竹鼠

Chinese

		bamboo	rat; mouse
trad. (竹鼠)		竹	鼠
simp. #(竹鼠)		竹	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zuk¹ syu²
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): doeh⁶ cy³ / dyeh⁶ cy³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tek-chhí / tek-chhú / tek-chhír

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhúshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhúshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: chu²-shu³
    • Yale: jú-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jwushuu
    • Palladius: чжушу (čžušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zuk¹ syu²
    • Yale: jūk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzuk⁷ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zug¹ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʊk̚⁵ syː³⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: doeh⁶ cy³ [Phonetic: doeh⁷ cy³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tœʔ¹⁻⁴⁵ t͡sʰy⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: dyeh⁶ cy³ [Phonetic: dyeh⁷ cy³]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tyøʔ²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰy³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: tik-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekchie
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: tik-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dekzhuo
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Yongchun)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tek-chhír
    • Tâi-lô: tik-tshír
    • IPA (Yongchun): /tiɪk̚³²⁻⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁵³/

Noun

竹鼠

1. bamboo rat
2. (specifically) Chinese bamboo rat (Rhizomys sinensis)

Synonyms

• (obsolete) 䶉 (liú)

Derived terms

• 中華竹鼠 / 中华竹鼠 (“Rhizomys sinensis”)
• 大竹鼠 (“Rhizomys sumatrensis”)
• 花白竹鼠 (“Rhizomys pruinosus”)
• 銀星竹鼠 / 银星竹鼠 (“Rhizomys pruinosus”)

References

• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “竹鼠”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 140.