老鼠屎
Chinese
| mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person | stool; faeces | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (老鼠屎) | 老鼠 | 屎 | |
| simp. #(老鼠屎) | 老鼠 | 屎 | |
| Literally: “mouse excrement”. | |||
Etymology
From the proverb 一粒老鼠屎，壞了一鍋粥 / 一粒老鼠屎，坏了一锅粥 (yī lì lǎoshǔshǐ, huài le yī guō zhōu, “One piece of mouse excrement spoiled one (whole) pot of rice congee.”)
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshǔshǐ [Phonetic: láoshúshǐ]
- Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄕˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǔshǐh
- Wade–Giles: lao3-shu3-shih3
- Yale: lǎu-shǔ-shř
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuushyy
- Palladius: лаошуши (laošuši)
- Sinological IPA (key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂʐ̩²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: lou5 syu2 si2
- Yale: lóuh syú sí
- Cantonese Pinyin: lou5 sy2 si2
- Guangdong Romanization: lou5 xu2 xi2
- Sinological IPA (key): /lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ siː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
老鼠屎
- (figurative) bad apple