錢鼠

Chinese

		coin; money	rat; mouse
trad. (錢鼠)		錢	鼠
simp. (钱鼠)		钱	鼠

Pronunciation

Min Nan (POJ): chîⁿ-chhír / chîⁿ-chhú / chîⁿ-chhí

Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîⁿ-chhír
  - Tâi-lô: tsînn-tshír
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴/
- (Hokkien: Taipei, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîⁿ-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tsînn-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvizhuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕĩ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕĩ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chîⁿ-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: tsînn-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cvichie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕĩ²³⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕĩ¹³⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁵³/

Noun

錢鼠

(Mainland China Min Nan) zokor
(Taiwanese Min Nan) mouse seen in city houses
(Taiwanese Min Nan, figuratively) miser

Synonyms

(zokor): 鼢鼠 (fénshǔ), 盲鼠 (mángshǔ)

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