放蛇

Chinese

		to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (放蛇)		放	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fàngshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): fong³ se⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fàngshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fàngshé
    • Wade–Giles: fang⁴-shê²
    • Yale: fàng-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsher
    • Palladius: фаншэ (fanšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: fong³ se⁴
    • Yale: fong sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: fong³ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fong³ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɔːŋ³³ sɛː²¹/

Verb

放蛇

1. (Cantonese, Hong Kong) to conduct a sting operation; to conduct a decoy operation
2. (Cantonese) to goof off; to slack off; to to be lazy during work

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 偷懶 (“to slack off; to lie down on the job”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒
	Taiwan	偷懶
	Singapore	偷懶
Lanyin Mandarin	Ürümqi	躲懶
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	躲懶, 隑懶
Cantonese	Guangzhou	躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞
	Hong Kong	偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡
	Dongguan	偷雞
Gan	Nanchang	偷懶
Hakka	Meixian	偷嫽
	Xingning	偷嫽, 怠懶
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	偷嫽
Jin	Taiyuan	偷懶
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	躲懶
Southern Min	Xiamen	想惰
	Zhangzhou	想惰, 想死
	Penang (Hokkien)	食蛇
	Singapore (Hokkien)	食蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	偷懶