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

Noun

蠍虎

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

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 壁虎 (“gecko; house lizard”) [map]
Variety Location Words
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
Hulunbuir (Hailar) 蠍拉虎子
Harbin 蠍虎子
Shenyang 馬舌子
Yantai (Muping) 蠍虎子
Qingdao 蠍虎子
Jinan 蠍虎子, 蠍虎簾子, 壁虎
Luoyang 蠍虎
Wanrong 蛇虎子, 蠍虎子
Wanrong (Ronghe) 蛇兒子
Zhengzhou 蠍虎
Xi'an 蠍虎子, 蛇夫子
Xining 麻蛇子, 蠍虎子
Wuhan 壁虎子
Huanggang 壁虎兒
Chengdu 巴壁虎兒, 四腳蛇
Guiyang 巴壁虎
Kunming 壁虎
Guilin 壁虎
Liuzhou 壁虎, 四腳蛇
Xuzhou 蠍虎子
Yangzhou 壁虎子
Nanjing 壁虎
Hefei 蠍虎子, 四腳蛇
Nantong 壁虎子
Singapore 壁虎
Cantonese Guangzhou 檐蛇
Hong Kong 檐蛇, 壁虎, 四腳蛇, 四腳爬爬
Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou) 檐蛇
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 檐蛇
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 壁蛇仔
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 壁蛇仔
Macau 檐蛇
Guangzhou (Panyu) 檐蛇
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 檐蛇
Guangzhou (Conghua) 偷鹽蛇
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 檐蛇
Foshan 檐蛇
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 檐蛇
Foshan (Shunde) 檐蛇
Foshan (Sanshui) 舔鹽蛇
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 蠅虎
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 檐蛇
Zhuhai (Qianshan) 偷鹽蛇
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) 四腳蛇
Zhuhai (Doumen) 偷鹽蛇
Jiangmen (Baisha) 四腳蛇
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 四腳蛇
Taishan 四腳蛇
Kaiping (Chikan) 四腳蛇
Enping (Niujiang) 檐蛇
Heshan (Yayao) 蠄虎
Dongguan 檐蛇, 炮公魚
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 百公蛇
Shaoguan 檐蛇
Yunfu 偷鹽蛇
Yangjiang 檐頭蛇, 懶飯蛇
Xinyi 偷鹽蛇
Lianjiang 偷鹽蛇
Nanning 檐蛇
Wuzhou 檐蛇
Yulin 草檐鼠
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 檐蛇
Penang (Guangfu) 檐蛇
Singapore (Guangfu) 檐蛇
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) 檐蛇
Gan Nanchang 壁蛇子, 壁蛇
Lichuan 壁虎
Pingxiang 蜘虎
Hakka Meixian 檐蛇仔
Xingning 壁蛇
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 檐蛇
Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua) 壁蛇, 檐蛇
Dongguan (Qingxi) 壁蛇
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 壁蛇
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 檐蛇
Shaoguan (Qujiang) 四腳蛇
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) 狗嫲臊
Conghua (Lütian) 檐蛇
Changting 螭虎
Wuping 壁
Wuping (Pingyu) 壁蛇子
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 (Shexi) 壁蛇子
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 壁蛇, 檐蛇
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 壁蛇, 壁蛇仔, 黏蛇仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 壁蛇
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 壁蛇
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 壁蛇
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 飛蒂仔, 貼壁蛇
Hong Kong 壁蛇
Sabah (Longchuan) 壁蛇
Senai (Huiyang) 壁蛇
Singkawang 檐蛇
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
Northern Min Jian'ou 壁哩蜥
Songxi 厝貼
Zhenghe 厝鐵
Jianyang 木客仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 𧕇
Changle 五爪龍
Fuqing 𧕇
Yongtai 檐鼠
Gutian 𧕇
Fu'an 牆魚
Ningde 𧕇虎
Shouning 牆魚
Zhouning 杜靛
Southern Min Xiamen 蟮蟲
Quanzhou 蟮蟲
Jinjiang 蟮蟲
Zhangzhou 蟮蟲
Zhao'an 蟮蟲
Taipei 蟮蟲仔, 守宮
New Taipei (Sanxia) 蟮蟲仔
Kaohsiung 蟮蟲
Yilan 蟮蟲, 壁虎
Changhua (Lukang) 蟮蟲
Taichung 蟮蟲仔
Tainan 蟮蟲仔
Hsinchu 蟮蟲
Kinmen 蟮蟲
Penghu (Magong) 蟮蟲
Penang (Hokkien) 蟮蟲, cicak
Singapore (Hokkien) 蟮蟲
Manila (Hokkien) 蟮蟲
Pingnan (Shangdu) 檐蛇
Chaozhou 檐龍
Shantou 檐龍
Shantou (Chenghai) 檐龍
Shantou (Chaoyang) 蟮蟲
Jieyang 檐龍, 胡蠅虎
Puning 神龍
Haifeng 檐蛇
Bangkok (Teochew) 檐龍
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 檐龍
Singapore (Teochew) 檐龍
Pontianak (Teochew) 檐龍
Leizhou 孫龍
Wenchang 神郎
Haikou 龍船
Singapore (Hainanese) 神郎
Puxian Min Putian 爬豆
Zhongshan Min Shaxi (Longdu) 頭毛檐蛇, 跤毛檐蛇, 檐蛇
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 檐蛇
Northern Pinghua Guilin (Dahe) 檐蛇子
Wu Shanghai 壁虎, 四腳蛇
Shanghai (Chongming) 壁虎
Suzhou 壁虎子, 四腳蛇 southern suburbs
Wuxi 壁虎
Danyang 壁虎子, 壁虎, 四腳蛇
Hangzhou 壁虎兒, 壁虎
Ningbo 壁虎, 壁老虎, 四腳蛇
Wenzhou 五爪龍, 白蟻龍
Jinhua 蠍壁虎, 蠍壁虎兒
Xiang Changsha 壁虎, 壁虎子, 巴壁虎
Shuangfeng 痴虎, 壁虎子
Quanzhou 壁虎

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