蛇 (se4 ji4 seu4 | she2 yi2) : snake

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蛇

se4 ji4 seu4

she2 yi2

[1] snake; serpent
[2] [粵] [slang] to goof off
[3] [粵] /seu4/ transliteration for 'sir', used when addressed policeman or male school teachers.

(Classifier(s): 條)

(1) For goofing off, that context can be found in the compound 蛇王.
(2) For Jyutping "ji4" and Pinyin "yi2", those pronunciations can only be found in the compound 委蛇.

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Stroke count: 11

Level: 2

Radical: (#142)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

蛇

This word has been viewed 13598 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 7th Nov 2013 11:32

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蛇頭鼠眼 se4 tau4 syu2 ngaan5 = shifty-eyed; wily-looking 粵

委蛇 wai1 ji4 = carefree, in a self-possessed manner

蛇足 se4 zuk1 = superfluous

蛇精 se4 zing1 she2 jing1 = snake spirit

蛇王 se4 wong4 = lazy; a lazy person 粵

鹽蛇 jim4 se4*2 = gekko; lizard 粵

蟒蛇 mong5 se4 mang3 she2 = python; boa constrictor

打蛇先打頭 daa2 se4 sin1 daa2 tau4 da3 she2 xian1 da3 tou2 = When attacking a snake, strike the head first

蛇頭 se4 tau4 she2 tou2 = serpenthead; snakehead

三蛇 saam1 se4 = the three snakes；three types of poisonous snakes 粵

眼鏡蛇 ngaan5 geng3*2 se4 yan3 jing4 she2 = (Asian) cobra

蛇果 se4 gwo2 = red delicious apple; Washington apple

蛇羹 se4 gang1 she2 geng1 = snake soup

四腳蛇 sei3 goek3 se4 si4 jiao3 she2 = a lizard

蚺蛇 jim4 se4*2; jim4 se4 ran2 she2 = boa; lizard

水蛇腰 seoi2 se4 jiu1 shui3 she2 yao1 = waist slightly bent; slender and supple waist; lithe body; feminine pose

打蛇餅 daa2 se4 beng2 = writhing coils；form a long lineup 粵

虎頭蛇尾 fu2 tau4 se4 mei5 = a tiger's head but a snake's tail (anticlimax; cop out)

中蛇 zung3 se4 = to successfully perform a "sting" operation

五蛇羹 ng5 se4 gang1 wu3 she2 geng1 = five snake soup 粵

人蛇 jan4 se4 ren2 she2 = a stowaway; people being illegally smuggled across a border

懶蛇 laan5 se4 = a lazy person

海蛇 hoi2 se4 = a sea snake; a sea serpent

蛇船 se4 syun4 = [n] ship used for importing illegals from China

蛇仔 se4 zai2 = [n] an apprentice in a garage; a small snake

蛇宴 se4 jin3 = [n] location where police posing as customers are found (lit., "snake banquet")

蛇脫 se4 tyut3 = [n] molted skin (lit., "snake undressed")

軟皮蛇 jyun5 pei4 se4 = a slow and cunning person; an apathetic person unwilling to get sth done (lit., "soft skinned snake")

兩頭蛇 loeng5 tau4 se4 = a person who plays both sides, having an axe to grind (lit., "two headed snake")

纏腰蛇丹 cin4 jiu1 se4 daan1 chan2 yao1 she2 dan1 = [TCM] girdling snake cinnabar

牛鬼蛇神 ngau4 gwai2 se4 san4 = monsters and freaks; political heretics

打蛇隨棍上 daa2 se4 ceoi4 gwan3 soeng5 = to use a situation to one's advantage

大蛇屙尿 daai6 se4 o1 niu6 = a big business deal (lit., "big snake urinates") 粵

大蛇屙屎 daai6 se4 o1 si2 = a big business deal (lit., "big snake takes a crap") 粵

地頭蛇 dei6 tau4 se4 di4 tou2 she2 = someone who knows an area particularly well; a locally influential gangster 粵

