膨鼠

Chinese

	swollen	rat; mouse
trad. (膨鼠)	膨	鼠
simp. ^#(膨鼠)	膨	鼠
alternative forms	胖鼠

Pronunciation

Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòng-chhú / phòng-chhí

Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: phòng-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phorngzhuo
  - IPA (Penang): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁵/
  - IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Tainan): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-chhí
  - Tâi-lô: phòng-tshí
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phorngchie
  - IPA (Yilan): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

Noun

膨鼠

(Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)

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

References

“Entry #11877”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.