飯鏟頭

See also: 饭铲头

Chinese

FWOTD – 22 August 2018

		rice scooper; rice paddle; spatula	head; (noun suffix)
trad. (飯鏟頭)		飯鏟	頭
simp. (饭铲头)		饭铲	头

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan⁶ caan² tau⁴

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan⁶ caan² tau⁴
    • Yale: faahn cháan tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan⁶ tsaan² tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan⁶ can² teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn²² t͡sʰaːn³⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Noun

飯鏟頭

1. (Cantonese, Liuzhou Mandarin, Huicheng dialect) cobra, especially the Chinese cobra (Naja atra) (Classifier: 條／条 c)

   • 據稱，該條蛇為有毒的飯鏟頭，約3呎長、4歲大雄性。 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
     据称，该条蛇为有毒的饭铲头，约3呎长、4岁大雄性。 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 2017 August 7, 醫院風機有怪聲　揭飯鏟頭匿埋勁驚, in Apple Daily

     geoi³ cing¹, goi¹ tiu⁴ se⁴ wai⁴ jau⁵ duk⁶ dik¹ faan⁶ caan² tau⁴, joek³ 3 cek³ coeng⁴, 4 seoi³ daai⁶ hung⁴ sing³. [Jyutping]

     It is said that the snake was a venomous cobra, about 3 feet long, 4 years of age, male.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 眼鏡蛇 (“cobra”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		眼鏡蛇
Taxonomic name		眼鏡蛇
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	眼鏡蛇, 飯匙倩
Southwestern Mandarin	Liuzhou	吹風蛇, 吹風鱉, 飯鏟頭, 扁頭風
	Nanning (Wuming)	眼鏡蛇, 吹風蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	飯鏟頭, 飯匙頭
	Hong Kong	飯鏟頭, 眼鏡蛇
	Dongguan	番鏟頭, 番薯頭
	Nanning	吹風鱉, 飯鏟頭, 眼鏡蛇
	Nanning (Tanka)	眼鏡蛇
	Wuzhou	飯鏟頭
	Yulin	吹風蛇
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	眼鏡蛇
Gan	Pengze	土地婆
	Lichuan	氣鼓蛇
	Pingxiang	扇頭風
Hakka	Meixian	嗙胲蛇, 飯勺蛇, 眼鏡蛇
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	飯鏟頭, 飯薯頭
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	飯勺蛇
	Jiexi	飯匙銃, 飯匙頭
	Luhe	飯匙銃
	Yudu	飯勺蛇
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	嗙胲蛇, 飯匙銃
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	嗙胲蛇, 飯匙銃, 喊呼蛇, 眼鏡蛇
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	飯匙銃, 嗙胲蛇
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	嗙胲蛇, 飯匙銃
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	飯匙銃, 嗙胲蛇
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	飯匙銃
	Hong Kong	飯匙頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	薄荷毸
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	蝙蝠蛇
Southern Min	Xiamen	飯匙銃, 目鏡蛇
	Quanzhou	飯匙銃, 目鏡蛇
	Jinjiang	飯匙銃
	Zhangzhou	飯匙銃, 目鏡蛇
	Taipei	飯匙銃
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	飯匙銃
	Kaohsiung	飯匙銃
	Yilan	飯匙銃
	Changhua (Lukang)	飯匙銃
	Taichung	飯匙銃, 目鏡蛇
	Tainan	飯匙銃
	Hsinchu	飯匙銃
	Kinmen	飯匙銃
	Penghu (Magong)	飯匙銃
	Singapore (Hokkien)	目鏡蛇, 飯匙銃
	Manila (Hokkien)	目鏡蛇, 飯匙銃
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	飯匙銃
	Shantou	飯匙銃
	Jieyang	飯匙銃
	Leizhou	辟頭化蛇, 辟頭化
	Wenchang	目鏡蛇, 三烏蠡
	Haikou	目鏡蛇, 三烏蠡
Puxian Min	Putian	飯匙銃
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	目鏡蛇
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	目鏡蛇
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	花匙蛇
	Xianyou	飯匙銃, 目鏡蛇
	Xianyou (Fengting)	目鏡蛇
	Xianyou (Youyang)	目鏡蛇
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	吹風蛇, 吹風鱉, 䞀著蛇
Wu	Wenzhou	蟹撲蛇
Xiang	Loudi	蒲扇風