鼯鼠

Chinese

		Petaurista leucogenys	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (鼯鼠)		鼯	鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wúshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ syu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: wúshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushuu
  - IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: ng⁴ syu²
  - Yale: ǹgh syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ ɕyː³⁵/

Noun

鼯鼠

flying squirrel

Synonyms

飛鼠／飞鼠 (fēishǔ)
鸓 (lěi)

Derived terms

白面鼯鼠

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鼯	鼠
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

鼺鼠

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) むささび [mùsásábí] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝsa̠sa̠bʲi]

Noun

鼯鼠 (hiragana むささび, katakana ムササビ, rōmaji musasabi)

a Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鼯	鼠
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

鼯鼠 (hiragana ももんが, katakana モモンガ, rōmaji momonga)

Alternative spelling of モモンガ (“flying squirrel”)

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