虺蜮

Chinese

		poisonous snakes; sick; with no ambition	mythical creature; toad; worm
simp. and trad. (虺蜮)		虺	蜮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): huǐyù

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: huǐyù
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄟˇ ㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: huěiyù
    • Wade–Giles: hui³-yü⁴
    • Yale: hwěi-yù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: hoeiyuh
    • Palladius: хуэйюй (xuejjuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ y⁵¹/

Noun

虺蜮

1. vipers and beetles

   • 荒葛罥塗，壇羅虺蜮， [MSC, trad.]
     荒葛罥涂，坛罗虺蜮， [MSC, simp.]

     From: 5th century AD: Bao Zhao (鮑／鲍 (bào)照 (zhào)), Fu on the Ruined City (《蕪城賦》)

     huāng gě juàn tú, tán luó huǐyù, [Pinyin]

     Wild kudzu vines tangle the paths,
     In the halls gather vipers and bombardier beetles,