老鼠仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (老鼠仔)		老鼠	仔
simp. ^#(老鼠仔)		老鼠	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ syu² zai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lo-chhú-é / no-chhú-é

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ cu³ ê³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ syu² zai²
  - Yale: lóuh syú jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sy² dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xu² zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo-chhú-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo cu` e`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo⁴ cu³ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /lo⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-chhú-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: no cu` e`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: no⁴ cu³ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /no⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³¹ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau³ cu³ ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ t͡sʰu³¹ ʋe³¹/

Noun

老鼠仔

(Cantonese) small mouse or rat (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Hakka) mouse; rat (Classifier: 隻／只 h)
- 在大海个另外一片，有一座天堂島，島項淨老鼠仔無貓仔。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  在大海个另外一片，有一座天堂岛，岛项净老鼠仔无猫仔。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  From: 徐敏莉 and 邱一帆, 《英雄毋驚貓仔》 (Northern Sixian Hakka)
  Thî thai-hói ke nang-ngoi yit phién, yû yit chho thiên-thòng-tó, tó-hong chhiang ló鼠-é mò meu-é. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  On the other side of the sea, there is a paradise island, where there were only mice and no cats.
(Cantonese, figurative, humorous) biceps muscle, especially when flexed (Classifier: 隻／只 c)

Synonyms

(biceps): 小老鼠 (xiǎolǎoshǔ)
(mouse):

