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): ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕㄨˇ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: jiānshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕㄨˇ
    • 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: ㄐㄧㄢ ㄕㄨˇㄦ
    • 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

1. (～科) shrew (Soricidae)

Japanese

尖鼠 (togarinezumi): a shrew.

Kanji in this term
尖	鼠
とが(り) Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
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”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) とがりね​ずみ [tògárí néꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [to̞ɡa̠ɾʲi ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

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

1. 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.

Korean

Hanja in this term
尖	鼠

Noun

尖鼠 • (cheomseo) (hangeul 첨서)

1. Hanja form^? of 첨서 (“shrew”).