毒蛇

Chinese

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dúshé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dúshé
  - Wade–Giles: tu²-shê²
  - Yale: dú-shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
  - Palladius: душэ (dušɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    毒蛇
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ se⁴
  - Yale: duhk sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ sé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɛː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sà
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug sa^ˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ sa²
  - Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ sa¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dù-ṳê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁴² yɛ³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chôa
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsuâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogzoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²³/

毒蛇

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

毒(どく)蛇(じゃ) • (dokuja)

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

毒(どく)蛇(へび) • (dokuhebi)

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Hanja in this term
毒	蛇

毒蛇 • (doksa) (hangeul 독사)