鼠疫

Chinese

		rat; mouse	epidemic; plague
trad. (鼠疫)		鼠	疫
simp. #(鼠疫)		鼠	疫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǔyì

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄧˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu² jik⁶
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhú-e̍k / chhír-ia̍k / chhí-e̍k

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ce² mog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shǔyì
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄧˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shǔyì
    • Wade–Giles: shu³-i⁴
    • Yale: shǔ-yì
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuuyih
    • Palladius: шуи (šui)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: syu² jik⁶
    • Yale: syú yihk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy² jik⁹
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu² yig⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³⁵ jɪk̚²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhú-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshú-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zhwek
    • IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /t͡sʰu⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhír-ia̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshír-ia̍k
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰɯ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ iak̚²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhí-e̍k
    • Tâi-lô: tshí-i̍k
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chyek
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰi⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰi⁵³⁻⁴⁴ iɪk̚¹²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ce² mog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshṳ́ mo̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰɯ⁵²⁻³⁵ mok̚⁴/

Noun

鼠疫

1. (pathology) plague

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 鼠疫 (“plague”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		鼠疫, 黑死病
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	鼠疫, 黑死病
Cantonese	Hong Kong	鼠疫
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥鼠仔症, 鳥鼠症, 粒仔症
	Quanzhou	老鼠症, 粒仔症
	Tainan	鳥鼠仔症
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥鼠仔症
	Longyan	老鼠瘟