小老鼠

Chinese

		small; tiny; few small; tiny; few; young	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person
trad. (小老鼠)		小	老鼠
simp. ^#(小老鼠)		小	老鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): xiǎolǎoshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): siu² lou⁵ syu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔ [Phonetic: xiǎoláoshǔ] → xiǎolǎoshu (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolǎoshů
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lao³-shu⁵
  - Yale: syǎu-lǎu-shu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulao.shuu
  - Palladius: сяолаошу (sjaolaošu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂu⁴/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiǎolǎoshǔr [Phonetic: xiǎoláoshǔr] → xiǎolǎoshur (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇㄦ → ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄌㄠˇ ˙ㄕㄨㄦ (toneless final syllable variant)
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siǎolǎoshůr
  - Wade–Giles: hsiao³-lao³-shu⁵-ʼrh
  - Yale: syǎu-lǎu-shur
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sheaulao.shuul
  - Palladius: сяолаошур (sjaolaošur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ → /ɕi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴ ʂuɻʷ⁴/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: siu² lou⁵ syu²
  - Yale: síu lóuh syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: siu² lou⁵ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: xiu² lou⁵ xu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siːu̯³⁵ lou̯¹³ syː³⁵/

Noun

小老鼠

(literally) small mouse or rat
(figurative, now chiefly Taiwan) at sign (@)
(figurative, humorous) biceps muscle, especially when flexed

Synonyms

(flexed biceps): (Cantonese) 老鼠仔