皮蛇

Chinese

		leather; skin; fur	snake; serpent
simp. and trad. (皮蛇)		皮	蛇
anagram		蛇皮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): píshé

  (Zhuyin): ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄜˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phôe-chôa / phê-chôa

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: píshé
    • Zhuyin: ㄆㄧˊ ㄕㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: píshé
    • Wade–Giles: pʻi²-shê²
    • Yale: pí-shé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: pyisher
    • Palladius: пишэ (pišɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pʰi³⁵ ʂɤ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phôe-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: phuê-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phoezoaa
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰue²³⁻³³ t͡sua²³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phê-chôa
    • Tâi-lô: phê-tsuâ
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phezoaa
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰe²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sua²⁴/

Noun

皮蛇

1. (Taiwan, pathology, informal) herpes zoster; shingles

   長皮蛇／长皮蛇  ―  zhǎng píshé  ―  to have shingles

   生皮蛇 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  seⁿ phôe-chôa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to have shingles

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 帶狀皰疹 (“herpes zoster; shingles”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		帶狀皰疹
Mandarin	Taiwan	皮蛇
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蛇
	Hong Kong	蛇
Hakka	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	蛇
Jin	Xinzhou	纏腰龍
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	緊腰蛇, 纏腰蛇
Southern Min	Xiamen	蛇
	Quanzhou	蛇
	Zhangzhou	蛇