放蛇
Chinese
to release; to free; to let go to release; to free; to let go; to put; to place; to let out |
snake; serpent | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (放蛇) |
放 | 蛇 | |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: fàngshé
- Zhuyin: ㄈㄤˋ ㄕㄜˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: fàngshé
- Wade–Giles: fang4-shê2
- Yale: fàng-shé
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanqsher
- Palladius: фаншэ (fanšɛ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɑŋ⁵¹ ʂɤ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fong3 se4
- Yale: fong sèh
- Cantonese Pinyin: fong3 se4
- Guangdong Romanization: fong3 sé4
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔːŋ³³ sɛː²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
放蛇
- (Cantonese, Hong Kong) to conduct a sting operation; to conduct a decoy operation
- (Cantonese) to goof off; to slack off; to to be lazy during work
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 偷懶 (“to slack off; to lie down on the job”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 偷懶, 躲懶, 偷閒 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 躲懶兒, 偷懶兒, 脫懶兒 |
| Taiwan | 偷懶 | |
| Singapore | 偷懶 | |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 躲懶 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 躲懶, 隑懶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 躲懶, 放蛇, 偷雞 |
| Hong Kong | 偷懶, 蛇王, 吞泡 | |
| Dongguan | 偷雞 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 偷懶 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 偷嫽 |
| Xingning | 偷嫽, 怠懶 | |
| Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 偷嫽 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 偷懶 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 躲懶 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 想惰 |
| Zhangzhou | 想惰, 想死 | |
| Penang (Hokkien) | 食蛇 | |
| Singapore (Hokkien) | 食蛇 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 偷懶 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 迓皮, 躲迓避 |
| Suzhou | 偷私乖 | |