# 琴蛇
## Chinese
### Etymology

So named because its skin is often used to make instruments.

### Pronunciation

* Hakka (Meixian, Guangdong): kim$^2$ sa$^2$
* Southern Min
    (Teochew, Peng'im): kim$^5$ zua$^5$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): kim$^5$ zua$^5$
* Hakka
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: kim$^2$ sa$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰim¹¹ sa¹¹/
* Southern Min
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: kim$^5$ zua$^5$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: khîm tsuâ
*** Sinological IPA : /kʰim⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sua⁵⁵/
** (Leizhou)
*** Leizhou Pinyin: kim$^5$ zua$^5$
*** Sinological IPA: /kʰim²² t͡sua²²/

### Noun

琴蛇
* (Hakka, Teochew, Leizhou Min) python; boa

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 蟒蛇, 蚺蛇 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 蟒 |
| 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 | Xingning | 蝻蛇, 琴蛇 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 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 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 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 |