老鼠症

Chinese

mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (老鼠症) 老鼠 症
simp. #(老鼠症) 老鼠 症

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

老鼠症

  1. (Quanzhou Hokkien, pathology) plague
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 鼠疫 (“plague”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 鼠疫, 黑死病
Northeastern Mandarin Taiwan 鼠疫, 黑死病
Cantonese Hong Kong 鼠疫
Southern Min Xiamen 鳥鼠仔症, 鳥鼠症, 粒仔症
Quanzhou 老鼠症, 粒仔症
Tainan 鳥鼠仔症
Singapore (Hokkien) 鳥鼠仔症
Longyan 老鼠瘟

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 老鼠症 – see 鳥鼠症 (“plague”).
(This term is a variant form of 鳥鼠症).
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