八岐大蛇

Chinese

trad. (八岐大蛇)		八岐	大蛇
simp. #(八岐大蛇)		八岐	大蛇

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 八(や)岐(またの)大(お)蛇(ろち) (Yamata no Orochi).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bāqí Dàshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄚ ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄜˊ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bāqí Dàshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄚ ㄑㄧˊ ㄉㄚˋ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bací Dàshé
    • Wade–Giles: pa¹-chʻi² Ta⁴-shê²
    • Yale: bā-chí Dà-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bachyi Dahsher
    • Palladius: баци Дашэ (baci Dašɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pä⁵⁵ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tä⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵/

Proper noun

八岐大蛇

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo

Japanese

Kanji in this term
八	岐	大	蛇
や Grade: 1	また Grade: 4	おお > お Grade: 1	ろち Grade: S
kun’yomi	irregular	jukujikun

Alternative spellings
八俣遠呂智 八俣遠呂知

Etymology

From 八(や) (ya, “eight”) + 股(また) (mata, “crotch, branch, fork”) + 大蛇(おろち) (orochi, “python, large snake”). 岐 and 大蛇(おろち) (orochi) are jukujikun (熟字訓); see the latter for more.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やまたのお​ろち [yàmátá nó óꜜròchì] (Nakadaka – [5])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠ma̠ta̠ no̞ o̞ɾo̞t͡ɕi]

Proper noun

八岐大蛇(やまたのおろち) or 八岐大蛇(ヤマタノオロチ) • (Yamata no Orochi) ^{←やまたのをろち (yamatanoworoti) or ヤマタノヲロチ (yamatanoworoti)?}

1. (Japanese mythology, Shinto) Yamata no Orochi, a legendary dragon that was slain by Susanoo