游蛇

yóushé

noun

Measure Word

一条游蛇 tiáo

Meanings

1 water snake
2 colubrid snake
3 racer (snake family Colubridae)

Characters

Examples

这条河里有许多无毒的游蛇。

Zhè tiáo hé lǐ yǒu xǔduō wúdú de yóushé.

There are many non-venomous water snakes in this river.

游蛇是世界上种类最多的蛇科。

Yóushé shì shìjiè shàng zhǒnglèi zuì duō de shé kē.

Colubridae is the largest family of snakes in the world.

Tips

memory

游 (yóu) = swim/roam, 蛇 (shé) = snake. The swimming snake — fits both meanings: aquatic water snakes and the wide-roaming colubrid family.

Stroke Order

游 yóu

蛇 shé