虺蜮

Chinese

		poisonous snakes; sick; with no ambition	mythical creature; toad; worm
simp. and trad. (虺蜮)		虺	蜮

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): huǐyù

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Hanyu Pinyin: huǐyù
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: huěiyù
  - Wade–Giles: hui³-yü⁴
  - Yale: hwěi-yù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeiyuh
  - Palladius: хуэйюй (xuejjuj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/
  - Homophones:
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    虺蜮

Noun

虺蜮

vipers and beetles
- 荒葛罥塗，壇羅虺蜮，…… [Literary Chinese, trad.]
  荒葛罥涂，坛罗虺蜮，…… [Literary Chinese, simp.]
  From: 5th century BCE, Bao Zhao (鮑照), Fu on the Ruined City (《蕪城賦》)
  Huāng gě juàn tú, tán luó huǐyù,...... [Pinyin]
  Wild kudzu vines tangle the paths,
  In the halls gather vipers and bombardier beetles, […]