬ-)lyɒ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
  - Pouseng Ping'ing: si⁴ kor¹ sya² [Phonetic: si¹ kor⁵ lya²]
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kʰɒ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lya²⁴/
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/

Noun

四跤蛇

(Hainanese, Hokkien, Northern Min, Puxian Min) (venomous) lizard

Synonyms

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

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
Lanyin Mandarin	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
Jin	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
	Hengyang	狗婆蛇

References

莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “四骹蛇”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 477.