琴蛇

Chinese

		qin; general name for certain instruments	snake; serpent
trad. (琴蛇)		琴	蛇
simp. #(琴蛇)		琴	蛇
alternative forms		禽蛇 蠄蛇

Pronunciation

• Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kim² sa²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): kim⁵ zua⁵

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• Hakka
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: kim² sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /kʰim¹¹ sa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: kim⁵ zua⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khîm tsuâ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵⁵/

Noun

琴蛇

1. (Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min) python; boa

Synonyms

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
	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