老鼠

Chinese

		old; aged; venerable old; aged; venerable; outdated; experienced; (affectionate prefix)	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (老鼠)		老	鼠
alt. forms		鳥鼠／鸟鼠 (niáu-chhú; -chhí; -chhír) Min Nan

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Standard)
(Pinyin): lǎoshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

(Dungan, Cyrillic): лочў (I-II)
Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ syu²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): lo-chhú / ló-chhú / no-chhú
Min Dong (BUC): lō̤-chṳ̄
Min Nan (POJ): ló͘-chhír / ló͘-chhí / niáu-chhú / niáu-chhí / niáu-chhír
Wu (Wiktionary): lau tshr (T3)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: lǎoshǔ [Phonetic: láoshǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Dungan)
  - Cyrillic: лочў (I-II)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔː²⁴ t͡ʂʰuː⁵¹/
  (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ syu²
  - Yale: lóuh syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ ɕyː³⁵/
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/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: lō̤-chṳ̄
  - IPA ^(key): /l̃o³³⁻³⁵ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒy³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘-chhír
  - Tâi-lô: lóo-tshír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Jinjiang, Philippines)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: lóo-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: lofchie
  - IPA (Jinjiang, Philippines): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: niáu-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niawzhuo
  - IPA (Penang): /niaʊ⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /niãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: niáu-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: niawchie
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /niãʊ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãʊ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhír
  - Tâi-lô: niáu-tshír
  - IPA (Kinmen): /niãʊ⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁵³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: lau tshr (T3)
  - IPA ^(key): /lɔ²² t͡sʰz̩⁴⁴/

Noun

老鼠

mouse; rat (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
cunning, deceitful person
(ancient dialect) bat (animal)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老鼠 (“mouse; rat”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鼠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老鼠
Taxonomic name		鼠
Mandarin	Beijing	耗子
	Taiwan	老鼠
	Tianjin	耗子
	Harbin	老鼠、耗子
	Shenyang	耗子
	Jinan	老鼠、耗子
	Muping	老鼠、耗子
	Luoyang	老鼠、耗子
	Jiedian	老鼠
	Xi'an	老鼠
	Zhengzhou	老鼠
	Xining	老鼠
	Xuzhou	老鼠
	Yinchuan	老鼠
	Lanzhou	老鼠子
	Ürümqi	老鼠
	Wuhan	老鼠、高大爹 dated, euphemistic、客人 dated, euphemistic
	Chengdu	耗子
	Guiyang	耗子
	Liuzhou	老鼠、耗子
	Kunming	老鼠
	Yangzhou	老鼠
	Nanjing	老鼠、小耳朵
	Hefei	老鼠、老鼠子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠
	Shunde	老鼠
	Foshan	老鼠
	Zhongshan	老鼠
	Dongguan	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	老鼠
	Taishan	老鼠
	Doumen	老鼠
	Kaiping	老鼠
	Shaoguan	老鼠
	Yunfu	老鼠
	Yangjiang	老鼠
	Xinyi	老鼠
	Lianjiang	老鼠
	Nanning	老鼠
	Kuala Lumpur	老鼠
Gan	Nanchang	老鼠、財神 euphemistic
	Lichuan	老鼠
	Pingxiang	老鼠子、老鼠
Hakka	Meixian	老鼠
	Yudu	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
	Hong Kong	老鼠
	Sabah	老鼠
	Senai	老鼠
	Singkawang	老鼠
Huizhou	Shexian	老鼠
	Tunxi	老鼠
	Jixi	老鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	老鼠、𪕸兒、耗子
	Pingyao	𪕸兒
	Xinzhou	𪕸兒、耗子
Min Bei	Jian'ou	老鼠
Min Dong	Fuzhou	老鼠、尖尖喙 euphemistic
Min Dong	Fuqing	老鼠
Min Nan	Xiamen	鳥鼠
	Quanzhou	老鼠
	Zhangzhou	鳥鼠
	Taipei	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung	鳥鼠
	Tainan	鳥鼠仔、鳥鼠
	Taichung	鳥鼠
	Wuqi	鳥鼠
	Hsinchu	鳥鼠
	Taitung	鳥鼠
	Lukang	鳥鼠
	Sanxia	鳥鼠
	Yilan	鳥鼠、鳥鼠仔
	Kinmen	鳥鼠
	Magong	鳥鼠
	Penang	鳥鼠
	Singapore	鳥鼠
	Philippines (Manila)	老鼠
	Pingnan	老鼠
	Chaozhou	貓鼠
	Shantou	貓鼠
	Haifeng	貓鼠
	Johor Bahru	貓鼠
	Haikou	貓鼠
Pinghua	Nanning	老鼠
Wu	Suzhou	老蟲、老鼠、夜裡大人 humorous
	Hangzhou	老鼠
	Wenzhou	老鼠
	Chongming	老鼠、老蟲
	Danyang	老鼠
	Jinhua	老鼠
	Ningbo	老鼠
Xiang	Changsha	老鼠子、高客 dated, euphemistic、高客子 dated, euphemistic
	Shuangfeng	老鼠子、高客 euphemistic
	Loudi	老鼠子
	Quanzhou	老鼠

