雙頭蛇

Chinese

		both sides; both parties	snake; serpent
trad. (雙頭蛇)		雙頭	蛇
simp. (双头蛇)		双头	蛇

Pronunciation

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sang¹ tao² syo² / sang¹ tao² sya²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siang-thâu-chôa

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• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sang¹ tao² syo² [Phonetic: sang⁵ nao⁵ lyo²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)nau¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lyɒ¹³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: sang¹ tao² sya² [Phonetic: sang⁵ nao⁵ lya²]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɬaŋ⁵³³⁻²¹ ^(tʰ-)nau¹³⁻²¹ ^(ɬ-)lya¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-thâu-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: siang-thâu-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siangtauzoaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰau²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/

Noun

雙頭蛇

1. (literal) snake with two heads
2. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) a two-faced person, a fence-sitter

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “雙頭蛇”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “双头蛇”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 463.