# 蚺蛇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): ránshé
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄢˊ ㄕㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jim$^4$ se$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: ránshé
*** Zhuyin: ㄖㄢˊ ㄕㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: ránshé
*** Wade–Giles: jan$^2$-shê$^2$
*** Yale: rán-shé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ransher
*** Palladius: жаньшэ (žanʹšɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʐän³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jim$^4$ se$^4$
*** Yale: yìhm sèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jim$^4$ se$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yim$^4$ sé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːm²¹ sɛː²¹/

### Noun

蚺蛇
* python; boa

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟒蛇, 蚺蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蟒蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蟒蛇 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蟒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蟒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 蟒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 蟒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 蟒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 蟒蛇, 蝻蛇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 蟒蛇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蟒蛇, 蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 蟒蛇, 蝻蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 蝻蛇, 蟒 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 蟒蛇 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 蟒蛇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 蝻蛇, 琴蛇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 蟒蛇 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 蝻蛇, 大蝻蛇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 蝻蛇, 琴蛇 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 琴蛇 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蟒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 蝻蛇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 蟒 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 錦蛇, 臭腥母 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 臭腥母 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 蝻蛇, 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蟒蛇 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 錦蛇, 大山剌 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 錦蛇, 蝻蛇, 過山刀 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 錦蛇, 臭腥母 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 錦蛇, 臭腥母 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 錦蛇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 琴蛇, 蟒蛇 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 琴蛇 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Houzhai) | 琴蛇 |
| Southern Min | Nan'ao (Yun'ao) | 琴蛇 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 琴蛇 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 琴蛇 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 蝻蛇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 蝻蛇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 蝻蛇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 蟒 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 蟒蛇 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 蟒蛇 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 蟒蛇 |

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 蚺 | 蛇 |
| ぜん Hyōgai | じゃ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||
Kanji in this term :
| 蚺 | 蛇 |
| せん Hyōgai | じゃ Grade: S |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [d͡zẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]
* IPA: [sẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑa̠]

### Noun

蚺(ぜん)蛇(じゃ) or 蚺(せん)蛇(じゃ) • (zenja or senja)
* python (a type of snake)

#### Synonyms

* 錦(にしき)蛇(へび) (nishikihebi)
* パイソン (paison)

### References

* “蚺蛇”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006