毒蛇
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Chinese
| poison; narcotics | snake; serpent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (毒蛇) | 毒 | 蛇 | |
| simp. #(毒蛇) | 毒 | 蛇 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): duk6 se4
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sà
- Northern Min (KCR): dù-ṳê
- Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): to̍k-chôa
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: dúshé
- Wade–Giles: tu2-shê2
- Yale: dú-shé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
- Palladius: душэ (dušɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
- Homophones:
毒舌
毒蛇
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: duk6 se4
- Yale: duhk sèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: duk9 se4
- Guangdong Romanization: dug6 sé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʊk̚² sɛː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sà
- Hakka Romanization System: tug saˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: tug6 sa2
- Sinological IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ sa¹¹/
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dù-ṳê
- Sinological IPA (key): /tu⁴² yɛ³³/
- (Jian'ou)
- Southern Min
Noun
毒蛇
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 毒 | 蛇 |
| どく Grade: 5 |
じゃ Grade: S |
| on'yomi | |
From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (MC dowk zyae, literally “poison + snake”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk6 se4.
Pronunciation
Noun
Derived terms
- 毒蛇の口 (dokuja no kuchi)
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 毒 | 蛇 |
| どく Grade: 5 |
へび Grade: S |
| jūbakoyomi | |
Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.
Pronunciation
Noun
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
Korean
| Hanja in this term | |
|---|---|
| 毒 | 蛇 |