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袋鼠

袋鼠

Chinese

		a pouch; bag; sack a pouch; bag; sack; pocket	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (袋鼠)		袋	鼠

袋鼠

Noun

袋鼠

kangaroo (Classifier: 隻／只)

Derived terms

叢林袋鼠／丛林袋鼠 (cónglín dàishǔ)
小袋鼠 (xiǎodàishǔ)
沙袋鼠 (shādàishǔ)

短尾矮袋鼠 (duǎnwěi'ǎidàishǔ)
紅腹袋鼠／红腹袋鼠 (hóngfù dàishǔ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): dàishǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): doi⁶ syu²
Min Nan (POJ): tēr-chhír / tē-chhú / tē-chhí

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàishǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄞˋ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dayshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /taɪ̯⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: doi⁶ syu²
  - Yale: doih syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: doi⁶ sy²
  - IPA ^(key): /tɔːi̯²² ɕyː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tēr-chhír
  - Tâi-lô: tēr-tshír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tə⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tē-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexzhuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /te³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /te²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tē-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: tē-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dexchie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /te³³⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /te²²⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/