蠍虎

Chinese

		scorpion	tiger
trad. (蠍虎/蝎虎)		蠍/蝎	虎
simp. (蝎虎)		蝎	虎

Etymology

From the gecko's supposed habit of eating scorpions.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiēhǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄝㄏㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): kit³ fu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiēhǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝㄏㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehuu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siehǔ
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ⁵⁵ xu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiēhǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄝㄏㄨˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiehuul
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siehǔr
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɛ⁵⁵ xuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: kit³ fu²
  - Yale: kit fú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: kit⁸ fu²
  - Guangdong Romanization: kid³ fu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰiːt̚³ fuː³⁵/

Noun

蠍虎

gecko, especially the flat-tailed house gecko (Hemidactylus platyurus)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝘蜓, 守宮
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		壁虎
Taxonomic name		壁虎
Mandarin	Beijing	蠍虎子, 蠍了虎子, 蠍拉虎子
	Taiwan	壁虎, 守宮
	Tianjin	蠍拉虎子
	Harbin	蠍虎子
	Shenyang	馬舌子
	Hailar	蠍拉虎子
	Jinan	蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
	Muping	蠍虎子
	Luoyang	蠍虎
	Wanrong	蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
	Wanrong (Ronghe)	蛇兒子
	Xi'an	蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
	Qingdao	蠍虎子
	Zhengzhou	蠍虎
	Xining	麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
	Xuzhou	蠍虎子
	Wuhan	壁虎子
	Huanggang	壁虎兒
	Chengdu	巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
	Guiyang	巴壁虎
	Guilin	壁虎
	Liuzhou	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Kunming	壁虎
	Yangzhou	壁虎子
	Nanjing	壁虎
	Hefei	蠍虎子, 四腳蛇
	Nantong	壁虎子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	簷蛇
	Hong Kong	簷蛇
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	簷蛇
	Foshan	簷蛇
	Shunde	簷蛇
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	簷蛇
	Doumen (Shangheng Tanka)	四腳蛇
	Doumen	偷鹽蛇
	Taishan	四腳蛇
	Kaiping (Chikan)	四腳蛇
	Dongguan	簷蛇, 炮公魚
	Shaoguan	簷蛇
	Yunfu	偷鹽蛇
	Yangjiang	簷頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
	Xinyi	偷鹽蛇
	Lianjiang	偷鹽蛇
	Nanning	簷蛇
	Wuzhou	簷蛇
	Yulin	草簷鼠
	Kuala Lumpur	簷蛇
	Ho Chi Minh City	簷蛇
Gan	Nanchang	壁蛇子, 壁蛇
	Lichuan	壁虎
	Pingxiang	蜘虎
Hakka	Meixian	簷蛇仔
	Xingning	壁蛇
	Huidong (Daling)	壁蛇, 簷蛇
	Qujiang	四腳蛇
	Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	狗嫲臊
	Changting	螭虎
	Pingyu	壁蛇子
	Wuping	壁
	Liancheng	壁虎子
	Ninghua	壁虎子
	Yudu	壁虎, 血子, 壁蛇子
	Ruijin	壁蛇子
	Shicheng	伏壁, 狗婆蛇
	Shangyou	壁蛇子
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	壁蛇, 簷蛇
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	壁蛇
	Dongshi (Dabu)	壁蛇
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	壁蛇
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
	Hong Kong	壁蛇
	Sabah (Longchuan)	壁蛇
	Senai	壁蛇
	Singkawang	簷蛇
Huizhou	Jixi	壁虎
	Shexian	壁壁虎
	Wuyuan	壁虎
	Fuliang	壁虎哩
	Dexing	壁虎
Jin	Taiyuan	蠍虎兒
	Pingyao	蠍虎兒
	Xinzhou	蠍虎兒
Min Bei	Jian'ou	壁哩蜥
	Songxi	厝貼
	Zhenghe	厝鐵
	Jianyang	木客仔
Min Dong	Fuzhou	𧕇
	Changle	五爪龍
	Fuqing	𧕇
	Yongtai	簷鼠
	Gutian	𧕇
	Fu'an	牆魚
	Ningde	𧕇虎
	Shouning	牆魚
	Zhouning	杜靛
Min Nan	Xiamen	蟮蟲
	Quanzhou	蟮蟲
	Zhangzhou	蟮蟲
	Taipei	蟮蟲仔, 守宮
	Kaohsiung	蟮蟲
	Tainan	蟮蟲仔
	Taichung	蟮蟲仔
	Hsinchu	蟮蟲
	Lukang	蟮蟲
	Sanxia	蟮蟲仔
	Yilan	蟮蟲, 壁虎
	Kinmen	蟮蟲
	Magong	蟮蟲
	Penang	蟮蟲
	Philippines (Manila)	蟮蟲
	Pingnan	簷蛇
	Chaozhou	簷龍
	Shantou	簷龍
	Haifeng	簷蛇
	Johor Bahru	簷龍
	Wenchang	神郎
	Haikou	龍船
	Leizhou	孫龍
Puxian Min	Putian	爬豆
Pinghua	Nanning	簷蛇
Pinghua	Guilin	簷蛇子
Wu	Shanghai	壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Suzhou	壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
	Wuxi	壁虎
	Hangzhou	壁虎兒, 壁虎
	Wenzhou	五爪龍, 白蟻龍
	Chongming	壁虎
	Danyang	壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
	Jinhua	蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
	Ningbo	壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
Xiang	Changsha	壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
	Shuangfeng	痴虎, 壁虎子
	Quanzhou	壁虎

Derived terms

蠍虎子／蝎虎子 (xiēhǔzi)

蠍虎座／蝎虎座 (Xiēhǔzuò)

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