小老鼠

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	mouse; rat; cunning, deceitful person
simp. and trad. (小老鼠)		小	老鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎolǎoshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² lou⁵ syu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔ [Phonetic: xiǎoláoshǔ] → xiǎolǎoshu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulao.shuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂu⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔr [Phonetic: xiǎoláoshǔr] → xiǎolǎoshur (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇㄦ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulao.shuul
  - IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂuɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂuɻ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² lou⁵ syu²
  - Yale: síu lóuh syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² lou⁵ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lou⁵ xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lou̯¹³ ɕyː³⁵/

Noun

小老鼠

(literally) small mouse or rat
(figuratively, now chiefly Taiwan) at sign (@)
(figuratively, humorous) biceps muscle, especially when flexed

Synonyms

(flexed biceps): (Cantonese) 老鼠仔

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