老鼠仔

Chinese

Etymology 1

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	minutely; young; duty minutely; young; duty; responsibility
trad. (老鼠仔)		老鼠	仔
simp. ^#(老鼠仔)		老鼠	仔

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ syu² zai²
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): lo-chhú-é / no-chhú-é

(Meixian, Guangdong): lau³ cu³ ê³

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: lou⁵ syu² zai²
  - Yale: lóuh syú jái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sy² dzai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xu² zei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ t͡sɐi̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: lo-chhú-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: lo cu^ˋ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: lo⁴ cu³ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /lo⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³¹ e³¹⁻¹¹/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: no-chhú-é
  - Hakka Romanization System: no cu^ˋ e^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: no⁴ cu³ e³
  - Sinological IPA: /no⁵⁵ t͡sʰu³¹ e³¹/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: lau³ cu³ ê³
  - Sinological IPA: /lau³¹ t͡sʰu³¹ ʋe³¹/

Noun

老鼠仔

(Cantonese) small mouse or rat (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
(Hakka) mouse; rat (Classifier: 隻／只 h)
- (Can we date this quote?), 郝廣才 [Kuang-Ts'ai Hao], translated by 徐敏莉 [Hsu Min-Li] and 邱一帆 [Chiu Yi-fan], 《英雄毋驚貓仔》‎^[1]:
  
  在大海个另外一片，有一座天堂島，島項淨老鼠仔無貓仔。 [Sixian Hakka, trad.]
  在大海个另外一片，有一座天堂岛，岛项净老鼠仔无猫仔。 [Sixian Hakka, simp.]
  Thî thai-hói ke nang-ngoi yit phién, yû yit chho thiên-thòng tó, tó-hong chhiang ló-chhú-é mò meu-é. [Pha̍k-fa-sṳ]
  On the other side of the sea, there is a paradise island, where there were only mice and no cats.
(Cantonese, figurative, humorous) biceps muscle, especially when flexed (Classifier: 隻／只 c)
- 2013, 莫樹錦 [Tony Mok], 《醫得喜，活得樂》, Hong Kong: 天行者出版 [Skywalker Press], →ISBN, page 8:
  
  條友仔食得玩得又鍾意旅行，學識豐富兼注重細節，最近仲重金買咗部神級相機，好鬼重，重到可以練老鼠仔。 [Cantonese, trad.]
  条友仔食得玩得又钟意旅行，学识丰富兼注重细节，最近仲重金买咗部神级相机，好鬼重，重到可以练老鼠仔。 [Cantonese, simp.]
  tiu⁴ jau^5-2 zai² sik⁶ dak¹ waan^4-2 dak¹ jau⁶ zung¹ ji³ leoi⁵ hang⁴, hok⁶ sik¹ fung¹ fu³ gim¹ zyu³ zung⁶ sai³ zit³, zeoi³ gan⁶ zung⁶ cung⁵ gam¹ maai⁵ zo² bou⁶ san⁴ kap¹ soeng^3-2 gei¹, hou² gwai² cung⁵, cung⁵ dou³ ho² ji⁵ lin⁶ lou⁵ syu² zai². [Jyutping]
  The guy eats hard, plays hard, and likes to travel. He's knowledgeable and pays attention to details. Recently, he even bought a top-tier camera for a large sum. It's so heavy that he can use it to train his biceps.

Synonyms

(mouse):

