毒蛇

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	snake; serpent
trad. (毒蛇)		毒	蛇
simp. #(毒蛇)		毒	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dúshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ se⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sà
• Northern Min (KCR): dù-ṳê
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-chôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dúshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dúshé
    • Wade–Giles: tu²-shê²
    • Yale: dú-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
    • Palladius: душэ (dušɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: duk⁶ se⁴
    • Yale: duhk sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: tug sa^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ sa¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dù-ṳê
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tu⁴² yɛ³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dogzoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sua¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²³/

Noun

毒蛇

1. venomous snake, viper

Japanese

毒蛇 (dokuja, dokuhebi): a cobra, an iconic and well-known venomous snake.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毒	蛇
どく Grade: 5	じゃ Grade: S
on'yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (MC dowk zyae, literally “poison + snake”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk⁶ se⁴.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくじゃ [dóꜜkùjà] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ʑa̠]

Noun

毒(どく)蛇(じゃ) • (dokuja) 

1. venomous snake
2. a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi

Derived terms

• 毒蛇(どくじゃ)の口(くち) (dokuja no kuchi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毒	蛇
どく Grade: 5	へび Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) どくへび [dòkúhébí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊he̞bʲi]

Noun

毒(どく)蛇(へび) • (dokuhebi) 

1. venomous snake

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	蛇

Noun

毒蛇 • (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

1. hanja form^? of 독사 (“venomous snake”)