白鼠

Chinese

		white; empty; blank white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous	rat; mouse
trad. (白鼠)		白	鼠
simp. ^#(白鼠)		白	鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): báishǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): baak⁶ syu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: báishǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄞˊ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: báishǔ
  - Wade–Giles: pai²-shu³
  - Yale: bái-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bairshuu
  - Palladius: байшу (bajšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paɪ̯³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: baak⁶ syu²
  - Yale: baahk syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: baak⁹ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: bag⁶ xu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /paːk̚² syː³⁵/

Noun

白鼠

white mouse; white rat
talpid; mole
Synonym: 鼴鼠 / 鼹鼠 (yǎnshǔ)
(literary, Chinese mythology) one-hundred-year-old mouse

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (白鼠):

→ Korean: 백서(白鼠) (baekseo)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
白	鼠
しろ Grade: 1	ねずみ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) しろねずみ [shìrónéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ne̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)鼠(ねずみ) • (shironezumi)

white mouse or rat
(figurative) faithful employee

References

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	鼠

Noun

白鼠 • (baekseo) (hangeul 백서)

hanja form^? of 백서 (“white laboratory mouse”)