# 蠍虎
## Chinese

* 蠍虎

### Etymology

From the gecko's supposed habit of eating scorpions.

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): xiēhǔ
    (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄨˇ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): kit$^3$ fu$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiēhǔ
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄨˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siehǔ
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^1$-hu$^3$
*** Yale: syē-hǔ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehuu
*** Palladius: сеху (sexu)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed) (蠍虎兒／蝎虎儿)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: xiēhǔr
*** Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝ ㄏㄨˇㄦ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: siehǔr
*** Wade–Giles: hsieh$^1$-hu$^3$-ʼrh
*** Yale: syē-hǔr
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehuul
*** Palladius: сехур (sexur)
*** Sinological IPA : /ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ xuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: kit$^3$ fu$^2$
*** Yale: kit fú
*** Cantonese Pinyin: kit$^8$ fu$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: kid$^3$ fu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰiːt̚³ fuː³⁵/

### Noun

蠍虎
* gecko, especially the flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 蝘蜓, 守宮 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 壁虎 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 壁虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 壁虎, 守宮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 蠍拉虎子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 蠍虎子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 馬舌子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 壁虎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 壁虎 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 蠍拉虎子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 蠍虎子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 蠍虎子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 蠍虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 蛇虎子, 蠍虎子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong (Ronghe) | 蛇兒子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 蠍虎 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 蠍虎子, 蛇夫子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 麻蛇子, 蠍虎子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蠍虎子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 壁虎子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 巴壁虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 壁虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 壁虎 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 壁虎, 四腳蛇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 壁虎 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 壁虎子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 壁虎子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 蠍虎子, 四腳蛇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Huanggang | 壁虎兒 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 壁蛇仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 壁蛇仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 偷鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 舔鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 蠅虎 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 偷鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 偷鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 蠄虎 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 檐蛇, 炮公魚 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 百公蛇 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 偷鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 偷鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 偷鹽蛇 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 草檐鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 檐蛇 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 檐蛇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 壁蛇子, 壁蛇 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 壁虎 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 蜘虎 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 檐蛇仔, 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) | 壁蛇, 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 四腳蛇 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 狗嫲臊 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Changting | 螭虎 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 壁 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 壁蛇子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 壁虎子 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 壁虎子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 壁蛇子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 伏壁, 狗婆蛇 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 壁蛇子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 壁蛇, 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 壁蛇 |
| Hakka | Kuching (Hepo) | 檐蛇 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 檐蛇 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 壁虎 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 壁壁虎 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 壁虎 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 壁虎哩 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 壁虎 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 蠍虎兒 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蠍虎兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蠍虎兒 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 壁哩蜥 |
| Northern Min | Songxi | 厝貼 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe | 厝鐵 |
| Northern Min | Jianyang | 木客仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 𧕇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 五爪龍 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 𧕇 |
| Eastern Min | Yongtai | 檐鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Gutian | 𧕇 |
| Eastern Min | Fu'an | 牆魚 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 𧕇虎 |
| Eastern Min | Shouning | 牆魚 |
| Eastern Min | Zhouning | 杜靛 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Longhai) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 蟮蟲仔, 守宮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 蟮蟲仔 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 蟮蟲, 壁虎 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 蟮蟲仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 蟮蟲仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 蟮蟲, cicak |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 檐蛇 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 蟮蟲 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 檐龍, 胡蠅虎 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 檐龍, 神龍 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 檐蛇 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Pontianak (Teochew) | 檐龍 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 孫龍 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 神郎 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 龍船 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hainanese) | 神郎 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 爬豆 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 檐蛇 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 檐蛇子 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 壁虎, 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 壁虎 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs |
| Wu | Wuxi | 壁虎 |
| Wu | Danyang | 壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 壁虎兒, 壁虎 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 五爪龍, 白蟻龍 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 痴虎, 壁虎子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 壁虎 |

#### Derived terms

* 蠍虎子／蝎虎子 (xiēhǔzi)
* 蠍虎座／蝎虎座 (Xiēhǔzuò)