首鼠

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (首鼠)		首	鼠

Etymology

Cognate with 首施 (shǒushī, “to hesitate”).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǒushǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² syu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: shǒushǔ [Phonetic: shóushǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushuu
  - IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: sau² syu²
  - Yale: sáu syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: seo² xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ ʃyː³⁵/

Middle Chinese: /ɕɨu^X|ɕɨu^H ɕɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	首	首	鼠
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	書九切	舒救切	舒吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨu^X/	/ɕɨu^H/	/ɕɨʌ^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiu^X/	/ɕiu^H/	/ɕiɔ^X/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəu^X/	/ɕiəu^H/	/ɕiɔ^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuw^X/	/ɕuw^H/	/ɕɨə̆^X/
Li Rong	/ɕiu^X/	/ɕiu^H/	/ɕiɔ^X/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəu^X/	/ɕĭəu^H/	/ɕĭo^X/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯u^X/	/ɕi̯ə̯u^H/	/ɕi̯wo^X/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	shòu	shǔ

Verb

首鼠

to hesitate

Derived terms

首鼠兩端／首鼠两端 (shǒushǔliǎngduān)

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