蝻蛇

Chinese

		immature locusts	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (蝻蛇)		蝻	蛇
alternative forms		南蛇蚺蛇

For the first syllable, compare Thai เหลือม (lʉ̌ʉam, “python”) and Zhuang nuem (“python”).

Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): naam⁴ se⁴

(Taishan, Wiktionary): nam³ sie³
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): nàm-sà

(Meixian, Guangdong): nam² sa²
Northern Min (KCR): nâng-ṳê

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: naam⁴ se⁴
  - Yale: nàahm sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: naam⁴ se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: nam⁴ sé⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naːm²¹ sɛː²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: nam³ sie³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ⁿdam²² siɛ²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: nàm-sà
  - Hakka Romanization System: namˇ saˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: nam² sa²
  - Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: nam² sa²
  - Sinological IPA: /nam¹¹ sa¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: nâng-ṳê
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /naŋ³³ yɛ³³/

蝻蛇

Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇, 蚺蛇
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	蟒蛇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蟒
	Guilin	蟒
	Liuzhou	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Nanning (Wuming)	蟒蛇
Mandarin	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
Gan	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
	Taipei	錦蛇
	Yilan	錦蛇
	Taichung	錦蛇
	Tainan	蟒蛇
	Hsinchu	錦蛇, 大山剌
	Kinmen	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penghu (Magong)	錦蛇
	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