蝻蛇
Chinese
immature locusts | snake; serpent | ||
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simp. and trad. (蝻蛇) |
蝻 | 蛇 | |
alternative forms | 南蛇 蚺蛇 |
Etymology
For the first syllable, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): nâng-ṳê
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: naam4 se4
- Yale: nàahm sèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: naam4 se4
- Guangdong Romanization: nam4 sé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /naːm²¹ sɛː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: nam3 sie3
- Sinological IPA (key): /ⁿdam²² siɛ²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-sà
- Hakka Romanization System: namˇ saˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: nam2 sa2
- Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: nam sha
- Sinological IPA: /nam⁵⁵ ʃa⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- Guangdong: nam2 sa2
- Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nâng-ṳê
- Sinological IPA (key): /naŋ³³ yɛ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
Noun
蝻蛇
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]