劃鼠

Chinese

		to delimit; to transfer; to assign to delimit; to transfer; to assign; to differentiate; to mark off; to draw (a line); to delete; stroke of a Chinese character	rat; mouse
trad. (劃鼠)		劃	鼠
simp. (划鼠)		划	鼠

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): uêh⁸ ce²

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• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: uêh⁸ ce²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ue̍h tshṳ́
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ueʔ⁴⁻² t͡sʰɯ⁵²/

Noun

劃鼠

1. (～魚) (Teochew) a species of catfish
   • 1883, Adele Marion Fielde, “窟”, in A Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect, Arranged According to Syllables and Tones, Shanghai: American Presbyterian Mission Press, page 327:

     這撮劃鼠是在窟上拿的。 [Teochew, trad.]
     这撮划鼠是在窟上拿的。 [Teochew, simp.]

     zi² coh⁴ uêh⁸ ce² si⁶ do^1[SIC] kug⁴ dêng³ liah⁸ gai⁵. [Peng'im]

     These bull-heads were caught in a pool.

   • 廣東潮州歌冊《百魚歌》 [1]

     劃鼠生來嘴有鬚 [Teochew, trad.]
     划鼠生来嘴有须 [Teochew, simp.]

     uêh⁸ ce² sên¹ lai⁵ cui³ u⁶ ciu¹ [Peng'im]

     the catfish is born with whiskers on its mouth