小老鼠

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person
trad. (小老鼠)		小	老鼠
simp. #(小老鼠)		小	老鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiǎolǎoshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² lou⁵ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔ [Phonetic: xiǎoláoshǔ] → xiǎolǎoshu (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolǎoshů
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lao³-shu⁵
    • Yale: syǎu-lǎu-shu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulao.shuu
    • Palladius: сяолаошу (sjaolaošu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂu⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔr [Phonetic: xiǎoláoshǔr] → xiǎolǎoshur (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇㄦ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolǎoshůr
    • Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lao³-shu⁵-ʼrh
    • Yale: syǎu-lǎu-shur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulao.shuul
    • Palladius: сяолаошур (sjaolaošur)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂuɻʷ⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: siu² lou⁵ syu²
    • Yale: síu lóuh syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: siu² lou⁵ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lou⁵ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/

Noun

小老鼠

1. (literally) small mouse or rat
2. (figurative, now chiefly Taiwan) at sign (@)
3. (figurative, humorous) biceps muscle, especially when flexed

Synonyms

• (flexed biceps): (Cantonese) 老鼠仔