皮蛇

Chinese
leather; skin; fur snake; serpent
simp. and trad.
(皮蛇)		 皮 蛇
anagram 蛇皮

Pronunciation

Noun

皮蛇

  1. (Taiwan, pathology, informal) herpes zoster; shingles
    長皮蛇／长皮蛇  ―  zhǎng píshé  ―  to have shingles
    生皮蛇 [Taiwanese Hokkien]  ―  seⁿ phôe-chôa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]  ―  to have shingles

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 帶狀皰疹 (“herpes zoster; shingles”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 帶狀皰疹
Mandarin Taiwan 皮蛇
Cantonese Guangzhou 蛇
Hong Kong 蛇
Hakka Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 蛇
Jin Xinzhou 纏腰龍
Eastern Min Fuzhou 緊腰蛇, 纏腰蛇
Southern Min Xiamen 蛇
Quanzhou 蛇
Zhangzhou 蛇
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