鼯鼠

Chinese

		Petaurista leucogenys	rat; mouse
trad. (鼯鼠)		鼯	鼠
simp. #(鼯鼠)		鼯	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wúshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wúshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: wu²-shu³
    • Yale: wú-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushuu
    • Palladius: ушу (ušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ syu²
    • Yale: ǹgh syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ syː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: ngu syoX

Rime
Character	鼯	鼠
Reading #	1/1	1/1
Initial (聲)	疑 (31)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	模 (23)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	I	III
Fanqie	五乎切	舒吕切
Baxter	ngu	syoX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ŋuo/	/ɕɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ŋuo/	/ɕiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ŋo/	/ɕiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ŋɔ/	/ɕɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ŋo/	/ɕiɔX/
Wang Li	/ŋu/	/ɕĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ŋuo/	/ɕi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	wú	shǔ
Expected Cantonese Reflex	ng4	syu2

Noun

鼯鼠

1. flying squirrel

Synonyms

• 飛鼠／飞鼠 (fēishǔ)
• 鸓／𱊳 (lěi)

Derived terms

• 白面鼯鼠

 

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鼯	鼠
むささび
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

Alternative spelling
鼺鼠

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むささび [mùsásábí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝsa̠sa̠bʲi]

Noun

鼯鼠(むささび) or 鼯鼠(ムササビ) • (musasabi) 

1. a Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鼯	鼠
ももんが
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 鼯鼠 – see the following entry.

【モモンガももんが】 [noun] a flying squirrel, especially the Japanese dwarf flying squirrel (Pteromys momonga) Alternative spellings 摸々具和, 野衾

(This term, 鼯鼠, is an alternative spelling (dated) of the above term.)