Dialectal synonyms of 老鼠 (“mouse; rat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鼠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老鼠
Taxonomic name		鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老鼠, 耗子
	Taiwan	老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
	Langfang	耗子
	Chengde	耗子
	Ulanhot	耗子
	Tongliao	耗子
	Chifeng	老鼠, 耗子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耗子
	Heihe	老鼠, 耗子
	Qiqihar	老鼠, 耗子
	Harbin	老鼠, 耗子
	Jiamusi	老鼠, 耗子
	Baicheng	老鼠, 耗子
	Changchun	耗子
	Tonghua	耗子
	Shenyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Jinzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Malaysia	老鼠
	Singapore	老鼠
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老鼠, 耗子
	Tangshan	老鼠, 耗子
	Cangzhou	老鼠
	Baoding	老鼠, 耗子
	Shijiazhuang	老鼠, 耗子
	Lijin	老鼠
	Jinan	老鼠, 耗子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Dalian	耗子
	Dandong	老鼠, 耗子
	Yantai	老鼠
	Yantai (Muping)	老鼠, 耗子
	Qingdao	老鼠, 耗子
	Zhucheng	耗子, 土耗子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Lingbao	老鼠
	Jining	老鼠, 耗子
	Daming	老鼠
	Yuncheng	老鼠
	Wenxi	老鼠
	Yongji	老鼠
	Wanrong	老鼠
	Linfen	老鼠
	Jixian	老鼠, 圪老夜
	Huozhou	老鼠
	Shangqiu	老鼠, 耗子
	Yuanyang	耗子
	Zhengzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Xinyang	老鼠
	Baihe	老鼠, 耗子
	Xi'an	老鼠
	Baoji	老鼠
	Tianshui	老鼠
	Xining	老鼠
	Xuzhou	老鼠
	Fuyang	老鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	老鼠
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	老鼠
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子
	Bayanhot	老鼠
	Lanzhou	老鼠子, 老鼠
	Dunhuang	老鼠
	Hami	老鼠
	Ürümqi	老鼠
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老鼠, 耗子
	Nanchong	老鼠, 耗子
	Dazhou	耗子
	Hanyuan	老鼠子
	Xichang	老鼠, 耗子
	Zigong	老鼠, 耗子
	Chongqing	耗子
	Wuhan	老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic
	Yichang	老鼠, 耗子
	Xiangyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Tianmen	老鼠, 老鼠子
	Guiyang	耗子
	Zunyi	老鼠, 耗子
	Bijie	耗子
	Liping	老鼠
	Zhaotong	老鼠, 耗子
	Dali	耗子
	Kunming	老鼠, 耗子
	Mengzi	耗子
	Guilin	老鼠
	Guanyang	老鼠子
	Liuzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Nanning (Wuming)	老鼠
	Jishou	老鼠
	Changde	老鼠, 耗子
	Hanzhong	老鼠, 耗子
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老鼠
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老鼠
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老鼠, 小耳朵
	Yangzhou	老鼠
	Lianyungang	老鼠
	Lianshui	老鼠
	Xinghua	老鼠
	Nantong	老鼠
	Anqing	老鼠
	Wuhu	老鼠, 老鼠子
	Hefei	老鼠, 老鼠子
	Hong'an	老鼠, 高客
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老鼠
	Macau	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老鼠
	Foshan	老鼠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老鼠
	Foshan (Shunde)	老鼠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老鼠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老鼠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老鼠
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老鼠
	Taishan	老鼠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老鼠
	Enping (Niujiang)	老鼠
	Heshan (Yayao)	老鼠
	Dongguan	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	老鼠
	Qingyuan	老鼠
	Fogang	老鼠
	Yingde (Hanguang)	老鼠
	Yangshan	老鼠
	Lianshan (Butian)	老鼠
	Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui)	老鼠
	Shaoguan	老鼠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老鼠
	Renhua	老鼠
	Lechang	老鼠
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	老鼠
	Sihui	老鼠
	Guangning	老鼠
	Deqing	老鼠
	Huaiji	老鼠
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	老鼠
	Yunfu	老鼠
	Xinxing	老鼠
	Luoding	老鼠
	Yunan (Pingtai)	老鼠
	Yangjiang	老鼠
	Xinyi	老鼠
	Maoming (Xinpo)	老鼠
	Lianjiang	老鼠
	Nanning	老鼠
	Wuzhou	老鼠
	Yulin	老鼠
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老鼠
	Hepu (Shatian)	老鼠
	Guiping	老鼠
