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竹葉青蛇

简竹叶青蛇 · 繁竹葉青蛇

Mandarin · pinyin zhú yè qīng shé

Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake)

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竹: zhú · bamboo; flute; Kangxi radical 118
葉: yè · leaf, petal; page of book; period
青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
蛇: shé · snake
叶: yè · to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf

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2–4–1–2 · zhu2 ye4 qing1 she2

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zuk1 jip6 cing1 se4

Cantonese word readings for 竹葉青蛇. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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