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

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• 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

1. white mouse; white rat
2. talpid; mole

   Synonym: 鼴鼠／鼹鼠 (yǎnshǔ)

3. (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 Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) しろね​ずみ [shìrónéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ɕiɾo̞ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

白(しろ)鼠(ねずみ) • (shironezumi) 

1. white mouse or rat
2. (figurative) faithful employee

Korean

Hanja in this term
白	鼠

Noun

白鼠 • (baekseo) (hangeul 백서)

1. Hanja form^? of 백서 (“white laboratory mouse”).