| 蛇 |  shé | snake / serpent / CL:條|条[tiao2] |   |
| 长虫 | cháng chong | (coll.) snake | |
| 蛇鲭 | shé qīng | snake | |
| 小龙 | xiǎo lóng | snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals 生肖[sheng1 xiao4]) | |
| 抽取 | chōu qǔ | to extract / to remove / to draw (a sales commission, venom from a snake etc) | |
| 小青 | xiǎo qīng | name of a person, Xiaoqing, from Madam White Snake | |
| 咬伤 | yǎo shāng | bite (e.g. snake bite, mosquito bite) | |
| 许仙 | xǔ xiān | name of a person, Xu Xian, from Madam White Snake | |
| 蛇头 | shé tóu | head of a snake / human smuggler | |
| 白蛇传 | Bái Shé Zhuàn | Tale of the White Snake / Madame White Snake | |
| 打草惊蛇 | dǎ cǎo 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 | |
| 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom) / fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous / to overdo it | |
| 水蛇 | shuǐ shé | water snake | |
| 蛇形 | shé xíng | S-shaped / serpentine / coiled like a snake | |
| 蛇皮 | shé pí | snake skin | |
| 蛇毒 | shé dú | snake venom | |
| 蛇胆 | shé dǎn | snake gall (used in TCM) | |
| 引蛇出洞 | yǐn shé chū dòng | lit. to pull a snake from its hole / to expose a malefactor (idiom) | |
| 蛇岛 | Shé dǎo | 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 | |
| 菜瓜 | cài guā | snake melon / loofah | |
| 杯弓蛇影 | bēi gōng shé yǐng | lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom) / fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful | |
| 巳 | sì | 6th earthly branch: 9-11 a.m., 4th solar month (5th May-5th June), year of the Snake / ancient Chinese compass point: 150° | |
| 蝮 | fù | insect / poisonous snake (archaic) | |
| 虺 | huǐ | mythical venomous snake | |
| 一年被蛇咬十年怕井绳 | yī nián bèi shé yǎo shí nián pà jǐng shéng | bitten by a snake in one year, fears the well rope for ten years (idiom) / once bitten twice shy | |
| 佛口蛇心 | fó kǒu shé xīn | words of a Buddha, heart of a snake (idiom) / two-faced / malicious and duplicitous | |
| 强龙不压地头蛇 | qiáng lóng bù yā dì tóu shé | lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom) / fig. a local gangster who is above the law | |
| 虵 | shé | variant of 蛇, snake | |
| 镻 | dié | name of poisonous snake in ancient text | |
| 养虎伤身 | yǎng hǔ shāng shēn | Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom | |
| 养虎遗患 | yǎng hǔ yí huàn | Rear a tiger and court disaster. (idiom) / fig. if you're too lenient with sb, he will damage you later / to cherish a snake in one's bosom | |
| 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) | |
| 蛇年 | shé nián | Year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
| 白素贞 | Bái Sù zhēn | (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake | |
| 法海 | Fǎ hǎi | Fahai, name of the evil Buddhist monk in Tale of the White Snake 白蛇傳|白蛇传[Bai2 she2 Zhuan4] | |
| 蚹 | fù | scales on the belly of a snake, aiding locomotion / snail / to crawl | |
| 蛇毒素 | shé dú sù | snake toxin | |
| 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳 | yī zhāo bèi shé yǎo , shí nián pà jǐng shéng | once bitten by a snake, ten years in fear of a well rope / once bitten, twice shy (idiom) | |
| 三索锦蛇 | sān suǒ jǐn shé | copperhead race (Elaphe radiata), kind of snake | |
| 吕布戟 | lu:3 bù jǐ | snake halberd | |
| 巳蛇 | sì shé | Year 6, year of the Snake (e.g. 2001) | |
| 打蛇不死 | dǎ shé bù sǐ | beat the snake to death or it will cause endless calamity (idiom) / nip the problem in the bud | |
| 打蛇不死，后患无穷 | dǎ shé bù sǐ , hòu huàn wú qióng | if you beat the snake without killing it, endless evils will ensue (idiom) | |
| 虺蜥 | huǐ xī | venomous snake / fig. vicious person | |
| 蛇岛蝮 | Shé dǎo fù | Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | |
| 蛇足 | shé zú | lit. legs on a snake / sth superfluous | |
| 颊窝 | jiá wō | dimple / heat-sensing facial pit of a snake | |
| 黑眉蝮蛇 | hēi méi fù shé | Snake island viper (Gloydius shedaoensis), feeding on migrating birds | |
| 短趾雕 | duǎn zhǐ diāo | (bird species of China) short-toed snake eagle (Circaetus gallicus) | |
| 蛇鲭鱼 | shé qīng yú | snake mackerel | |
| 游蛇 | yóu shé | water snake / colubrid / racer | |
| 越瓜 | yuè guā | snake melon | |
| 虎尾兰 | hǔ wěi lán | snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata) | |
