蚺蛇

Chinese

		a boa constrictor	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (蚺蛇)		蚺	蛇
alternative forms		蚺虵

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): ránshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jim⁴ se⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: ránshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: ránshé
    • Wade–Giles: jan²-shê²
    • Yale: rán-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ransher
    • Palladius: жаньшэ (žanʹšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐän³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jim⁴ se⁴
    • Yale: yìhm sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jim⁴ se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yim⁴ sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jiːm²¹ sɛː²¹/

Noun

蚺蛇

1. 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

Japanese

Kanji in this term
蚺	蛇
ぜん Hyōgaiji	じゃ Grade: S
on’yomi

Kanji in this term
蚺	蛇
せん Hyōgaiji	じゃ Grade: S
on’yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

• IPA^(key): [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

Noun

蚺(ぜん)蛇(じゃ) or 蚺(せん)蛇(じゃ) • (zenja or senja) 

1. python (a type of snake)

Synonyms

• 錦(にしき)蛇(へび) (nishikihebi)
• パイソン (paison)

References

• “蚺蛇”, in 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, “Nihon Kokugo Daijiten”)‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, 2000