栗鼠

Chinese

		chestnut	rat; mouse
trad. (栗鼠)		栗	鼠
simp. #(栗鼠)		栗	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-shu³
    • Yale: lì-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshuu
    • Palladius: лишу (lišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leot⁶ syu²
    • Yale: leuht syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚² syː³⁵/

Noun

栗鼠

1. squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
2. chinchilla

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 松鼠 (“squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		松鼠, 栗鼠, 灰鼠
Taxonomic name		松鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	松鼠兒
	Taiwan	松鼠
	Singapore	松鼠
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	圪獵
	Xi'an	毛老鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	樹吊, 上樹吊
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	𦎠𦎑貓
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	𦎠𦎑貓
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	松鼠
	Guilin	松鼠
	Kokang	貂鼠
Cantonese	Hong Kong	松鼠
Hakka	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	邊瓜鼠
	Liancheng (Juxi)	搬家老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膨尾鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	膨尾鼠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	大尾鼠
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	膨鼠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	膨尾鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	膨尾鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨尾鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	圪猁
	Pingyao	圪猁
	Xinzhou	圪猁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	胡鼠, 松鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	膨鼠, 松鼠
	Taipei (Wanhua)	膨鼠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	膨鼠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	膨尾鼠
	Kaohsiung	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	膨鼠
	Yilan	膨鼠
	Yilan (Toucheng)	膨鼠
	Changhua (Lukang)	膨鼠
	Taichung	膨鼠
	Taichung (Wuqi)	膨鼠
	Tainan	膨鼠
	Tainan (Anping)	膨鼠
	Taitung	膨鼠
	Hsinchu	膨鼠
	Penghu (Magong)	膨鼠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	膨鼠
	Penang (Hokkien)	膨鼠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	膨鼠, 飛鼠
	Medan (Hokkien)	膨毛鼠
	Singapore (Teochew)	杜排
Puxian Min	Putian	𫜣家廬鼠
	Xianyou (Fengting)	當家廬鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	松鼠
Wu	Shanghai	松鼠
Xiang	Changsha	松鼠
	Shaoyang	松鼠

Derived terms

• 花栗鼠 (huālìshǔ)

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (栗鼠):

• → Japanese: 栗鼠(りす) (risu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

栗鼠 (​risu): a red squirrel

Kanji in this term
栗	鼠
りつ > り Jinmeiyō	そ > す Hyōgai
irregular

/ritu so/ → /risːo/ → /risːə/ → /risu/

Shift from Middle Chinese-derived compound 栗鼠 (MC lit syoX, literally “chestnut + mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) りす [ríꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲisɨ]

Noun

栗(り)鼠(す) or 栗鼠(リス) • (risu) 

1. a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)

   Synonym: 木鼠 (kinezumi)

   • c. 2012, “パンツにリスがいるんだよ”:

     あ———　パンツにリスが！

     A——— Pantsu ni risu ga!

     AHHHHHHH! There are squirrels in my pants!

     パンツに凄(すご)いリスがいるんだってさ

     Pantsu ni sugoi risu ga iru n da tte sa

     That girl's got some serious squirrels in her pants.

2. Short for 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): the Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 蝦(エ)夷(ゾ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (Ezo risu, “ground squirrel”)
• 北(キタ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (kitarisu, “red squirrel”)
• 縞(シマ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (shimarisu, “chipmunk”)
• 地(ジ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (jirisu, “ground squirrel”)
• 台(タイ)湾(ワン)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (Taiwan risu, “Taiwanese squirrel”)
• 日(ニ)本(ホン)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (Nihon risu, “Japanese squirrel”)
• リス亜(あ)目(もく) (risu-amoku, “Sciuromorpha”)
• 栗(リ)鼠(ス)猿(ザル) (risuzaru, “squirrel monkey”)
• 栗(リ)鼠(ス)擬(モドキ) (risumodoki, “tree shrew”)

See also

• 鼯鼠(ムササビ) (musasabi), 鼯鼠(モモンガ) (momonga, “flying squirrel”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栗	鼠
くり Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of 栗(くり) (kuri, “chestnut”) + 鼠(ねずみ) (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くりねずみ [kùrínéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ɾʲine̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

栗(くり)鼠(ねずみ) • (kurinezumi) 

1. Synonym of リス (risu) above
2. name of a hair color of a horse; grey with tinges of brown (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
3. Short for 栗鼠色 (kurinezumi-iro): a brownish colour, as of a squirrel's fur