| 蛇 | [ shé ] snake, serpent, CL:條|条[tiao2] |
| 蛇夫座 | [ shé fū zuò ] Ophiuchus (constellation) |
| 蛇島 | [ shé daǒ ] Shedao or Snake island in Bohai sea 渤海 off Lüshun 旅順|旅顺 on the tip of the Liaoning peninsula, small rocky island famous for snakes |
| 蛇島蝮 | [ shé daǒ fù ] Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds |
| 蛇年 | [ shé nián ] Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) |
| 蛇形 | [ shé xíng ] S-shaped, serpentine, coiled like a snake |
| 蛇果 | [ shé guǒ ] Red Delicious (a sort of apple) |
| 蛇毒 | [ shé dú ] snake venom |
| 蛇毒素 | [ shé dú sù ] snake toxin |
| 蛇皮 | [ shé pí ] snake skin |
| 蛇皮果 | [ shé pí guǒ ] salak (Salacca zalacca) (fruit) |
| 蛇矛 | [ shé maó ] ancient spear-like weapon with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body |
| 蛇管 | [ shé guǎn ] flexible hose |
| 蛇精病 | [ shé jīng bìng ] (slang) (pun on 神經病|神经病[shen2 jing1 bing4]) crazy person, nutjob |
| 蛇紋岩 | [ shé wén yán ] serpentine (geology) |
| 蛇紋石 | [ shé wén shí ] serpentine (geology) |
| 蛇綠岩 | [ shé lǜ yán ] ophiolite (geology) |
| 蛇綠混雜 | [ shé lǜ hùn zá ] ophiolite melange (geology) |
| 蛇綠混雜岩 | [ shé lǜ hùn zá yán ] ophiolite (geology) |
| 蛇綠混雜岩帶 | [ shé lǜ hùn zá yán daì ] ophiolite belt (geology) |
| 蛇膽 | [ shé dǎn ] snake gall (used in TCM) |
| 蛇蒿 | [ shé haō ] tarragon |
| 蛇行 | [ shé xíng ] to creep, to zigzag, to meander, to weave |
| 蛇足 | [ shé zú ] lit. legs on a snake, sth superfluous |
| 蛇頭 | [ shé toú ] head of a snake, human smuggler |
| 蛇鵰 | [ shé ] (bird species of China) crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) |
| 蛇麻 | [ shé má ] hops (Humulus lupulus) |
| 蛇麻草 | [ shé má caǒ ] hop (Humulus lupulus), climbing plant whose flower cones are used in brewing beer |
| 蛇龍珠 | [ shé lóng zhū ] Cabernet Gernischt (grape type) |
| ⇒ 一年被蛇咬十年怕井繩 | [ yī nián beì shé yaǒ shí nián pà jǐng shéng ] bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom); once bitten twice shy |
| ⇒ 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井繩 | [ yī zhaō beì shé yaǒ shí nián pà jǐng shéng ] once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope, once bitten, twice shy (idiom) |
| ⇒ 丈八蛇矛 | [ zhàng bā shé maó ] ancient spear-like weapon 18 Chinese feet 尺[chi3] in length, with a wavy spearhead like a snake's body |
| ⇒ 三索錦蛇 | [ sān suǒ jǐn shé ] copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake |
| ⇒ 五步蛇 | [ wǔ bù shé ] Deinagkistrodon, a venomous pit viper, also called five-paced viper (i.e. can grow to five paces) |
| ⇒ 人心不足蛇吞象 | [ rén xīn bù zú shé tūn xiàng ] a man who is never content is like a snake trying to swallow an elephant (idiom) |
| ⇒ 人蛇 | [ rén shé ] illegal immigrant |
| ⇒ 人蛇集團 | [ rén shé jí tuán ] human smuggling syndicate, snakehead gang |
| ⇒ 人頭蛇身 | [ rén toú shé shēn ] human head, snake's body, cf Nüwa 女媧氏|女娲氏[Nu:3 wa1 shi4] and Fuxi 伏羲氏[Fu2 Xi1 shi4] in some versions of mythology |
| ⇒ 佛口蛇心 | [ fó koǔ shé xīn ] words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom); two-faced, malicious and duplicitous |
| ⇒ 八岐大蛇 | [ bā qí dà shé ] Yamata no Orochi, serpent with eight heads and eight tails from mythological section of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) |
