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, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: gím-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gymzoaa
    • IPA (Singapore): /ɡim⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
    • 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

錦蛇

1. Elaphe
2. (Hokkien) python

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 蟒蛇 (“python; boa”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蟒蛇, 蚺蛇
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	蟒
	Taiwan	蟒蛇
	Singapore	蟒蛇
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	蟒
	Xi'an	蟒
	Xining	蟒
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	蟒
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	蟒
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	蟒
	Guilin	蟒
	Liuzhou	蟒蛇, 蝻蛇
	Nanning (Wuming)	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
	Xingning	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	蝻蛇, 琴蛇
	Yudu	蟒蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	蝻蛇
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	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
	Shenmu	蟒
Northern Min	Jian'ou	蝻蛇
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蟒
Southern Min	Xiamen	錦蛇
	Quanzhou	錦蛇
	Zhangzhou	錦蛇
	Taipei	錦蛇
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	錦蛇
	Kaohsiung	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	錦蛇
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	臭腥母
	Yilan	錦蛇
	Yilan (Luodong)	錦蛇
	Yilan (Toucheng)	錦蛇
	Changhua (Yongjing)	蝻蛇, 錦蛇
	Taichung	錦蛇
	Tainan	蟒蛇
	Tainan (Anping)	錦蛇
	Hsinchu	錦蛇, 大山剌
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	錦蛇, 蝻蛇, 過山刀
	Kinmen	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	Penghu (Magong)	錦蛇
	Penghu (Xiyu)	錦蛇, 臭腥母
	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
	Haifeng	琴蛇
	Leizhou	琴蛇
	Wenchang	蝻蛇
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	蝻蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	蝻蛇
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	蟒
Wu	Shanghai	蟒蛇
	Suzhou	蟒蛇
	Hangzhou	蟒蛇

Derived terms

• 土錦蛇 / 土锦蛇
• 百花錦蛇 / 百花锦蛇 (bǎihuā jǐnshé)

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”)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) にしきへび [nìshíkíhéꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• (Tokyo) にしきへび [nìshíkíꜜhèbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɲ̟iɕi̥kʲihe̞bʲi]

Noun

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

1. a python

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)