鳥鼠症

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhú-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: niáu-tshú-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niawzhwzexng
    • IPA (Taipei): /niãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /niãu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: niáu-chhí-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: niáu-tshí-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: niawchyzexng
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /niãu⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Noun

鳥鼠症

1. (Xiamen 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
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