雙頭蛇
Chinese
| both sides; both parties | snake; serpent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (雙頭蛇) | 雙頭 | 蛇 | |
| simp. (双头蛇) | 双头 | 蛇 | |
Pronunciation
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sang1 tao2 syor2 / sang1 tao2 sya2
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siang-thâu-chôa
- Puxian Min
- (Putian)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sang1 tao2 syor2 [Phonetic: sang5 nao5 lyor2]
- Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: sang-táu-sió̤
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻¹¹ (tʰ-)nau¹³⁻¹¹ (ɬ-)lyɒ¹³/
- (Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sang1 tao2 sya2 [Phonetic: sang5 nao5 lya2]
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬaŋ⁵⁴⁴⁻²¹ (tʰ-)nau²⁴⁻²¹ (ɬ-)lya²⁴/
- (Putian)
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-thâu-chôa
- Tâi-lô: siang-thâu-tsuâ
- Phofsit Daibuun: siangtauzoaa
- IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
Noun
雙頭蛇
- (literal) snake with two heads
- (Hokkien, Puxian Min) a two-faced person, a fence-sitter
References
- 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “雙頭蛇”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary][1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
- 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), “双头蛇”, 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 463.