窮鼠齧貓

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	rat; mouse	surname; gnaw	cat
trad. (窮鼠齧貓/窮鼠嚙貓)		窮	鼠	齧/嚙	貓
simp. (穷鼠啮猫)		穷	鼠	啮	猫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngshǔnièmāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ maau¹ / kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ maau¹ / kung⁴ syu² ngaat⁶ maau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qióngshǔnièmāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngshǔnièmao
    • Wade–Giles: chʻiung²-shu³-nieh⁴-mao¹
    • Yale: chyúng-shǔ-nyè-māu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongshuuniehmhau
    • Palladius: цюншунемао (cjunšunemao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ʊŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ni̯ɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ maau¹ / kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ maau¹ / kung⁴ syu² ngaat⁶ maau¹
    • Yale: kùhng syú yiht māau / kùhng syú ngiht māau / kùhng syú ngaaht māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ sy² jit⁹ maau¹ / kung⁴ sy² ngit⁹ maau¹ / kung⁴ sy² ngaat⁹ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ xu² yid⁶ mao¹ / kung⁴ xu² ngid⁶ mao¹ / kung⁴ xu² ngad⁶ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ jiːt̚² maːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² maːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵ ŋaːt̚² maːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

窮鼠齧貓

1. Synonym of 窮鼠齧狸 / 穷鼠啮狸 (qióngshǔ nièlí)