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	老鼠, 耗子
	Taiwan	老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
	Tianjin	老鼠, 耗子
	Langfang	耗子
	Tangshan	老鼠, 耗子
	Cangzhou	老鼠
	Baoding	老鼠, 耗子
	Shijiazhuang	老鼠, 耗子
	Daming	老鼠
	Ulanhot	耗子
	Tongliao	耗子
	Chifeng	老鼠, 耗子
	Bayanhot	老鼠
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耗子
	Harbin	老鼠, 耗子
	Shenyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Yantai (Muping)	老鼠, 耗子
	Qingdao	老鼠, 耗子
	Jinan	老鼠, 耗子
	Luoyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Wanrong	老鼠
	Zhengzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Xi'an	老鼠
	Yinchuan	老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子
	Lanzhou	老鼠子, 老鼠
	Xining	老鼠
	Ürümqi	老鼠
	Wuhan	老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic
	Chengdu	老鼠, 耗子
	Chongqing	耗子
	Guiyang	耗子
	Kunming	老鼠, 耗子
	Guilin	老鼠
	Guanyang	老鼠子
	Liuzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Nanning (Wuming)	老鼠
	Xuzhou	老鼠
	Yangzhou	老鼠
	Xinghua	老鼠
	Nanjing	老鼠, 小耳朵
	Hefei	老鼠, 老鼠子
	Nantong	老鼠
	Malaysia	老鼠
	Singapore	老鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	老鼠
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	老鼠
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老鼠
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老鼠
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老鼠
	Macau	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老鼠
	Foshan	老鼠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老鼠
	Foshan (Shunde)	老鼠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老鼠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Qianshan)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老鼠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老鼠
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老鼠
	Taishan	老鼠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老鼠
	Enping (Niujiang)	老鼠
	Heshan (Yayao)	老鼠
	Dongguan	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	老鼠
	Qingyuan	老鼠
	Fogang	老鼠
	Yingde (Hanguang)	老鼠
	Yangshan	老鼠
	Lianshan (Butian)	老鼠
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	老鼠
	Shaoguan	老鼠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老鼠
	Renhua	老鼠
	Lechang	老鼠
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	老鼠
	Sihui	老鼠
	Guangning	老鼠
	Deqing	老鼠
	Huaiji	老鼠
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	老鼠
	Yunfu	老鼠
	Xinxing	老鼠
	Luoding	老鼠
	Yunan (Pingtai)	老鼠
	Yangjiang	老鼠
	Xinyi	老鼠
	Maoming (Xinpo)	老鼠
	Lianjiang	老鼠
	Nanning	老鼠
	Wuzhou	老鼠
	Yulin	老鼠
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老鼠
	Hepu (Shatian)	老鼠
	Guiping	老鼠
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老鼠
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	老鼠
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	老鼠
	Baise	老鼠
	Bobai	老鼠
Lingshan	老鼠
Pubei	老鼠
Qinzhou	老鼠
Beihai	老鼠
Beihai (Nankang)	老鼠
Beihai (Yingpan)	老鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老鼠
Ningming	老鼠
Hengzhou	老鼠
Hezhou (Pumen)	老鼠
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	老鼠
Danzhou	老鼠
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老鼠
Penang (Guangfu)	老鼠
Singapore (Guangfu)	老鼠
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老鼠
Móng Cái	老鼠
Gan	Nanchang	老鼠, 財神 euphemistic
	Pengze	老鼠
	Lichuan	老鼠
	Pingxiang	老鼠子, 老鼠
	Liuyang	老鼠哩
Hakka	Meixian	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老鼠
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	老鼠
	Boluo (Bendihua)	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老鼠
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老鼠
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老鼠
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	老鼠
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	老鼠
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	老鼠
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	老鼠
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	老鼠
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	老鼠
	Conghua (Lütian)	老鼠
	Wuping	了猬
	Yudu	老鼠
	Shicheng	老鼠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老鼠
	Taoyuan	老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老鼠
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	老鼠
	Mashan (Pianlian)	老鼠
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老鼠
	Senai (Huiyang)	老鼠
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老鼠
	Singkawang	老鼠
Huizhou	Jixi	老鼠
	Shexian	老鼠, 尖嘴
	Tunxi	老鼠
	Xiuning	老伯
	Yixian	老鼠
	Qimen	老鼠
	Wuyuan	老鼠
	Fuliang	老鼠
	Dexing	老鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子
	Pingyao	𪕸兒
	Xinzhou	𪕸兒, 耗子
	Taibus (Baochang)	耗子
	Linhe	老鼠, 耗子
	Jining	老鼠, 耗子
	Hohhot	老鼠, 耗子
	Baotou	老鼠
	Dongsheng	老鼠
	Haibowan	老鼠
	Zhangjiakou	老鼠, 耗子
	Handan	老鼠, 耗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老鼠
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	老鼠
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	老鼠
	Pucheng (Shibei)	老鼠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic
	Changle	老鼠
	Fuqing	老鼠
	Ningde	老鼠
	Matsu	老鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥鼠, 鼠
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	鳥鼠
	Quanzhou	老鼠, 鼠
	Jinjiang	老鼠
	Shishi	老鼠
	Zhangzhou	鳥鼠, 鼠
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鳥鼠
	Pinghe	鳥鼠
	Yunxiao	貓鼠
	Zhao'an	貓鼠
	Dongshan	貓鼠
	Taipei	鳥鼠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung	鳥鼠
	Yilan	鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥鼠
	Taichung	鳥鼠
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥鼠
	Tainan	鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠
	Taitung	鳥鼠
	Hsinchu	鳥鼠
	Kinmen	鳥鼠
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥鼠
	Penang (Hokkien)	鳥鼠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥鼠
	Manila (Hokkien)	老鼠
	Longyan	老鼠
	Zhangping	老鼠
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	老鼠
	Datian	鼠母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老鼠
	Chaozhou	貓鼠
	Shantou	貓鼠
	Shantou (Chenghai)	貓鼠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	貓鼠
	Jieyang	貓鼠
	Haifeng	貓鼠
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Wenchang	貓鼠, 老鼠
	Haikou	貓鼠
	Qionghai	貓鼠
Puxian Min	Putian	老鼠
Central Min	Yong'an	老鼠
Zhongshan Min	Shaxi (Longdu)	老鼠
Zhongshan Min	Sanxiang	老鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老鼠
	Nanning (Shajing)	老鼠
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	老鼠
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	老鼠子
Shehua	Fu'an	老鼠
	Fuding	老鼠
	Luoyuan	老鼠
	Sanming	老鼠
	Shunchang	老鼠
	Hua'an	老鼠
	Guixi (Zhangping)	老鼠
	Cangnan	老鼠
	Jingning	老鼠
	Lishui	老鼠
	Longyou	老鼠
	Chaozhou	老鼠
	Fengshun	老鼠
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	老鼠
Wu	Shanghai	老蟲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	老蟲
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	老蟲, 老鼠
	Suzhou	老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	老蟲
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Wuxi	老蟲
	Changshu	老蟲
	Kunshan	老蟲
	Jiaxing	老鼠
	Changzhou	老鼠
	Liyang	老鼠
	Yixing	老鼠
	Danyang	老鼠
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	老鼠
	Jingjiang	老鼠
	Jiangyin	老鼠, 老蟲
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	老蟲
	Hangzhou	老鼠
	Shaoxing	老鼠
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	老鼠
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	老鼠
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	老鼠
	Ningbo	老鼠
	Yuyao	老鼠
	Huangyan	老鼠
	Wenzhou	老鼠
	Quzhou	老鼠
	Jinhua	老鼠
	Yongkang	老鼠
Xiang	Changsha	老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic
	Xiangtan	老鼠子
	Xiangxiang	老鼠子
	Loudi	老鼠子
	Shuangfeng	老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic
	Quanzhou	老鼠

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 老鼠仔 – see 鳥鼠仔 (“small mouse or rat; mouse; rat; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 鳥鼠仔).

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