老鼠症

Chinese

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (老鼠症)		老鼠	症
simp. #(老鼠症)		老鼠	症

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ló͘-chhír-chèng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ló͘-chhír-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: lóo-tshír-tsìng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /lɔ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/

Noun

老鼠症

1. (Quanzhou Hokkien, pathology) plague

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼠疫 (“plague”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鼠疫, 黑死病
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鼠疫, 黑死病
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鼠疫
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥鼠仔症, 鳥鼠症, 粒仔症
	Quanzhou	老鼠症, 粒仔症
	Tainan	鳥鼠仔症
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥鼠仔症
	Longyan	老鼠瘟

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 老鼠症 – see 鳥鼠症 (“plague”). (This term is a variant form of 鳥鼠症).