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老鼠
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	老鼠
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	老鼠
	Baise	老鼠
	Bobai	老鼠
Lingshan	老鼠
Pubei	老鼠
Qinzhou	老鼠
Beihai	老鼠
Beihai (Nankang)	老鼠
Beihai (Yingpan)	老鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老鼠
Ningming	老鼠
Hengzhou	老鼠
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	老鼠
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	老鼠
Danzhou	老鼠
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老鼠
Penang (Guangfu)	老鼠
Singapore (Guangfu)	老鼠
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老鼠
Móng Cái	老鼠
Gan	Nanchang	老鼠, 財神 euphemistic
	Pengze	老鼠
	Lichuan	老鼠
	Pingxiang	老鼠子, 老鼠
	Liuyang	老鼠哩
Hakka	Meixian	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老鼠
	Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Boluo (Bendihua)	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老鼠
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老鼠
	Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老鼠
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	老鼠, 尖支鬼
	Wuping	了猬
	Yudu	老鼠
	Shicheng	老鼠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老鼠
	Taoyuan	老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老鼠
	Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian)	老鼠
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian)	老鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老鼠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	老鼠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	老鼠仔
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	老鼠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping)	老鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老鼠
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	老鼠
	Mashan (Pianlian)	老鼠
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老鼠
	Senai (Huiyang)	老鼠
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老鼠
	Singkawang	老鼠
Huizhou	Jixi	老鼠
	Shexian	老鼠, 尖嘴
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	老鼠
	Xiuning	老伯
	Yixian	老鼠
	Qimen	老鼠
	Wuyuan	老鼠
	Fuliang	老鼠
	Dexing	老鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子
	Taiyuan (Jiancaoping)	老鼠
	Taiyuan (Jinyuan)	毛𪕸兒, 老鼠
	Qingxu	毛𪕸兒, 𪕸兒
	Loufan	老鼠
	Jinzhong (Taigu)	老鼠
	Pingyao	𪕸兒
	Heshun	老鼠
	Qixian	老鼠
	Yangyuan	耗子
	Datong	耗子
	Tianzhen	耗子
	Guangling	耗子
	Suozhou	耗子
	Shanyin	耗子
	Pingding	老鼠
	Xinzhou	𪕸兒, 耗子
	Wutai	𪕸子, 耗子
	Daixian	耗子
	Wuzhai	耗子
	Lüliang (Lishi)	老鼠, 𪕸兒, 旮旯兒家
	Shilou	老鼠
	Fenyang	𪕸兒, 毛𪕸兒
	Lanxian	老鼠
	Linxian	旮旯家
	Wenshui	𪕸兒
	Xiaoyi	𪕸兒
	Fenxi	旮旯裡家
	Xixian	老鼠
	Changzhi	老鼠, 耗子, 老耗子
	Taibus (Baochang)	耗子
	Linhe	老鼠, 耗子
	Pingshun	老耗子
	Zhangzi	老耗子
	Qinxian	旮旯家
	Jincheng	老鼠
	Lingchuan	缸旮旯
	Yangcheng	老鼠
	Gaoping	老鼠
	Jining	老鼠, 耗子
	Hohhot	老鼠, 耗子
	Baotou	老鼠
	Dongsheng	老鼠
	Haibowan	老鼠
	Erenhot	老鼠, 耗子
	Pingshan	老鼠
	Zhangjiakou	老鼠, 耗子
	Handan	老鼠, 耗子
	Linzhou	老鼠
	Suide	老鼠
	Shenmu	老鼠
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老鼠
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	老鼠
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	老鼠
	Pucheng (Shibei)	老鼠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老鼠
	Fuqing	老鼠
	Ningde	老鼠
	Matsu	老鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥鼠, 鼠
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	鳥鼠
	Quanzhou	老鼠, 鼠
	Jinjiang	老鼠
	Shishi	老鼠
	Zhangzhou	鳥鼠, 鼠
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鳥鼠
	Pinghe	鳥鼠
	Yunxiao	貓鼠
	Zhao'an	貓鼠
	Dongshan	貓鼠
	Taipei	鳥鼠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	鳥鼠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鳥鼠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang)	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung (Tianliao)	鳥鼠
