蛇王
Chinese
| snake; serpent | king; Wang (proper name) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| simp. and trad. (蛇王) |
蛇 | 王 | |
| anagram | 王蛇 | ||
Etymology
The sense of "slack off" or "lazy" compares a hibernating snake with human.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: se4 wong4
- Yale: sèh wòhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: se4 wong4
- Guangdong Romanization: sé4 wong4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɛː²¹ wɔːŋ²¹/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
蛇王
- (Cantonese) lazy person
- (Hong Kong) owner of a shop that sells snake soup and catches snakes in the neighborhood
Usage notes
The names of the shops run by snake catchers are usually in the form 蛇王X, where X is one of the characters in the owner's name.
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 懶人 (“lazybones; lazy person”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 懶人, 懶漢, 懶蟲, 懶蟲, 懶骨頭, 懶蛋 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 懶蛋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 懶人, 懶漢, 懶漢子, 懶棒棒子, 懶老婆 female |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 懶蟲 |
| Wanrong | 懶漢, 懶惰坯 female | |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 懶溜子 |
| Liuzhou | 懶蛇, 墨蛇 | |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 懶坯, 懶蟲 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 懶蛇, 蛇王 |
| Hong Kong | 懶蛇, 懶鬼, 懶蟲, 大懶蛇, 懶星 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 懶人, 懶鬼 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 懶鬼, 懶屍牯, 懶屍嫲 female |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 懶坯, 懶骨 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 懶蛋 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 懶漢, 定蟲 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 貧惰蟲 |
| Quanzhou | 貧惰蟲 | |
| Zhangzhou | 貧惰蟲 | |
| Tainan | 貧惰骨 GT, 貧惰蟲 GT | |
| Manila (Hokkien) | 貧惰蟲 | |
| Shantou | 惰囝, 惰儂 | |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 懶鬼, 懶蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 懶惰坯, 懶撲鬼, 懶蟲, 懶人 |
| Shanghai (Chongming) | 懶撲 | |
| Hangzhou | 懶惰坯, 懶坯, 懶惰鬼 | |
| Ningbo | 懶撲, 懶惰坯 | |
| Wenzhou | 懶人, 懶牌人 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 懶人子, 河頭魚 |
| Loudi | 懶人子 | |
| Hengyang | 懶鬼 | |
Verb
蛇王
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 | |
Adjective
蛇王