白鼠

Chinese

 
white; empty; blank
white; empty; blank; bright; clear; plain; pure; gratuitous
rat; mouse
trad. (白鼠)
simp. #(白鼠)

Pronunciation


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
しろ
Grade: 1
ねずみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ろねずみ [shìrónéꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕiɾo̞ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

(しろ)(ねずみ) (shironezumi) 

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

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term

Noun

白鼠 (baekseo) (hangeul 백서)

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