天竺鼠

Chinese

		India; Tianzhu Area	rat; mouse
trad. (天竺鼠)		天竺	鼠
simp. #(天竺鼠)		天竺	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zuk¹ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhúshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhúshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chu²-shu³
    • Yale: tyān-jú-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjwushuu
    • Palladius: тяньчжушу (tjanʹčžušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zuk¹ syu²
    • Yale: tīn jūk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzuk⁷ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zug¹ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ syː³⁵/

Noun

天竺鼠

1. guinea pig

Synonyms

• 豚鼠 (túnshǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	鼠
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
on’yomi		kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天竺 (tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんじく​ねずみ [tèńjíkúꜜ nèzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ᵝ ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

天(てん)竺(じく)鼠(ねずみ) or 天竺鼠(テンジクネズミ) • (tenjiku nezumi) ^{←てんぢくねずみ (tendikunezumi)?}

1. guinea pig

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as テンジクネズミ.

Derived terms

• 鬼天竺鼠(おにてんじくねずみ) (oni tenjiku nezumi): capybara