蛇蠍

Chinese

		snake; serpent	scorpion
trad. (蛇蠍/蛇蝎)		蛇	蠍/蝎
simp. (蛇蝎)		蛇	蝎

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéxiē

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ kit³, se⁴ hit³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chôa-hiat

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéxiē
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄝ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shésie
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-hsieh¹
    • Yale: shé-syē
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shershie
    • Palladius: шэсе (šɛse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ kit³, se⁴ hit³
    • Yale: sèh kit, sèh hit
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ kit⁸, se⁴ hit⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ kid³, sé⁴ hid³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ kʰiːt̚³/, /sɛː²¹ hiːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa-hiat
    • Tâi-lô: tsuâ-hiat
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoa'hiad
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² hiɛt̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³⁻²² hiɛt̚³²/

Noun

蛇蠍

1. snakes and scorpions
2. (figurative) vicious person; viper

Derived terms

• 蛇蠍心腸／蛇蝎心肠 (shéxiēxīncháng)
• 蛇蠍美人／蛇蝎美人 (shéxiē měirén)