老鼠藥

Chinese

		mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person	medicine; drug; cure
trad. (老鼠藥)		老鼠	藥
simp. (老鼠药)		老鼠	药

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lǎoshǔyào

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lou⁵ syu² joek⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lǎoshǔyào [Phonetic: láoshǔyào]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ ㄧㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lǎoshǔyào
    • Wade–Giles: lao³-shu³-yao⁴
    • Yale: lǎu-shǔ-yàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: laoshuuyaw
    • Palladius: лаошуяо (laošujao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ jɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lou⁵ syu² joek⁶
    • Yale: lóuh syú yeuhk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lou⁵ sy² joek⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: lou⁵ xu² yêg⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lou̯¹³ syː³⁵ jœːk̚²/

Noun

老鼠藥

1. rat poison; raticide

Synonyms

• 鼠藥／鼠药 (shǔyào)
• 滅鼠藥／灭鼠药 (mièshǔyào)
• 殺鼠劑／杀鼠剂
• 殺鼠藥／杀鼠药
• 耗子藥／耗子药
• 鼠毒