鳥鼠仔症

Chinese

		small mouse or rat; mouse; rat	disease; illness; indication or sign of disease
trad. (鳥鼠仔症)		鳥鼠仔	症
simp. (鸟鼠仔症)		鸟鼠仔	症
alternative forms		老鼠仔症

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): niáu-chhú-á-chèng / niáu-chhí-á-chèng

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhú-á-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: niáu-tshú-á-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niawzhwafzexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /niãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Tainan): /niãu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁵⁵ a⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Singapore): /niau⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰu⁴²⁻²⁴ a⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ a⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhí-á-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: niáu-tshí-á-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niawchyafzexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ a⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

鳥鼠仔症

1. (Xiamen, Singapore and Taiwanese Hokkien, pathology) plague

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼠疫 (“plague”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
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