| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 白花蛇 | bái huā shé | long-nosed pit viper (agkistrodon acutus) | |
| 白蛇傳 | 白蛇传 | bái shé zhuàn | Tale of the White Snake; Madam White Snake |
| 杯弓蛇影 | bēi gōng shé yǐng | mistaking the reflection of a bow in the cup for a snake; extremely suspicious | |
| 長蛇座 | 长蛇座 | Cháng shé zuò | Hydra (constellation) |
| 大岩蛇 | dà yán shé | onix | |
| 毒蛇 | dú shé | viper | |
| 畫蛇添足 | 画蛇添足 | huà shé tiān zú | ruin the effect by adding what is superfluous; lit.: draw legs on a snake; fig.: to overdo it |
| 金環蛇 | 金环蛇 | Jīn huán shé | Bungarus fasciatus |
| 蚺蛇尖 | rán shé jiān | sharp peak | |
| 蛇 | shé | snake; serpent | |
| 蛇毒素 | shé dú sù | snake toxin | |
| 蛇綠岩 | 蛇绿岩 | shé lǜ yán | ophiolite (geol.) |
| 蛇麻 | Shé má | Humulus lupulus | |
| 蛇鯖 | 蛇鲭 | shé qīng | snake mackerel |
| 蛇紋石 | 蛇纹石 | shé wén shí | serpentine (geol.) |
| 蛇紋岩 | 蛇纹岩 | shé wén yán | serpentine (geol.) |
| 太攀蛇屬 | 太攀蛇属 | tài pān shé shǔ | taipan |
| 新蛇總科 | 新蛇总科 | xīn shé zǒng kē | colubrid |
| 眼鏡蛇 | 眼镜蛇 | yǎn jìng shé | cobra |
| 銀環蛇 | 银环蛇 | Yín huán shé | Bungarus multicinctus |
| 雲紋蛇鰻 | 云纹蛇鳗 | yún wén shé mán | snowflake moray |
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