尖鼠

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	rat; mouse
trad. (尖鼠)		尖	鼠
simp. ^#(尖鼠)		尖	鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ syu²
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianshǔ
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-shu³
  - Yale: jyān-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshuu
  - Palladius: цзяньшу (czjanʹšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: jiānshǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jianshǔr
  - Wade–Giles: chien¹-shu³-ʼrh
  - Yale: jyān-shǔr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshuul
  - Palladius: цзяньшур (czjanʹšur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: zim¹ syu²
  - Yale: jīm syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ xu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ syː³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamchie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamzhuo
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/

Noun

尖鼠

(～科) shrew (Soricidae)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尖	鼠
とが(り) Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 尖り (togari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 尖る togaru, “to be pointy or sharp”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とがりねずみ [tògárí néꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɡa̠ɾʲi ne̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

尖(とがり)鼠(ねずみ) or 尖鼠(トガリネズミ) • (togarinezumi)

a shrew (mouselike animal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as トガリネズミ (togarinezumi).

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尖	鼠

Noun

尖鼠 • (cheomseo) (hangeul 첨서)

hanja form^? of 첨서 (“shrew”)

[1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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