# 四跤蛇
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Northern Min (KCR): si̿-káu-ṳê
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): si$^4$ kor$^1$ syo$^2$ / si$^4$ kor$^1$ sya$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sì-kha-chôa
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: si̿-káu-ṳê
*** Sinological IPA : /si³³ kʰau⁵⁴ yɛ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: si$^4$ kor$^1$ syo$^2$ [Phonetic: si$^4$ kor$^5$ lyo$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬi⁴² kʰɒ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$lyɒ¹³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: si$^4$ kor$^1$ sya$^2$ [Phonetic: si$^1$ kor$^5$ lya$^2$]
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬi⁴²⁻⁵⁵ kʰɒ⁵³³⁻²¹ $^{(ɬ-)}$lya¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Tainan)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sì-kha-chôa
*** Tâi-lô: sì-kha-tsuâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sie'qazoaa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua¹³/
*** IPA (Xiamen): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Tainan): /si²¹⁻⁵³ kʰa⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Jinjiang): /si⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ kʰa³³ t͡sua²⁴/

### Noun

四跤蛇
* (Hainanese, Hokkien, Northern Min, Puxian Min) (venomous) lizard

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蜥蜴 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 蜥蜴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蜥蜴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 蜥蜴 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 蜥蜴 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 馬蛇子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 馬蛇子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 蛇立子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 大頭蠍虎子, 蠍虎子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 麻蛇子, 蜥蜴, 四腳蛇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 四腳蛇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 四腳蛇 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 草龍, 四腳蛇 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 四腳蛇 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 蜥蜴 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 四腳蛇 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 四腳蛇 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 旋官 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 狗貓蛇, 狗尾巴蛇 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 四腳蛇, 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 簷蛇 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Changting | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 伯公蛇 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 田坎蛇 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 狗婆蛇 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 狗婆蛇子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 田坎蛇, 狗尾蛇 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 狗婆蛇 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太, 大頭確 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 狗嫲蛇 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 狗嫲蛇, 山狗太 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 赤龍公, 死頭確 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 纏龍 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 蛇次兒 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 蛇獅哥, 蛇獅子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 四跤蛇 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 杜墊 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 四跤杜定, 杜定, 四跤蛇 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 土地公蛇, 四跤媽 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 四跤蛇 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 土地公蛇 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 四跤杜定, 杜定, 四跤蛇, 四跤杜豬, 杜豬 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 杜仲 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 四跤仔杜定 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 四跤杜定, 四跤蛇仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 四跤蛇, 蟮蟲仔蛇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 杜定, 四跤仔蛇, 咕咕公 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 杜定, 狗母仔蛇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 四跤蛇 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 戶橂蛇仔, 五國公仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 四跤蛇仔, 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 竹虎, 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 四跤蛇, 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 杜定, 狗母蛇 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 杜定 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 四跤蛇 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 四跤蛇 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Danyang | 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 四腳蛇 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 蛇鰍 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 山鰍 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 四腳蛇 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 四腳蛇, 雞婆蛇 |

### References

* 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “四骹蛇”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 477.