放蛇 fong3 se4 = lazy; (to use) an undercover cop 粵

緬甸蚺蛇 min5 din6 jim4 se4 = Burmese python

緬甸蟒蛇 min5 din6 mong5 se4 = Python molurus bivittatus (Burmese python)

非洲蟒蛇 fei1 zau1 mong5 se4 = Python sebae (African python)

畫蛇添足 waak6 se4 tim1 zuk1 hua4 she2 tian1 zu2 = superfluous; ruining by over doing

一朝被蛇咬 jat1 ziu1 bei6 se4 ngaau5 yi1 zhao1 bei4 she2 yao3 = one bitten by the snake fears the snake; a burnt child dreads the fire

打草驚蛇 daa2 cou2 ging1 se4 da3 cao3 jing1 she2 = wake a sleeping dog

巳蛇 zi6 se4 si4 she2 = Year 6, Year of the Snake (2013)

青竹蛇 ceng1 zuk1 se4 = bamboo snake (a kind of viper) 粵

水蛇春咁長 seoi2 se4 ceon1 gam3 coeng4 = lengthy (lit., "as lenthy as a chain of snake eggs") 粵

屈蛇 wat1 se4 = the illegal crossing of a border (by boat) 粵

檐蛇 jim4 se4*2 = gekko; lizard 粵

蛇gwe se4 gwe1 = be really scared 粵

蛇泡簕 se4 paau1 lak6 = rubus reflexus

阿蛇 aa3 se4 = sir (ah-SIR); a male teacher, policeman, etc. 粵

睇見大蛇屙尿 tai2 gin3 daai6 se4 o1 niu6 = to be surprised like a country hick when one sees something unusual 粵

踩著芋莢都當蛇 caai2 zoek6 wu6 hap3 dou1 dong3 se4 = false suspicion 粵

人心不足蛇呑象 jan4 sam1 bat1 zuk1 se4 tan1 zoeng6 ren2 xin1 bu4 zu2 she2 tun1 xiang4 = greed (that is detrimental to oneself)

雷公蛇 leoi4 gung1 se4 = a monitor lizard 粵

蛇匪 se4 fei2 she2 fei3 = illegal alien (criminal); illegal immigrant (criminal)

蛇蟲鼠蟻 se4 cung4 syu2 ngai5 she2 chong2 shu3 yi3 = little critters; insects and critters 粵

蛇年 se4 nin4 she2 nian2 = the Year of the snake

死蛇爛鱔 sei2 se4 laan6 sin5 = lazy like a dead snake 粵

響尾蛇 hoeng2 mei5 se4 xiang3 wei3 she2 = rattlesnake

蛇竇 se4 dau3 she2 dou4 = 1. a snake hole 2. a place where lazy people hide out 粵

杯弓蛇影 bui1 gung1 se4 jing2 bei1 gong1 she2 ying3 = a false suspicion

蛇口 se4 hau2 = Shekou (largest capacity port in Shenzen)

深圳蛇口 sam1 zan3 se4 hau2 = Shekou in Shenzhen

蛇蛇豬 se4 se4 zyu1 = [n] Social Service Group (SSG) as loanword

蛇紋石 se4 man4 sek6 = [geo.] Serpentine (lit., "snake striped rock")

耍蛇者 saa2 se4 ze2 = a snake charmer (in a circus)

秋風起，三蛇肥 cau1 fung1 hei2 saam1 se4 fei4 = when the autumn winds blow, the snakes are fat (so lets eat them now!)

佛口蛇心 fat6 hau2 se4 sam1 fo2 kou3 she2 xin1 = appears to be gentle but has bad intentions

龍蛇混雜 lung4 se4 wan6 zaap6 long2 she2 hun4 za2 = motley crowd

眼鏡蛇式 ngaan5 geng3*2 se4 sik1 = [yoga] Bhujangasana, Cobra

三蛇羹 saam1 se4 gang1 san1 she2 geng1 = Three Snake Soup (famous Guangdong dish)

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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