蛇酒

Chinese

		snake; serpent	alcoholic drink
trad. (蛇酒)		蛇	酒
simp. #(蛇酒)		蛇	酒

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shéjiǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): se⁴ zau²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chôa-chiú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shéjiǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄜˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shéjiǒu
    • Wade–Giles: shê²-chiu³
    • Yale: shé-jyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sherjeou
    • Palladius: шэцзю (šɛczju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂɤ³⁵ t͡ɕi̯oʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: se⁴ zau²
    • Yale: sèh jáu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: se⁴ dzau²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sé⁴ zeo²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɛː²¹ t͡sɐu̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chôa-chiú
    • Tâi-lô: tsuâ-tsiú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoaciuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sua²⁴⁻²² t͡siu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sua¹³⁻²² t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡sua²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡siu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sua²³⁻³³ t͡siu⁴¹/

Noun

蛇酒

1. snake wine, an alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol

   • 花蛇酒治諸風。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     花蛇酒治诸风。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Compendium of Materia Medica [Bencao Gangmu], by Li Shizhen, 1578 CE

     Huā shéjiǔ zhì zhū fēng. [Pinyin]

     Flower snake wine cures all types of winds.

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (蛇酒):

• → Korean: 사주(蛇酒) (saju)

Others:

• → Japanese: 蛇(へび)酒(しゅ) (hebishu) (calque), 蛇(へび)酒(ざけ) (hebizake) (calque)

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
蛇	酒
Grade: S	Grade: 3

Calque of Chinese 蛇酒 (shéjiǔ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he̞bʲiɕɨ]
• IPA^(key): [he̞bʲiza̠ke̞]

Noun

蛇酒(へびしゅ) or 蛇酒(へびざけ) • (hebishu or hebizake) 

1. snake wine