毒蛇

Chinese

		poison; narcotics	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (毒蛇)		毒	蛇

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dúshé

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): duk⁶ se⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): thu̍k-sà
Min Nan (POJ): to̍k-chôa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
  - Pinyin: dúshé
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨˊ ㄕㄜˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dwusher
  - IPA ^(key): /tu³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
  - Homophones:
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    毒舌
    毒蛇
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: duk⁶ se⁴
  - Yale: duhk sèh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: duk⁹ se⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dug⁶ sé⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊk̚² sɛː²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: thu̍k-sà
  - Hakka Romanization System: tug saˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: tug⁶ sa²
  - IPA: /tʰuk̚⁵ sa¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: to̍k-chôa
  - Tâi-lô: to̍k-tsuâ
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dogzoaa
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔk̚²⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ t͡sua¹³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔk̚⁴⁻³² t͡sua²³/

Noun

毒蛇

venomous snake, viper

Japanese

毒蛇 (dokuja, dokuhebi): a cobra, an iconic and well-known venomous snake.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
毒	蛇
どく Grade: 4	じゃ Grade: S
on’yomi

From Middle Chinese compound 毒蛇 (dowk zyæ, literally “poison + snake”). Compare modern Mandarin reading dúshé, Cantonese duk⁶ se⁴.

Pronunciation

On’yomi: Goon
- (Tokyo) どくじゃ [dóꜜkùjà] (Atamadaka – [1])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟ᵝʑa̠]

Noun

毒蛇 (hiragana どくじゃ, rōmaji dokuja)

venomous snake
a game piece in dai dai shogi and taikyoku shogi

Derived terms

毒蛇 (どくじゃ)の口 (くち) (dokuja no kuchi)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
毒	蛇
どく Grade: 4	へび Grade: S
jūbakoyomi

Apparent shift from dokuja above, to use the kun'yomi of hebi for the second character.

Pronunciation

Jūbakoyomi
- (Tokyo) どくへび [dòkúhébí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
- IPA^(key): [do̞kɯ̟̊ᵝhe̞bʲi]

Noun

毒蛇 (hiragana どくへび, rōmaji dokuhebi)

venomous snake

References

1 2 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1 2 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
毒	蛇

Noun

毒蛇 • (doksa) (hangeul 독사)

Hanja form^? of 독사 (“venomous snake”).

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