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蛇

shé

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What 蛇 means

1. snake
2. serpent

Other readings

蛇 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• yíused in {委蛇|wēi yí}
• shévariant of {蛇|shé}

Example sentences

• 鲁蛇！
  Loser!
• 他怕蛇。
  He is afraid of snakes.
• 他害怕蛇。
  He is afraid of snakes.
• 他很讨厌蛇。
  He has an abhorrence of snakes.
• 蛇年开始了。
  The year of the snake has begun.
• 蛇把我咬了。
  The snake bit me.

Words starting with 蛇

• 蛇头shé tóuhead of a snake; human smuggler
• 蛇信shé xìnsnake's tongue
• 蛇岛Shé dǎoShedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning…
• 蛇年shé niánYear of the Snake (e.g. 2001)
• 蛇形shé xíngS-shaped; serpentine; coiled like a snake
• 蛇果Shé guǒRed Delicious (a sort of apple)
• 蛇毒shé dúsnake venom
• 蛇皮shé písnake skin
• 蛇矛shé máoancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body
• 蛇管shé guǎnflexible hose
• 蛇胆shé dǎnsnake gall (used in TCM)
• 蛇行shé xíngto creep; to zigzag; to meander
• 蛇足shé zúlit. legs on a snake; sth superfluous
• 蛇雕shé diāo(bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela)
• 蛇麻shé máhops (Humulus lupulus)
• 蛇夫座Shé fū zuòOphiuchus (constellation)
• 蛇毒素shé dú sùvenin
• 蛇皮果shé pí guǒsalak (Salacca zalacca) (fruit)
• 蛇精病shé jīng bìng(slang) (pun on 神经病; nutjob
• 蛇纹岩shé wén yánserpentine (geology)
• 蛇纹石shé wén shíserpentine (geology)
• 蛇绿岩shé lǜ yánophiolite (geology)
• 蛇麻草shé má cǎohop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer
• 蛇龙珠Shé lóng zhūCabernet Gernischt (grape type)

Words containing 蛇

• 画蛇添足huà shé tiān zúlit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous…
• 毒蛇dú shéviper
• 牛鬼蛇神niú guǐ shé shénevil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements
• 眼镜蛇yǎn jìng shécobra
• 蟒蛇mǎng shépython; boa
• 人蛇rén shéillegal immigrant (esp. one smuggled across borders)
• 水蛇shuǐ shéwater snake
• 游蛇yóu shéwater snake; colubrid; racer
• 鲁蛇lǔ shé(Taiwan; slang; loanword) loser
• 盐蛇yán shé(dialect) gecko
• 地头蛇dì tóu shélocal bully; tyrant; regional mafia boss
• 巨蛇尾Jù shé wěi(astronomy) Serpens Cauda
• 巨蛇座Jù shé zuòSerpens (constellation)
• 水蛇座Shuǐ shé zuòHydrus (constellation)
• 水蛇腰shuǐ shé yāoslender and supple waist; lithe body; feminine pose
• 滑鼠蛇huá shǔ shéOriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus)
• 白花蛇bái huā shélong-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus)
• 白蛇传Bái shé ZhuànTale of the White Snake; Madame White Snake
• 长蛇座Cháng shé zuòHydra (constellation)
• 长蛇阵cháng shé zhènsingle-line formation (army); fig. long line
• 响尾蛇xiǎng wěi shérattlesnake
• 人蛇集团rén shé jí tuánhuman smuggling syndicate; snakehead gang
• 佛口蛇心fó kǒu shé xīnwords of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced; malicious and duplicitous
• 引蛇出洞yǐn shé chū dònglit. to pull a snake from its hole; to expose a malefactor (idiom)

Characters that look like 蛇

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 跑pǎoto run; to run away; to escape
• 袍páogown (lined)
• 蜒yánslug; used in 蜿蜒
• 蚝háooyster
• 跄qiāngwalk rapidly
• 蛟jiāoa legendary dragon with the ability to control rain and floods; see also 蛟龙

Sounds the same

Read shé, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 舌tongue
• 折to snap; to break (a stick, a bone etc); (bound form) to sustain a loss (in business)
• 揲sort out divining stalks
• 阇(used in transliteration from Sanskrit)
• 佘surname She