老蛇

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	snake; serpent
trad. (老蛇)		老	蛇
simp. #(老蛇)		老	蛇
alternative forms		佬蛇 Eastern Min

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ se⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): ló-sà
• Eastern Min (BUC): lâu-siè
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): lāu-chôa

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ se⁴
    • Yale: lóuh sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ló-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: lo` saˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: lo³ sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /lo³¹ sa¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: lâu-siè
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /l̃au²⁴²⁻⁵⁵ ^(s-)lie⁵³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: lāu-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: lāu-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: lauxzoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /lau³³⁻²¹ t͡sua²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /lau³³⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/

Noun

老蛇

1. (Southwestern and Nanping Mandarin, Eastern and Puxian Min) snake
2. (Christianity, chiefly Hakka, Southern Min, dated in Cantonese) the Old Serpent; the Devil

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蛇 (“snake”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蛇
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蛇
Taxonomic name		蛇
Mandarin	Beijing	蛇, 長蟲
	Taiwan	蛇
	Tianjin	長蟲
	Chengde	長蟲
	Tangshan	蛇, 長蟲
	Cangzhou	長蟲
	Baoding	長蟲
	Shijiazhuang	長蟲
	Ulanhot	長蟲
	Tongliao	長蟲
	Chifeng	蛇, 長蟲
	Bayanhot	蛇
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	蛇, 長蟲, 大蟲
	Heihe	蛇, 長蟲
	Qiqihar	蛇, 長蟲
	Harbin	蛇, 長蟲
	Jiamusi	蛇, 長蟲
	Baicheng	蛇, 長蟲
	Changchun	長蟲
	Tonghua	長蟲
	Shenyang	蛇, 長蟲
	Dandong	蛇, 長蟲
	Jinzhou	蛇, 長蟲
	Dalian	長蟲
	Yantai	長蟲
	Yantai (Muping)	長蟲
	Qingdao	長蟲
	Lijin	長蟲
	Zhucheng	長蟲
	Jinan	長蟲, 蛇
	Jining	長蟲
	Luoyang	長蟲
	Wanrong	蛇
	Shangqiu	蛇, 長蟲
	Yuanyang	蛇
	Zhengzhou	長蟲
	Lingbao	蛇, 長蟲
	Xinyang	長蟲
	Baihe	蛇, 長蟲
	Hanzhong	蛇, 長蟲
	Xi'an	蛇, 長蟲
	Baoji	長蟲
	Yinchuan	蛇, 長蟲
	Tianshui	蛇, 長蟲
	Lanzhou	蛇, 長蟲
	Dunhuang	蛇, 長蟲
	Xining	蛇
	Hami	長蟲
	Ürümqi	長蟲, 蛇
	Wuhan	蛇, 長蟲
	Yichang	蛇
	Xiangyang	蛇, 長蟲
	Tianmen	蛇
	Hong'an	蛇
	Chengdu	蛇, 梭老二, 長蟲
	Nanchong	蛇
	Dazhou	長蟲
	Hanyuan	蛇
	Xichang	蛇
	Zigong	蛇
	Chongqing	蛇, 螂雞兒
	Guiyang	老蛇
	Zunyi	蛇
	Bijie	老蛇
Liping	蛇
Zhaotong	老梭
Dali	蛇
Kunming	蛇, 長蟲
Mengzi	蛇
Guilin	蛇
Liuzhou	蛇, 溜子 dated
Jishou	蛇
Changde	蛇
Anqing	蛇
Xuzhou	蛇, 長蟲
Fuyang	蛇
Wuhu	蛇
Yangzhou	蛇
Lianyungang	蛇, 長蟲
Lianshui	蛇
Nanjing	蛇兒, 蛇
Hefei	蛇
Nantong	蛇, 長蟲
Malaysia	蛇
Singapore	蛇
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛇
	Hong Kong	蛇
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	蛇
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	蛇
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	蛇
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	蛇
	Macau	蛇
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	蛇
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	蛇
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	蛇
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	蛇
	Foshan	蛇
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	蛇
	Foshan (Shunde)	蛇
	Foshan (Sanshui)	蛇
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	蛇
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	蛇
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	蛇
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	蛇
