錦蛇

See also: 锦蛇

Chinese edit

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	snake; serpent
trad. (錦蛇)		錦	蛇
simp. (锦蛇)		锦	蛇

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錦蛇屬

Pronunciation edit

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jǐnshé

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² se⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gím-chôa / kím-chôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnshé
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄜˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnshé
  - Wade–Giles: chin³-shê²
  - Yale: jǐn-shé
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinsher
  - Palladius: цзиньшэ (czinʹšɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gam² se⁴
  - Yale: gám sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gam² se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: gem² sé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ sɛː²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Penang, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-chôa
  - Tâi-lô: gím-tsuâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: gymzoaa
  - IPA (Singapore): /ɡim⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /ɡim⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /ɡim⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²³/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Taichung)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-chôa
  - Tâi-lô: kím-tsuâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: kymzoaa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua¹³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /kim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan): /kim⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua²⁴/

Noun edit

錦蛇

Elaphe
(Hokkien) python

Synonyms edit

Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇, 蚺蛇
Mandarin	Taiwan	蟒蛇
	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
	Guiyang	蟒
	Guilin	蟒
	Liuzhou	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Nanning (Wuming)	蟒蛇
	Singapore	蟒蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Taishan	蝻蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	蝻蛇
	Dongguan	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Nanning	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Wuzhou	蝻蛇
	Yulin	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	蝻蛇, 蟒
Gan	Nanchang	蟒蛇
Gan	Lichuan	蟒蛇
Hakka	Meixian	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Yudu	蟒蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇
	Hong Kong	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	琴蛇
Jin	Taiyuan	蟒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝻蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟒
Southern Min	Xiamen	錦蛇
	Quanzhou	錦蛇
	Zhangzhou	錦蛇
	Tainan	蟒蛇
	Penang (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	錦蛇
	Shantou	琴蛇, 蟒蛇
	Shantou (Chenghai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Houzhai)	琴蛇
	Nan'ao (Yun'ao)	琴蛇
	Leizhou	琴蛇
	Wenchang	蝻蛇
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	蝻蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝻蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蟒
Wu	Shanghai	蟒蛇
	Suzhou	蟒蛇
	Hangzhou	蟒蛇

Derived terms edit

土錦蛇／土锦蛇

Japanese edit

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ニシキヘビ

Kanji in this term
錦	蛇
にしき Grade: S	へび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

錦 (nishiki, “brocade”) +‎ 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)

Pronunciation edit

(Tokyo) にしきへび [nìshíkíhéꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [4])
(Tokyo) にしきへび [nìshíkíꜜhèbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕi̥kʲihe̞bʲi]

Noun edit

錦(にしき)蛇(へび) or 錦蛇(ニシキヘビ) • (nishikihebi)

a python

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

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