Dialectal synonyms of 蝙蝠 (“bat (animal)”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		蝠、蝙蝠、服翼 E、飛鼠 E、老鼠 E、薔鼠 E、蟙鏰 Northern Yan
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		蝙蝠
Taxonomic name		蝙蝠
Mandarin	Beijing	燕麼虎兒、蝙蝠兒
	Taiwan	蝙蝠
	Tianjin	燕巴虎兒、簷老鼠
	Harbin	燕別咕、燕別蝠
	Shenyang	燕別蝠
	Jinan	簷壁蝠子、簷壁虎 suburban
	Muping	元寶戶兒
	Luoyang	夜鱉胡
	Jiedian	夜蝙蟲
	Xi'an	夜標虎、夜標虎兒
	Zhengzhou	鹽變呼
	Xining	夜百風
	Yinchuan	夜蝙蝠
	Lanzhou	夜蝙蝠
	Ürümqi	鴷蝙蝠
	Wuhan	簷老鼠、簷鼠佬
	Chengdu	簷老鼠兒、夜壁蝠兒、蝙蝠
	Guiyang	夜老鼠、鹽老鼠
	Liuzhou	飛鼠
	Kunming	夜壁蝠
	Yangzhou	壁蝠子
	Nanjing	蝙蝠
	Hefei	壁蝠、簷老鼠
	Nantong	偷油老鼠、油老鼠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	蝠鼠、飛鼠
	Hong Kong	蝙蝠、蝠鼠、飛鼠
	Shunde	蝠鼠
	Foshan	飛鼠、蝠鼠
	Zhongshan	飛鼠
	Dongguan	蝠鼠、飛鼠
	Hong Kong (Weitou)	蝠鼠、盲老鼠
	Taishan	飛鼠
	Doumen	飛鼠
	Kaiping	飛鼠
	Shaoguan	飛鼠
	Yunfu	飛鼠
	Yangjiang	蝠鼠、飛鼠
	Xinyi	飛鼠
	Lianjiang	飛鼠
	Nanning	飛鼠
	Kuala Lumpur	飛鼠、蝠鼠
Gan	Nanchang	簷老鼠、蝙蝠
	Lichuan	簷老鼠
	Pingxiang	簷老鼠
Hakka	Meixian	蝠婆仔
	Xingning	蝠婆哩
	Huidong	蚊鼠
	Qujiang	飛鼠
	Xiaosanjiang	飛鼠
	Changting	調簷老鼠
	Pingyu	蝠婆子
	Wuping	婢婆子
	Liancheng	簷老鼠
	Ninghua	簷老鼠
	Yudu	琵琶老鼠
	Ruijin	簷老鼠
	Shicheng	簷老鼠
	Shangyou	琵琶老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	蝙蝠、蝠婆、蝠婆仔
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	蝙蝠、蝠婆、蝠婆仔
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	蝙蝠、蝠婆
	Dongshi (Dabu)	蝙蝠、蝠婆
	Zhuolan (Raoping)	蝠婆、蝠婆仔
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	蝠婆
	Hong Kong	蝠婆、蚊鼠
	Sabah	蝠婆、蝠婆仔
	Senai	蝠婆
	Singkawang	蝠婆
Huizhou	Shexian	偷油燕、偷油老鼠、陌翼老鼠
	Tunxi	拉叭布翼
	Jixi	飛行老鼠、天行老鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	夜壁蝠
Jin	Xinzhou	夜蝙蝠
Min Bei	Jian'ou	比婆、蝙蝠
Min Dong	Fuzhou	琵琶兜壁、蝙蝠、野燕
Min Dong	Fuqing	蝙蝠
Min Nan	Xiamen	密婆、日婆、夜婆
	Quanzhou	日婆
	Zhangzhou	密婆
	Taipei	日婆、夜婆、密婆
	Kaohsiung	夜婆仔、密婆
	Tainan	夜婆、密婆
	Taichung	日婆
	Wuqi	夜婆
	Hsinchu	夜婆
	Taitung	夜婆
	Lukang	夜婆
	Sanxia	密婆
	Yilan	密婆、夜婆
	Kinmen	月婆、密婆、夜婆
	Magong	蝙蝠、密婆
	Penang	密婆
	Singapore	密婆
	Pingnan	飛鼠
	Chaozhou	密婆
	Shantou	蝠婆
	Johor Bahru	密婆
	Haikou	飛鼠、佛鼠
	Leizhou	飛鼠
Pinghua	Nanning	飛鼠
Wu	Shanghai	蝙蝠
	Suzhou	蝙蝠子
	Hangzhou	蝙蝠
	Wenzhou	皮翼、老鼠皮翼
	Danyang	蝙蝠、蝙蝠蝠
	Jinhua	老鼠皮翼
	Ningbo	蝙蝠老鼠、蝙蝠
Xiang	Changsha	簷老鼠
	Shuangfeng	簷老鼠
	Xiangtan	簷老鼠
	Loudi	簷老鼠
Note	E - east of Hangu Pass

Hyponyms

(mouse, rat): 小鼠 (xiǎoshǔ, “mouse”), 大鼠 (“rat”)

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