松鼠

Chinese

FWOTD – 19 June 2024

		pine	rat; mouse
trad. (松鼠)		松	鼠
simp. ^#(松鼠)		松	鼠

松鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sōngshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung⁴ syu²
Eastern Min (BUC): sṳ̀ng-chṳ̄
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-chhú / siông-chhí / chêng-chhú
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹son-tshy
Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): song¹ xy³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōngshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: songshǔ
  - Wade–Giles: sung¹-shu³
  - Yale: sūng-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songshuu
  - Palladius: суншу (sunšu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sōngshǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥㄕㄨˇㄦ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: songshǔr
  - Wade–Giles: sung¹-shu³-ʼrh
  - Yale: sūng-shǔr
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songshuul
  - Palladius: суншур (sunšur)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʂuɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cung⁴ syu²
  - Yale: chùhng syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung⁴ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung⁴ xu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ syː³⁵/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sṳ̀ng-chṳ̄
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syŋ⁵³⁻³³ ^(t͡sʰ-)ʒy³³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: siông-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: siông-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: siongchie
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chêng-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tsîng-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zengzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siɪŋ²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  - Wugniu: ¹son-tshy
  - MiniDict: son^平 tshy
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹son-tshr
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /soŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰz̩²¹/
Xiang
- (Changsha)
  - Wiktionary: song¹ xy³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (old-style): /sʊŋ³³ ɕy⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA ^(key) (new-style): /sən³³ ɕy⁴¹/

Noun

松鼠

squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 m c mn)
- 1907, 大仲馬 [Alexandre Dumas], translated by 伍光建, 《續俠隱記》 [Twenty Years After], page 105:
  
  松鼠在樹上爬，新葉野花，香氣撲鼻。 [MSC, trad.]
  松鼠在树上爬，新叶野花，香气扑鼻。 [MSC, simp.]
  Sōngshǔ zài shù shàng pá, xīnyè yěhuā, xiāngqì pūbí. [Pinyin]
  The squirrel climbed along the tree, and the fragrance of new leaves and wild flowers filled the air.

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 松鼠 (“squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		松鼠, 栗鼠, 灰鼠
Taxonomic name		松鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	松鼠兒
	Taiwan	松鼠
	Singapore	松鼠
Central Plains Mandarin	Wanrong	圪獵
	Xi'an	毛老鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	樹吊, 上樹吊
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	𦎠𦎑貓
Lanyin Mandarin	Lanzhou	𦎠𦎑貓
Southwestern Mandarin	Guiyang	松鼠
	Guilin	松鼠
	Kokang	貂鼠
Cantonese	Hong Kong	松鼠
Hakka	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	邊瓜鼠
	Liancheng (Juxi)	搬家老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	膨尾鼠
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	膨尾鼠
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	大尾鼠
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	膨鼠
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	膨尾鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	膨尾鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	膨尾鼠
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	膨鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	圪猁
	Pingyao	圪猁
	Xinzhou	圪猁
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	胡鼠, 松鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	膨鼠, 松鼠
	Taipei (Wanhua)	膨鼠
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	膨鼠
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	膨尾鼠
	Kaohsiung	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	膨鼠
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	膨鼠
	Yilan	膨鼠
	Yilan (Toucheng)	膨鼠
	Changhua (Lukang)	膨鼠
	Taichung	膨鼠
	Taichung (Wuqi)	膨鼠
	Tainan	膨鼠
	Tainan (Anping)	膨鼠
	Taitung	膨鼠
	Hsinchu	膨鼠
	Penghu (Magong)	膨鼠
	Penghu (Xiyu)	膨鼠
	Penang (Hokkien)	膨鼠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	膨鼠, 飛鼠
	Medan (Hokkien)	膨毛鼠
	Singapore (Teochew)	杜排
Puxian Min	Putian	𫜣家廬鼠
Puxian Min	Xianyou (Fengting)	當家廬鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	松鼠
Wu	Shanghai	松鼠
Xiang	Changsha	松鼠
Xiang	Shaoyang	松鼠