栗鼠

Chinese

		chestnut	rat; mouse
trad. (栗鼠)		栗	鼠
simp. #(栗鼠)		栗	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): lìshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): leot⁶ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: lìshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧˋ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: lìshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: li⁴-shu³
    • Yale: lì-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: lihshuu
    • Palladius: лишу (lišu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /li⁵¹ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: leot⁶ syu²
    • Yale: leuht syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: loet⁹ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: lêd⁶ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɵt̚² ʃyː³⁵/

Noun

栗鼠

1. squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
2. chinchilla

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 松鼠 (“squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		松鼠, 栗鼠, 灰鼠
Taxonomic name		松鼠
Mandarin	Beijing	松鼠兒
	Taiwan	松鼠
	Wanrong	圪獵
	Xi'an	毛老鼠
	Lanzhou	𦎠𦎑貓
	Guiyang	松鼠
	Guilin	松鼠
	Singapore	松鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	樹吊, 上樹吊
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	𦎠𦎑貓
Cantonese	Hong Kong	松鼠
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膨尾鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	膨尾鼠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	大尾鼠
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	膨鼠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	膨尾鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	膨尾鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨尾鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	圪猁
	Pingyao	圪猁
	Xinzhou	圪猁
Min Dong	Fuzhou	胡鼠, 松鼠
Min Nan	Xiamen	膨鼠, 松鼠
	Taipei (Wanhua)	膨鼠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	膨鼠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	膨尾鼠
	Kaohsiung	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	膨鼠
	Yilan	膨鼠
	Yilan (Toucheng)	膨鼠
	Changhua (Lukang)	膨鼠
	Taichung	膨鼠
	Taichung (Wuqi)	膨鼠
	Tainan	膨鼠
	Tainan (Anping)	膨鼠
	Taitung	膨鼠
	Hsinchu	膨鼠
	Penghu (Magong)	膨鼠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	膨鼠
	Penang (Hokkien)	膨鼠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	膨鼠
	Singapore (Teochew)	杜排
Puxian Min	Putian	田家老鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	松鼠
Wu	Shanghai	松鼠
Xiang	Changsha	松鼠

Derived terms

• 花栗鼠 (huālìshǔ)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (栗鼠):

• → Japanese: 栗鼠(りす) (risu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

栗鼠 (​risu): a red squirrel

Kanji in this term
栗	鼠
りつ > り Jinmeiyō	そ > す Hyōgaiji
irregular

/ritu so/ → /risːo/ → /risːə/ → /risu/

Shift from Middle Chinese-derived compound 栗鼠 (MC liɪt̚ ɕɨʌX, literally “chestnut + mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) り​す [ríꜜsù] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [ɾʲisɨᵝ]

Noun

栗(り)鼠(す) • (risu) 

1. a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)

   Synonym: 木鼠 (kinezumi)

   • c. 2012, “パンツにリスがいるんだよ [S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)]”:

     あ———　パンツにリスが！

     A——— Pantsu ni risu ga!

     AHHHHHHH! There are squirrels in my pants!

     パンツに凄(すご)いリスがいるんだってさ

     Pantsu ni sugoi risu ga iru n da tte sa

     That girl's got some serious squirrels in her pants.

2. Short for 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): the Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• 蝦(エ)夷(ゾ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (Ezo risu, “ground squirrel”)
• 北(キタ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (kitarisu, “red squirrel”)
• 縞(シマ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (shimarisu, “chipmunk”)
• 地(ジ)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (jirisu, “ground squirrel”)
• 台(タイ)湾(ワン)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (Taiwan risu, “Taiwanese squirrel”)
• 日(ニ)本(ホン)栗(リ)鼠(ス) (Nihon risu, “Japanese squirrel”)
• リス亜(あ)目(もく) (risu-amoku, “Sciuromorpha”)
• 栗(リ)鼠(ス)猿(ザル) (risuzaru, “squirrel monkey”)
• 栗(リ)鼠(ス)擬(モドキ) (risumodoki, “tree shrew”)

See also

• 鼯鼠(ムササビ) (musasabi), 鼯鼠(モモンガ) (momonga, “flying squirrel”)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栗	鼠
くり Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 栗(くり) (kuri, “chestnut”) + 鼠(ねずみ) (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) くりね​ずみ [kùrínéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [kɯ̟ᵝɾʲine̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

栗(くり)鼠(ねずみ) • (kurinezumi) 

1. Synonym of リス (risu) above
2. name of a hair color of a horse; grey with tinges of brown (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
3. Short for 栗鼠色 (kurinezumi-iro): a brownish colour, as of a squirrel's fur