# 四腳蛇
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sìjiǎoshé
       (Zhuyin): ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄜˊ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): si$^4$ juo$^2$ se$^2$
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sei$^3$ goek$^3$ se$^4$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhei$^1$ giak$^1$ sie$^{3*}$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$sy-ciaq-zo
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): si$^4$ jio$^6$ sha$^2$ / si$^4$ jio$^6$ she$^2$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sìjiǎoshé
*** Zhuyin: ㄙˋ ㄐㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄜˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sìhjiǎoshé
*** Wade–Giles: ssŭ$^4$-chiao$^3$-shê$^2$
*** Yale: sz̀-jyǎu-shé
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: syhjeausher
*** Palladius: сыцзяошэ (syczjaošɛ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: si$^4$ juo$^2$ se$^2$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: sgiuose
*** Sinological IPA : /sz̩²¹³ t͡ɕyo²¹ sɛ²¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: sei$^3$ goek$^3$ se$^4$
*** Yale: sei geuk sèh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: sei$^3$ goek$^8$ se$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: séi$^3$ gêg$^3$ sé$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /sei̯³³ kœːk̚³ sɛː²¹/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhei$^1$ giak$^1$ sie$^{3*}$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬei³³ kiak̚³³ siɛ²²⁻²²⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou)
*** Wugniu: $^5$sy-ciaq-zo
*** MiniDict: sy$^去$ ciah zo
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$sr-jiaq-zo
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /sz̩³³ t͡ɕiaʔ⁵⁵ zo²¹/
*** Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /sz̩⁵² t͡ɕiɑʔ³³ zo/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: si$^4$ jio$^6$ sha$^2$ / si$^4$ jio$^6$ she$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /si⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʂa̠¹³/, /si⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ ʂɤ̞¹³/
*** Sinological IPA (new-style): /ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ sa̠¹³/, /ɕi⁴⁵ t͡ɕi̯o²⁴ sɤ̞¹³/

#### Noun

四腳蛇
* lizard; gecko
* (Singapore) monitor 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 |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 狗婆蛇 |
| 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 | Hengyang | 西虎 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 壁虎 |

### Etymology 2

* For pronunciation and definitions of 四腳蛇 – see 四跤蛇 (“lizard”). (This term is a variant form of 四跤蛇).