鼠蹊

Chinese

		rat; mouse	footpath
trad. (鼠蹊)		鼠	蹊
simp. #(鼠蹊)		鼠	蹊

Etymology

So named as the groin resembles in appearance to the depressed path leading to a rat hole.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu² hai⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔsi
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-hsi¹
    • Yale: shǔ-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushi
    • Palladius: шуси (šusi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu² hai⁴
    • Yale: syú hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy² hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu² hei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³⁵ hɐi̯²¹/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鼠蹊

1. (anatomy) groin

Synonyms

• 腹股溝／腹股沟 (fùgǔgōu)
• (Min Nan) 骱邊／骱边, 步盤邊／步盘边, 骱溝／骱沟

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
鼠	蹊
そ Hyōgai	けい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative forms

• 鼠径

Noun

鼠(そ)蹊(けい) • (sokei) 

1. groin

Synonyms

• 鼠蹊部(そけいぶ) (sokeibu)

Derived terms

• 鼠蹊管(そけいかん) (sokeikan, “inguinal canal”)
• 鼠蹊部(そけいぶ) (sokeibu, “groin”)
• 鼠蹊(そけい)ヘルニア (sokei herunia)
• 鼠蹊(そけい)リンパ肉芽腫症(にくがしゅしょう) (sokei rinpa nikugashushō)

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Korean

Hanja in this term
鼠	蹊

Noun

鼠蹊 • (seohye) (hangeul 서혜)

1. hanja form^? of 서혜 (“groin”)