田鼠
Chinese
field; farm | rat; mouse | ||
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trad. (田鼠) | 田 | 鼠 | |
simp. #(田鼠) | 田 | 鼠 |
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)
- Hanyu Pinyin: tiánshǔ
- Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢˊ ㄕㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: tiánshǔ
- Wade–Giles: tʻien2-shu3
- Yale: tyán-shǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tyanshuu
- Palladius: тяньшу (tjanʹšu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰi̯ɛn³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- Homophones:
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田鼠
- (Standard Chinese)
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: tin4 syu2
- Yale: tìhn syú
- Cantonese Pinyin: tin4 sy2
- Guangdong Romanization: tin4 xu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /tʰiːn²¹ syː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Wu
- Middle Chinese: den syoX
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*lˤiŋ [l̥]aʔ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*l'iːŋ hljaʔ/
Noun
田鼠
- vole; field rat
- 桐始華,田鼠化為鴽。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, trad.]
- From: The Book of Rites, c. 4th – 2nd century BCE
- Tóng shǐ huá, tiánshǔ huàwéi rú. [Pinyin]
- Phoenix trees start to develop flowers. Field mice are replaced by quails.
桐始华,田鼠化为𫛪。 [Traditional Chinese poetry, simp.]
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 田鼠 (“vole”) [map]