尖鼠

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (尖鼠)		尖	鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ syu²
Min Nan (POJ): chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānshǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshuul
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂuɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zim¹ syu²
  - Yale: jīm syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ ɕyː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tshí / tsiam-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamchie, ciamzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡ɕiam³³ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/

Noun

尖鼠

(～科) shrew (Soricidae)

Japanese

尖鼠 (togarinezumi): a shrew.

Kanji in this term
尖	鼠
とが(り) Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 尖り (togari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 尖る togaru, “to be pointy or sharp”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).^[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) とがりねずみ [tògárí néꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ɡa̠ɾʲi ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

尖鼠 (hiragana とがりねずみ, katakana トガリネズミ, rōmaji togarinezumi)

a shrew (mouselike animal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as トガリネズミ.

References

↑ 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尖	鼠

Noun

尖鼠 • (cheomseo) (hangeul 첨서)

Hanja form^? of 첨서 (“shrew”).

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[1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN