天竺鼠

Chinese

		India; Tianzhu Area	rat; mouse
trad. (天竺鼠)		天竺	鼠
simp. #(天竺鼠)		天竺	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zuk¹ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānzhúshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianjhúshǔ
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-chu²-shu³
    • Yale: tyān-jú-shǔ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjwushuu
    • Palladius: тяньчжушу (tjanʹčžušu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zuk¹ syu²
    • Yale: tīn jūk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzuk⁷ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zug¹ xu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ syː³⁵/

Noun

天竺鼠

1. guinea pig

Synonyms

• 豚鼠 (túnshǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	鼠
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgai
on'yomi		kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 天竺 (tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんじくねずみ [tèńjíkúꜜ nèzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ ne̞zɨmʲi]

Noun

天(てん)竺(じく)鼠(ねずみ) or 天竺鼠(テンジクネズミ) • (tenjiku nezumi) ^{←てんぢくねずみ (tendiku nezumi)?}

1. a guinea pig

   Synonyms: モルモット (morumotto), ギニーピッグ (ginī piggu)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as テンジクネズミ.

Derived terms

• 鬼天竺鼠(おにてんじくねずみ) (oni tenjiku nezumi): capybara