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- Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Magong, Penang, Medan)
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Hsinchu, Yilan)
- (Hokkien: Tong'an, Lukang, Sanxia, Hsinchu, Kinmen, Singapore)
鳥鼠
- (Hokkien) mouse; rat (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)
Dialectal synonyms of
老鼠 (“mouse; rat”)
[map]
| Variety
|
Location
|
Words
|
| Classical Chinese
|
鼠
|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese)
|
老鼠
|
| Taxonomic name
|
鼠
|
| Northeastern Mandarin
|
Beijing
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Taiwan
|
老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
|
| Langfang
|
耗子
|
| Ulanhot
|
耗子
|
| Tongliao
|
耗子
|
| Chifeng
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Hulunbuir (Hailar)
|
耗子
|
| Harbin
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Shenyang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Malaysia
|
老鼠
|
| Singapore
|
老鼠
|
| Jilu Mandarin
|
Tianjin
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Tangshan
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Cangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Baoding
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Shijiazhuang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Jinan
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Jiaoliao Mandarin
|
Yantai (Muping)
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Qingdao
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Central Plains Mandarin
|
Luoyang
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Daming
|
老鼠
|
| Wanrong
|
老鼠
|
| Zhengzhou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Xi'an
|
老鼠
|
| Xining
|
老鼠
|
| Xuzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)
|
老鼠
|
| Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)
|
老鼠
|
| Lanyin Mandarin
|
Yinchuan
|
老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子
|
| Bayanhot
|
老鼠
|
| Lanzhou
|
老鼠子, 老鼠
|
| Ürümqi
|
老鼠
|
| Southwestern Mandarin
|
Chengdu
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Chongqing
|
耗子
|
| Wuhan
|
老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic
|
| Guiyang
|
耗子
|
| Kunming
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Guilin
|
老鼠
|
| Guanyang
|
老鼠子
|
| Liuzhou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Nanning (Wuming)
|
老鼠
|
| Mae Salong (Lancang)
|
老鼠
|
| Mae Sai (Tengchong)
|
老鼠
|
| Jianghuai Mandarin
|
Nanjing
|
老鼠, 小耳朵
|
| Yangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Xinghua
|
老鼠
|
| Nantong
|
老鼠
|
| Hefei
|
老鼠, 老鼠子
|
| Cantonese
|
Guangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong
|
老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
|
| Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong (Ting Kok)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)
|
老鼠
|
| Macau
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Panyu)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Conghua)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Zengcheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Shunde)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Sanshui)
|
老鼠
|
| Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhongshan (Shiqi)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuhai (Doumen)
|
老鼠
|
| Jiangmen (Baisha)
|
老鼠
|
| Jiangmen (Xinhui)
|
老鼠
|
| Taishan
|
老鼠
|
| Kaiping (Chikan)
|
老鼠
|
| Enping (Niujiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Heshan (Yayao)
|
老鼠
|
| Dongguan
|
老鼠
|
| Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)
|
老鼠
|
| Shenzhen (Dapeng)
|
老鼠
|
| Qingyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Fogang
|
老鼠
|
| Yingde (Hanguang)
|
老鼠
|
| Yangshan
|
老鼠
|
| Lianshan (Butian)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoguan
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoguan (Qujiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Renhua
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang
|
老鼠
|
| Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)
|
老鼠
|
| Sihui
|
老鼠
|
| Guangning
|
老鼠
|
| Deqing
|
老鼠
|
| Huaiji
|
老鼠
|
| Fengkai (Nanfeng)
|
老鼠
|
| Yunfu
|
老鼠
|
| Xinxing
|
老鼠
|
| Luoding
|
老鼠
|
| Yunan (Pingtai)
|
老鼠
|
| Yangjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Xinyi
|
老鼠
|
| Maoming (Xinpo)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Nanning
|
老鼠
|
| Wuzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Yulin
|
老鼠
|
| Hepu (Lianzhou)
|
老鼠
|
| Hepu (Shatian)
|
老鼠
|
| Guiping
|
老鼠
|
| Mengshan (Xihe)
|
老鼠
|
| Guigang (Nanjiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Beiliu (Tangliao)
|
老鼠
|
| Baise
|
老鼠
|
| Bobai
|
老鼠
|
| Lingshan
|
老鼠
|
| Pubei
|
老鼠
|
| Qinzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Nankang)
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Yingpan)
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)
|
老鼠
|
| Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)
|
老鼠
|
| Ningming
|
老鼠
|
| Hengzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)
|
老鼠
|
| Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Danzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Penang (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Singapore (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Móng Cái
|
老鼠
|
| Gan
|
Nanchang
|
老鼠, 財神 euphemistic
|
| Pengze
|
老鼠
|
| Lichuan
|
老鼠
|
| Pingxiang
|
老鼠子, 老鼠
|
| Liuyang
|
老鼠哩
|
| Hakka
|
Meixian
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Dongguan (Qingxi)
|
老鼠
|
| Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Boluo (Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)
|
老鼠
|
| Zengcheng (Zhengguo)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Shuizhai)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Huacheng)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Changbu)
|
老鼠
|
| Wuhua (Mianyang)
|
老鼠
|
| Heyuan (Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)
|
老鼠
|
| Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)
|
老鼠
|
| Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)
|
老鼠, 尖支鬼
|
| Wuping
|
了猬
|
| Yudu
|
老鼠
|
| Shicheng
|
老鼠
|
| Shangyou (Shexi)
|
老鼠
|
| Taoyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Miaoli (N. Sixian)
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)
|
老鼠
|
| Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)
|
老鼠
|
| Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)
|
老鼠, 老鼠仔
|
| Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)
|
老鼠
|
| Hong Kong
|
老鼠
|
| Luchuan (Daqiao)
|
老鼠
|
| Beiliu (Tang'an)
|
老鼠
|
| Mashan (Pianlian)
|
老鼠
|
| Sabah (Longchuan)
|
老鼠
|
| Senai (Huiyang)
|
老鼠
|
| Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)
|
老鼠
|
| Singkawang
|
老鼠
|
| Huizhou
|
Jixi
|
老鼠
|
| Shexian
|
老鼠, 尖嘴
|
| Huangshan (Tunxi)
|
老鼠
|
| Xiuning
|
老伯
|
| Yixian
|
老鼠
|
| Qimen
|
老鼠
|
| Wuyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Fuliang
|
老鼠
|
| Dexing
|
老鼠
|
| Jin
|
Taiyuan
|
老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子
|
| Pingyao
|
𪕸兒
|
| Xinzhou
|
𪕸兒, 耗子
|
| Taibus (Baochang)
|
耗子
|
| Linhe
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Jining
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Hohhot
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Baotou
|
老鼠
|
| Dongsheng
|
老鼠
|
| Haibowan
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangjiakou
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Handan
|
老鼠, 耗子
|
| Northern Min
|
Jian'ou
|
老鼠
|
| Jian'ou (Dikou)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhenghe (Zhenqian)
|
老鼠
|
| Pucheng (Shibei)
|
老鼠
|
| Eastern Min
|
Fuzhou
|
老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic
|
| Fuzhou (Changle)
|
老鼠
|
| Fuqing
|
老鼠
|
| Ningde
|
老鼠
|
| Matsu
|
老鼠
|
| Southern Min
|
Xiamen
|
鳥鼠, 鼠
|
| Xiamen (Tong'an)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Quanzhou
|
老鼠, 鼠
|
| Jinjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Shishi
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangzhou
|
鳥鼠, 鼠
|