	Yilan	鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔
	Yilan (Luodong)	鳥鼠
	Yilan (Toucheng)	鳥鼠
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥鼠
	Changhua (Yongjing)	貓鼠
	Taichung	鳥鼠
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥鼠
	Tainan	鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠
	Tainan (Anping)	鳥鼠
	Taitung	鳥鼠
	Hsinchu	鳥鼠
	Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng)	貓鼠
	Kinmen	鳥鼠
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥鼠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	鳥鼠
	Penang (Hokkien)	鳥鼠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥鼠
	Manila (Hokkien)	老鼠
	Longyan	老鼠
	Zhangping	老鼠
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	老鼠
	Datian	鼠母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老鼠
	Chaozhou	貓鼠
	Shantou	貓鼠
	Shantou (Chenghai)	貓鼠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	貓鼠
	Jieyang	貓鼠
	Haifeng	貓鼠
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Wenchang	貓鼠, 老鼠
	Haikou	貓鼠
	Qionghai	貓鼠
Puxian Min	Putian	廬鼠
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	廬鼠
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	廬鼠
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	廬鼠
	Xianyou	廬鼠
	Xianyou (Fengting)	廬鼠
	Xianyou (Youyang)	廬鼠
Central Min	Yong'an	老鼠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	老鼠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	老鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老鼠
	Nanning (Shajing)	老鼠
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	老鼠
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	老鼠子
Shehua	Fu'an	老鼠
	Fuding	老鼠
	Luoyuan	老鼠
	Sanming	老鼠
	Shunchang	老鼠
	Hua'an	老鼠
	Guixi (Zhangping)	老鼠
	Cangnan	老鼠
	Jingning (Hexi)	老鼠
	Lishui	老鼠
	Longyou	老鼠
	Chaozhou	老鼠
	Fengshun	老鼠
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	老鼠
Wu	Shanghai	老蟲
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	老蟲, 老鼠
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	老蟲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Suzhou	老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	老蟲
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Wuxi	老蟲
	Changshu	老蟲
	Kunshan	老蟲
	Jiaxing	老鼠
	Changzhou	老鼠
	Liyang	老鼠
	Yixing	老鼠
	Danyang	老鼠
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	老鼠
	Jingjiang	老鼠
	Jiangyin	老鼠, 老蟲
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	老蟲
	Hangzhou	老鼠
	Shaoxing	老鼠
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	老鼠
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	老鼠
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	老鼠
	Ningbo	老鼠
	Yuyao	老鼠
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	老鼠
	Wenzhou	老鼠
	Quzhou	老鼠
	Jinhua	老鼠
	Yongkang	老鼠
Xiang	Changsha	老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic
	Xiangtan	老鼠子
	Xiangxiang	老鼠子
	Loudi	老鼠子
	Shuangfeng	老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic
	Hengyang	老鼠子, 耗子
	Quanzhou	老鼠
Xiangnan Tuhua	Jiangyong	鼠, 老鼠
Xiangnan Tuhua	Dong'an	老鼠
Yuebei Tuhua	Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)	老鼠
	Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)	老鼠
	Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)	老鼠
	Renhua (Zhoutian)	老鼠
	Renhua (Shitang)	老鼠
	Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)	老鼠
	Lechang (Changlai)	老鼠
	Lechang (Beixiang)	老鼠
	Lechang (Huangpu)	老鼠
	Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)	老鼠
	Lechang (Sanxi)	老鼠

(biceps): 小老鼠 (xiǎolǎoshǔ)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 老鼠仔 – see 鳥鼠仔 (“small mouse or rat; mouse; rat; etc.”). (This term is a variant form of 鳥鼠仔).