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	蛇
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	蛇
	Taishan	蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蛇
	Enping (Niujiang)	蛇
	Heshan (Yayao)	蛇
	Dongguan	蛇
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	蛇
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	蛇
	Shaoguan	蛇
	Yunfu	蛇
	Yangjiang	蛇
	Xinyi	蛇
	Lianjiang	蛇
	Nanning	蛇
	Wuzhou	蛇
	Yulin	蛇, 長蟲
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蛇
	Danzhou	蛇
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	蛇
	Singapore (Guangfu)	蛇
	Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	蛇
Gan	Nanchang	蛇
	Lichuan	蛇
	Pingxiang	蛇
Hakka	Meixian	蛇哥
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蛇, 蛇哥
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	蛇
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	蛇
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	蛇
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	蛇
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	蛇
	Wuhua (Changbu)	蛇
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	蛇
	Conghua (Lütian)	蛇
	Jiexi	蛇
	Luhe	蛇
	Yudu	蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蛇哥
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蛇哥
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蛇, 蛇哥
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蛇, 蛇哥
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蛇
	Hong Kong	蛇哥
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	蛇
	Sabah (Longchuan)	蛇哥, 蛇
	Senai (Huiyang)	蛇
	Singkawang	蛇
Huizhou	Jixi	蛇
	Shexian	蛇
	Tunxi	蛇
	Xiuning	蛇
	Yixian	蛇
	Qimen	蛇
	Wuyuan	蛇
	Fuliang	蛇
	Dexing	蛇
Jin	Taiyuan	蛇
	Pingyao	蛇
	Yangyuan	蛇
	Datong	蛇, 皮條
	Xinzhou	蛇
	Lishi	蛇
	Linfen	蛇
	Changzhi	蛇, 長蟲
	Taibus (Baochang)	蛇
	Linhe	蛇, 長蟲
	Jining	蛇
	Hohhot	蛇
	Baotou	蛇
	Dongsheng	蛇
	Haibowan	蛇
	Erenhot	蛇
	Pingshan	長蟲
	Zhangjiakou	蛇, 長蟲
	Handan	蛇, 長蟲
	Linzhou	蛇
	Suide	蛇
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蛇
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	蛇
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	蛇
	Pucheng (Shibei)	蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老蛇, 蛇
	Changle	老蛇
	Fuqing	老蛇
	Yongtai	老蛇
	Gutian	老蛇
	Fu'an	老蛇
	Ningde	老蛇
	Shouning	老蛇
	Zhouning	老蛇
	Fuding	老蛇
	Matsu	老蛇
Southern Min	Xiamen	蛇
	Quanzhou	蛇
	Jinjiang	蛇
	Yongchun	蛇
	Zhangzhou	蛇
	Dongshan	蛇
	Taipei	蛇
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	蛇
	Kaohsiung	蛇
	Yilan	蛇
	Changhua (Lukang)	蛇
	Taichung	蛇
	Taichung (Wuqi)	蛇
	Tainan	蛇
	Taitung	蛇
	Hsinchu	蛇
	Kinmen	蛇
	Penghu (Magong)	蛇
	Penang (Hokkien)	蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	蛇
	Manila (Hokkien)	蛇
	Medan (Hokkien)	蛇
	Zhangping	蛇
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	蛇
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	蛇
	Chaozhou	蛇
	Raoping	蛇
	Shantou	蛇
	Bangkok (Teochew)	蛇
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	蛇
	Singapore (Teochew)	蛇
	Leizhou	蛇
	Wenchang	蛇
	Haikou	蛇
Puxian Min	Putian	大蛇, 蛇
	Xianyou	老蛇
Central Min	Yong'an	蛇
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蛇
Shehua	Fu'an	老蛇
	Fuding	蛇
	Luoyuan	蛇
	Sanming	蛇
	Shunchang	蛇
	Hua'an	蛇
	Guixi (Zhangping)	蛇
	Cangnan	蛇
	Jingning	蛇
	Lishui	蛇
	Longyou	蛇
	Chaozhou	蛇
	Fengshun	蛇
Waxiang	Guzhang (Gaofeng)	虺
	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	虺
	Luxi (Baisha)	虺
Wu	Shanghai	蛇, 水蛇
	Shanghai (Chongming)	蛇
	Suzhou	蛇
	Wuxi	蛇
	Danyang	蛇
	Hangzhou	蛇
	Ningbo	蛇
	Wenzhou	蛇
	Jinhua	蛇
Xiang	Changsha	蛇, 溜子, 臭溜子
	Xiangtan	蛇
	Loudi	蛇
	Shuangfeng	蛇, 溜子
	Quanzhou	蛇