海蛇

Chinese

		ocean; sea	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (海蛇)		海	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishé

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² se⁴
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hói-sà
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishé
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishé
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-shê²
    • Yale: hǎi-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haesher
    • Palladius: хайшэ (xajšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² se⁴
    • Yale: hói sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ sɛː²¹/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hói-sà
    • Hakka Romanization System: hoi` saˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hoi³ sa²
    • Sinological IPA: /hoi̯³¹ sa¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzoaa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²³/

Noun

海蛇

1. sea snake

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	蛇
うみ Grade: 2	へび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spelling
海蛇 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うみへび [ùmíhébí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲihe̞bʲi]

Noun

海(うみ)蛇(へび) or 海蛇(ウミヘビ) • (umihebi) 

1. a sea snake