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老鼠
老鼠
Chinese
old (of people); aged; venerable (person); outdated; experienced; (a prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity)
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rat; mouse | ||
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simp. and trad. (老鼠) |
老 | 鼠 | |
| alt. forms | 鳥鼠／鸟鼠 (niáu-chhú; -chhí; -chhír) Min Nan | ||
Noun
老鼠
Synonyms
- (mouse, rat):
| Dialectal synonyms of 老鼠 (“mouse; rat”) | ||
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| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | 鼠 | |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老鼠 | |
| Taxonomic name | 鼠 | |
| Mandarin | Beijing | 耗子 |
| Taiwan | 老鼠 | |
| Jinan | 老鼠 | |
| Xi'an | 老鼠 | |
| Wuhan | 老鼠、高大爹 euphemistic、客人 euphemistic | |
| Chengdu | 耗子 | |
| Yangzhou | 老鼠 | |
| Hefei | 老鼠、老鼠子 | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Hong Kong | 老鼠 | |
| Taishan | 老鼠 | |
| Yangjiang | 老鼠 | |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老鼠、財神 euphemistic |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鼠 |
| Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老鼠 | |
| Liudui (S. Sixian) | 老鼠 | |
| Hsinchu (Hailu) | 老鼠 | |
| Dongshi (Dabu) | 老鼠 | |
| Zhuolan (Raoping) | 老鼠 | |
| Yunlin (Zhao'an) | 老鼠 | |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老鼠、耗子 |
| Min Bei | Jian'ou | 老鼠 |
| Min Dong | Fuzhou | 老鼠、尖尖喙 euphemistic |
| Min Nan | Quanzhou | 老鼠 |
| Xiamen | 鳥鼠 | |
| Zhangzhou | 鳥鼠 | |
| Taipei | 鳥鼠 | |
| Kaohsiung | 鳥鼠 | |
| Tainan | 鳥鼠仔 | |
| Taichung | 鳥鼠 | |
| Yilan | 鳥鼠 | |
| Lukang | 鳥鼠 | |
| Sanxia | 鳥鼠 | |
| Kinmen | 鳥鼠 | |
| Magong | 鳥鼠 | |
| Hsinchu | 鳥鼠 | |
| Malaysia | 鳥鼠 | |
| Chaozhou | 貓鼠 | |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老蟲 |
| Wenzhou | 老鼠 | |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老鼠子、高客 euphemistic、高客子 euphemistic |
| Shuangfeng | 老鼠子、高客 euphemistic | |
Hyponyms
- (mouse, rat): 小鼠 (xiǎoshǔ, “mouse”), 大鼠 (“rat”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese (Jyutping): lou5 syu2
- Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo-chhú / ló-chhú / no-chhú
- Min Dong (BUC): lō̤-chṳ̄
- Min Nan (POJ): ló͘-chhír / niáu-chhú / niáu-chhí / niáu-chhír
- Wu (Wiktionary): lau tshr (T3)
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuu
- IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
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- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: lou5 syu2
- Yale: lóuh syú
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 sy2
- IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ ɕyː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo-chhú / ló-chhú
- Hakka Romanization System: lo cu` / lo` cu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: lo4 cu3 / lo3 cu3
- IPA: /lo⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³¹/, /lo³¹ t͡sʰu³¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-chhú / ló-chhú
- Hakka Romanization System: no cu` / lo` cu`
- Hagfa Pinyim: no4 cu3 / lo3 cu3
- IPA: /no⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³¹/, /lo³¹ t͡sʰu³¹/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-chṳ̄
- IPA (key): /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ (t͡sʰ-)ʒy³³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘-chhír
- Tâi-lô: lóo-tshír
- IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen, Magong)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhú
- Tâi-lô: niáu-tshú
- Phofsit Daibuun: niawzhuo
- IPA (Taipei): /niaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- IPA (Xiamen): /niaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou, Yilan, Hsinchu, Taichung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhí
- Tâi-lô: niáu-tshí
- Phofsit Daibuun: niawchie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /niaʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /niaʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Kinmen, Hsinchu)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhír
- Tâi-lô: niáu-tshír
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
- Wu
- (Shanghainese)
- Wiktionary: lau tshr (T3)
- IPA (key): /lɔ²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/
- (Shanghainese)