錦蛇

See also: 锦蛇

Chinese

		brocade; embroidered work; bright	snake; serpent
trad. (錦蛇)		錦	蛇
simp. (锦蛇)		锦	蛇

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): jǐnshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gam² se⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gím-chôa / kím-chôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnshé
    • Wade–Giles: chin³-shê²
    • Yale: jǐn-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinsher
    • Palladius: цзиньшэ (czinʹšɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gam² se⁴
    • Yale: gám sèh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gam² se⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gem² sé⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɐm³⁵ sɛː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: gím-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymzoaa
    • IPA (Penang): /ɡim⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
    • IPA (Kinmen): /ɡim⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Taichung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: kím-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kymzoaa
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua¹³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /kim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Yilan): /kim⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua²⁴/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 錦蛇

1. Elaphe
2. (Mainland China and Malaysia Hokkien) python

Synonyms

• (python): 蟒蛇 (mǎngshé), 蚺蛇 (ránshé), 王蛇 (wángshé)

Derived terms

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
錦	蛇
にしき Grade: S	へび Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

錦 (nishiki, “brocade”) +‎ 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)

Noun

錦(にしき)蛇(へび) or 錦蛇(ニシキヘビ) • (nishikihebi) 

1. a python

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 阿(ア)弗(フ)利(リ)加(カ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Afurika nishikihebi)
• 網(アミ)目(メ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (amime nishikihebi)
• 印(イン)度(ド)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Indo nishikihebi)
• 尾(オ)巻(マキ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (omaki nishikihebi)
• 頭(ズ)黒(グロ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (zuguro nishikihebi)

• 蘇(ス)門(マ)答(ト)刺(ラ)赤(アカ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Sumatora akanishikihebi)
• 白(シロ)口(クチ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (shirokuchi nishikihebi)
• 馬(マ)来(レー)赤(アカ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Marē akanishikihebi)
• 緑(ミドリ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (midorinishikihebi)