| ⇒ 印度眼鏡蛇 | [ yìn dù yǎn jìng shé ] Indian cobra (Naja naja) |
| ⇒ 四腳蛇 | [ sì shé ] lizard, common spoken equivalent of 蜥蜴[xi1 yi4] |
| ⇒ 地頭蛇 | [ dì toú shé ] local bully, tyrant, regional mafia boss |
| ⇒ 大蛇丸 | [ dà shé wán ] Orochimaru, Japanese folktale hero, Orochimaru, character in the Naruto manga series |
| ⇒ 巨蛇尾 | [ jù shé weǐ ] (astronomy) Serpens Cauda |
| ⇒ 巨蛇座 | [ jù shé zuò ] Serpens (constellation) |
| ⇒ 巳蛇 | [ sì shé ] Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) |
| ⇒ 引蛇出洞 | [ yǐn shé chū dòng ] lit. to pull a snake from its hole, to expose a malefactor (idiom) |
| ⇒ 強龍不壓地頭蛇 | [ qiáng lóng bù yā dì toú shé ] lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law |
| ⇒ 打草驚蛇 | [ dǎ caǒ jīng shé ] lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom), fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy, to punish sb as a warning to others |
| ⇒ 打蛇不死，後患無窮 | [ dǎ shé bù sǐ hoù huàn wú qióng ] if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom) |
| ⇒ 杯弓蛇影 | [ beī gōng shé yǐng ] lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions, overly fearful |
| ⇒ 毒蛇 | [ dú shé ] viper |
| ⇒ 水蛇 | [ shuǐ shé ] water snake |
| ⇒ 水蛇座 | [ shuǐ shé zuò ] Hydrus (constellation) |
| ⇒ 水蛇腰 | [ shuǐ shé yaō ] slender and supple waist, lithe body, feminine pose |
| ⇒ 游蛇 | [ yoú shé ] water snake, colubrid, racer |
| ⇒ 滑鼠蛇 | [ huá shǔ shé ] Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus) |
| ⇒ 牛鬼蛇神 | [ niú guǐ shé shén ] evil monsters, (fig.) bad characters, (political) bad elements |
| ⇒ 畫蛇添足 | [ huà shé tiān zú ] lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous, to overdo it |
| ⇒ 白花蛇 | [ baí huā shé ] long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) |
| ⇒ 白花蛇舌草 | [ baí huā shé shé caǒ ] Hedyotis diffusa |
| ⇒ 白蛇傳 | [ baí shé zhuàn ] Tale of the White Snake, Madame White Snake |
| ⇒ 眼鏡蛇 | [ yǎn jìng shé ] cobra |
| ⇒ 矮腳白花蛇利草 | [ aǐ baí huā shé lì caǒ ] see 白花蛇舌草[bai2 hua1 she2 she2 cao3] |
| ⇒ 竹葉青蛇 | [ zhú yè qīng shé ] Trimeresurus stejnegeri (poisonous snake) |
| ⇒ 翠青蛇 | [ cuì qīng shé ] Entechinus major (kind of snake) |
| ⇒ 虎頭蛇尾 | [ hǔ toú shé weǐ ] lit. tiger's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
| ⇒ 虛與委蛇 | [ xū yǔ weī yí ] to feign civility (idiom) |
| ⇒ 蚺蛇 | [ rán shé ] boa |
| ⇒ 蝮蛇 | [ fù shé ] Siberian pit viper (Gloydius halys), pit viper |
| ⇒ 蝰蛇 | [ kuí shé ] forest or meadow viper (Vipera russelii siamensis or similar) |
| ⇒ 蟒蛇 | [ mǎng shé ] python, boa |
| ⇒ 長蛇座 | [ cháng shé zuò ] Hydra (constellation) |
| ⇒ 長蛇陣 | [ cháng shé zhèn ] single-line formation (army), fig. long line |
| ⇒ 響尾蛇 | [ xiǎng weǐ shé ] rattlesnake |
| ⇒ 魯蛇 | [ lǔ shé ] (slang) loser (loanword) (Tw) |
| ⇒ 鹽蛇 | [ yán shé ] (dialect) gecko |
| ⇒ 黃頷蛇 | [ huáng hàn shé ] adder (zoology) |
| ⇒ 黑眉蝮蛇 | [ heī meí fù shé ] Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds |
| ⇒ 黑腹蛇鵜 | [ heī fù shé tí ] (bird species of China) oriental darter (Anhinga melanogaster) |
| ⇒ 龍蛇混雜 | [ lóng shé hùn zá ] lit. dragons and snakes mingle (idiom), fig. a mix of good people and scumbags |
| ⇒ 龍頭蛇尾 | [ lóng toú shé weǐ ] lit. dragon's head, snake's tail (idiom); fig. a strong start but weak finish |
