火鼠
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Chinese
[edit]fire; angry; fierce fire; angry; fierce; fiery; thriving |
rat; mouse | ||
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trad. (火鼠) | 火 | 鼠 | |
simp. #(火鼠) | 火 | 鼠 |
Pronunciation
[edit]- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄏㄨㄛˇ ㄕㄨˇ
- Tongyong Pinyin: huǒshǔ
- Wade–Giles: huo3-shu3
- Yale: hwǒ-shǔ
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: huooshuu
- Palladius: хошу (xošu)
- Sinological IPA (key): /xu̯ɔ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: fo2 syu2
- Yale: fó syú
- Cantonese Pinyin: fo2 sy2
- Guangdong Romanization: fo2 xu2
- Sinological IPA (key): /fɔː³⁵ syː³⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hóe-chhí
- Tâi-lô: hué-tshí
- Phofsit Daibuun: hoefchie
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /hue⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Taipei)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hé-chhú
- Tâi-lô: hé-tshú
- Phofsit Daibuun: hefzhuo
- IPA (Taipei): /he⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
Noun
[edit]火鼠
Synonyms
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Wakan_Sansai_Zue_-_Kaso.jpg/250px-Wakan_Sansai_Zue_-_Kaso.jpg)
Kanji in this term | |
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火 | 鼠 |
ひ Grade: 1 |
ねずみ Hyōgai |
kun'yomi |
Compound of Old Japanese elements 火 (hi, “fire”) + 鼠 (nezumi, “rat, mouse”).[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- a fire-rat: an imaginary creature of ancient China resembling a white rat, thought to live in the volcanoes of the South China Sea and to have fireproof fur
- 10th century: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
- 唐土にある、火鼠の裘を給へ
- もろこしにある、ひねずみのかわごろもをたまえ
- Morokoshi ni aru, hinezumi no kawagoromo o tamae
- Get me the fur robe of the fire-rat in China...
- 唐土にある、火鼠の裘を給へ
- 10th century: The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter
Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
Etymology 2
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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火 | 鼠 |
か Grade: 1 |
そ Hyōgai |
on'yomi |
/kwaso/ → /kaso/
From Middle Chinese compound 火鼠 (MC xwaX syoX, literally “fire rat”). Date of borrowing unknown.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]The hinezumi reading is more common.
References
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