# 錦蛇
## Chinese

* 錦蛇屬

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jǐnshé
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄜˊ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): gam$^2$ se$^4$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): gím-chôa / kím-chôa
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: jǐnshé
*** Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄣˇ ㄕㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jǐnshé
*** Wade–Giles: chin$^3$-shê$^2$
*** Yale: jǐn-shé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jiinsher
*** Palladius: цзиньшэ (czinʹšɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡ɕin²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: gam$^2$ se$^4$
*** Yale: gám sèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: gam$^2$ se$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: gem$^2$ sé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /kɐm³⁵ sɛː²¹/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Penang, Singapore)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gím-chôa
*** Tâi-lô: gím-tsuâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: gymzoaa
*** IPA (Singapore): /ɡim⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Penang): /ɡim⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
*** IPA (Kinmen): /ɡim⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /ɡim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɡim⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua²³/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Taichung)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kím-chôa
*** Tâi-lô: kím-tsuâ
*** Phofsit Daibuun: kymzoaa
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /kim⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sua¹³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /kim⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sua²⁴/
*** IPA (Yilan): /kim⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sua²⁴/

### Noun

錦蛇
* Elaphe
* (Hokkien) python

#### 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 |

#### Derived terms

* 土錦蛇 / 土锦蛇
* 百花錦蛇 / 百花锦蛇 (bǎihuā jǐnshé)

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 錦 | 蛇 |
| にしき Grade: S | へび Grade: S |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

錦 (nishiki, “brocade”) +‎ 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) にしきへび [nìshíkíhéꜜbì] (Nakadaka – [4])
* (Tokyo) にしきへび [nìshíkíꜜhèbì] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [ɲ̟iɕi̥kʲihe̞bʲi]

### Noun

錦(にしき)蛇(へび) or 錦蛇(ニシキヘビ) • (nishikihebi)
* a python

#### Derived terms

* 阿(ア)弗(フ)利(リ)加(カ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Afurika nishikihebi)
* 網(アミ)目(メ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (amime nishikihebi)
* 印(イン)度(ド)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Indo nishikihebi)
* 尾(オ)巻(マキ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (omaki nishikihebi)
* 頭(ズ)黒(グロ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (zuguro nishikihebi)
* 蘇(ス)門(マ)答(ト)刺(ラ)赤(アカ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Sumatora akanishikihebi)
* 白(シロ)口(クチ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (shirokuchi nishikihebi)
* 馬(マ)来(レー)赤(アカ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (Marē akanishikihebi)
* 緑(ミドリ)錦(ニシキ)蛇(ヘビ) (midorinishikihebi)