蛇酒

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shéjiǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ zau²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chôa-chiú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shéjiǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shéjiǒu
  - Wade–Giles: shê²-chiu³
  - Yale: shé-jyǒu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherjeou
  - Palladius: шэцзю (šɛczju)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: se⁴ zau²
  - Yale: sèh jáu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ dzau²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ zeo²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa-chiú
  - Tâi-lô: tsuâ-tsiú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zoaciuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴¹/

Noun

蛇酒

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):

→ Korean: 사주(蛇酒) (saju)

Others:

→ Japanese: 蛇(へび)酒(しゅ) (hebishu) (calque), 蛇(へび)酒(ざけ) (hebizake) (calque)

Japanese

Etymology

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

Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [he̞bʲiɕɨ]
IPA^(key): [he̞bʲiza̠ke̞]

Noun

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

snake wine