| Zhangzhou (Changtai)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Pinghe
|
鳥鼠
|
| Yunxiao
|
貓鼠
|
| Zhao'an
|
貓鼠
|
| Dongshan
|
貓鼠
|
| Taipei
|
鳥鼠
|
| New Taipei (Sanxia)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kaohsiung
|
鳥鼠
|
| Yilan
|
鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔
|
| Changhua (Lukang)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Taichung
|
鳥鼠
|
| Taichung (Wuqi)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Tainan
|
鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠
|
| Taitung
|
鳥鼠
|
| Hsinchu
|
鳥鼠
|
| Kinmen
|
鳥鼠
|
| Penghu (Magong)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Penang (Hokkien)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Singapore (Hokkien)
|
鳥鼠
|
| Manila (Hokkien)
|
老鼠
|
| Longyan
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangping
|
老鼠
|
| Zhangping (Yongfu)
|
老鼠
|
| Datian
|
鼠母
|
| Pingnan (Shangdu)
|
老鼠
|
| Chaozhou
|
貓鼠
|
| Shantou
|
貓鼠
|
| Shantou (Chenghai)
|
貓鼠
|
| Shantou (Chaoyang)
|
貓鼠
|
| Jieyang
|
貓鼠
|
| Haifeng
|
貓鼠
|
| Bangkok (Teochew)
|
貓鼠
|
| Johor Bahru (Teochew)
|
貓鼠
|
| Singapore (Teochew)
|
貓鼠
|
| Wenchang
|
貓鼠, 老鼠
|
| Haikou
|
貓鼠
|
| Qionghai
|
貓鼠
|
| Puxian Min
|
Putian
|
廬鼠
|
| Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)
|
廬鼠
|
| Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)
|
廬鼠
|
| Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)
|
廬鼠
|
| Xianyou
|
廬鼠
|
| Xianyou (Fengting)
|
廬鼠
|
| Xianyou (Youyang)
|
廬鼠
|
| Central Min
|
Yong'an
|
老鼠
|
| Zhongshan Min
|
Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)
|
老鼠
|
| Zhongshan (Sanxiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Southern Pinghua
|
Nanning (Tingzi)
|
老鼠
|
| Nanning (Shajing)
|
老鼠
|
| Binyang (Xinqiao)
|
老鼠
|
| Northern Pinghua
|
Guilin (Dahe)
|
老鼠子
|
| Shehua
|
Fu'an
|
老鼠
|
| Fuding
|
老鼠
|
| Luoyuan
|
老鼠
|
| Sanming
|
老鼠
|
| Shunchang
|
老鼠
|
| Hua'an
|
老鼠
|
| Guixi (Zhangping)
|
老鼠
|
| Cangnan
|
老鼠
|
| Jingning (Hexi)
|
老鼠
|
| Lishui
|
老鼠
|
| Longyou
|
老鼠
|
| Chaozhou
|
老鼠
|
| Fengshun
|
老鼠
|
| Waxiang
|
Yuanling (Shaojiwan)
|
老鼠
|
| Wu
|
Shanghai
|
老蟲
|
| Shanghai (Songjiang)
|
老蟲, 老鼠
|
| Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)
|
老鼠, 老蟲
|
| Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)
|
老鼠, 老蟲
|
| Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)
|
老蟲
|
| Shanghai (Chongming)
|
老鼠, 老蟲
|
| Suzhou
|
老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous
|
| Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)
|
老蟲
|
| Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)
|
老鼠, 老蟲
|
| Wuxi
|
老蟲
|
| Changshu
|
老蟲
|
| Kunshan
|
老蟲
|
| Jiaxing
|
老鼠
|
| Changzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Liyang
|
老鼠
|
| Yixing
|
老鼠
|
| Danyang
|
老鼠
|
| Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)
|
老鼠
|
| Jingjiang
|
老鼠
|
| Jiangyin
|
老鼠, 老蟲
|
| Huzhou (Shuanglin)
|
老蟲
|
| Hangzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoxing
|
老鼠
|
| Zhuji (Wangjiajing)
|
老鼠
|
| Shengzhou (Chongren)
|
老鼠
|
| Shengzhou (Taiping)
|
老鼠
|
| Ningbo
|
老鼠
|
| Yuyao
|
老鼠
|
| Taizhou (Huangyan)
|
老鼠
|
| Wenzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Quzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Jinhua
|
老鼠
|
| Yongkang
|
老鼠
|
| Xiang
|
Changsha
|
老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic
|
| Xiangtan
|
老鼠子
|
| Xiangxiang
|
老鼠子
|
| Loudi
|
老鼠子
|
| Shuangfeng
|
老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic
|
| Quanzhou
|
老鼠
|
| Xiangnan Tuhua
|
Jiangyong
|
鼠, 老鼠
|
| Dong'an
|
老鼠
|
| Yuebei Tuhua
|
Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Renhua (Zhoutian)
|
老鼠
|
| Renhua (Shitang)
|
老鼠
|
| Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou)
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang (Changlai)
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang (Beixiang)
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang (Huangpu)
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi)
|
老鼠
|
| Lechang (Sanxi)
|
老鼠
|
