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鼠

shǔ

HSK 5 Character

What 鼠 means

1. bound formrat; mouse

Example sentences

• 穷鼠啮狸。
  Qióng shǔ niè lí.
  A cornered rat will bite a cat.
• 猫吃了老鼠。
  The cat ate the rat.
• 黑猫在吃白鼠
  The black cat is eating the white mouse.
• 猫会抓老鼠。
  Cats can catch mice.
• 松鼠动作很快。
  Squirrels are quick of movement.
• 松鼠动作敏捷。
  Squirrels are quick of movement.

Words starting with 鼠

• 鼠标shǔ biāo(computing) mouse
• 鼠疫shǔ yìplague
• 鼠妇shǔ fùwoodlouse; pill bug
• 鼠年shǔ niánYear of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
• 鼠患shǔ huànrat infestation
• 鼠药shǔ yàorat poison
• 鼠尾草shǔ wěi cǎosage (Salvia officinalis)
• 鼠得克shǔ dé kèdifenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide)
• 鼠标器shǔ biāo qìmouse (computer)
• 鼠目寸光shǔ mù cùn guāngshort-sighted
• 鼠疫杆菌shǔ yì gǎn jūnYersinia pestis; the bubonic plage bacillus
• 鼠胆shǔ dǎncowardly
• 鼠辈shǔ bèia scoundrel; a bad chap
• 鼠标垫shǔ biāo diànmouse pad
• 鼠肚鸡肠shǔ dù jī chángsmall-minded
• 鼠蛛shǔ zhūmouse spider (genus Missulena)
• 鼠型斑疹伤寒shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hánmurine typhus
• 鼠海豚shǔ hǎi túnporpoise
• 鼠窜shǔ cuànto scamper off; to scurry off like a frightened rat
• 鼠蹊shǔ xīgroin
• 鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hánmurine typhus fever

Words containing 鼠

• 老鼠lǎo shǔrat; mouse
• 松鼠sōng shǔsquirrel
• 米老鼠Mǐ Lǎo shǔMickey Mouse
• 袋鼠dài shǔkangaroo
• 田鼠tián shǔvole
• 仓鼠cāng shǔhamster
• 大鼠dà shǔrat
• 子鼠zǐ shǔYear 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008)
• 小鼠xiǎo shǔmouse
• 捕鼠bǔ shǔto catch mice
• 沙鼠shā shǔgerbil
• 滑鼠huá shǔ(computer) mouse (Tw)
• 睡鼠shuì shǔdormouse
• 负鼠fù shǔopossum (zoo.)
• 键鼠jiàn shǔkeyboard and mouse (abbr. for 键盘
• 飞鼠fēi shǔflying squirrel; (dialect) bat
• 土拨鼠tǔ bō shǔ(zoology) marmot (in the US, esp. groundhog or woodchuck)
• 大白鼠dà bái shǔwhite lab rat
• 小家鼠xiǎo jiā shǔhouse mouse
• 小白鼠xiǎo bái shǔwhite mouse; lab mouse; lab rat; (fig.) human guinea pig
• 小老鼠xiǎo lǎo shǔ@; at symbol
• 小袋鼠xiǎo dài shǔwallaby; pademelon
• 打地鼠Dǎ dì shǔWhac-A-Mole (game)
• 捕鼠器bǔ shǔ qìmousetrap

Characters built on 臼

These share the phonetic component 臼 (jiù), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 臾yúa moment; little while
• 舁yúto lift; to raise

Characters that look like 鼠

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 装zhuāngadornment; to adorn; dress
• 策cèpolicy; plan; scheme
• 寓yù(bound form) to reside; to inhabit; (bound form) residence; dwelling…
• 蒙méng(literary) sincere; honest; genuine
• 焦jiāoburnt; scorched; charred
• 嵩sōng(literary) (of mountains) lofty

Sounds the same

Read shǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 暑heat; hot weather; summer heat
• 属category; genus (taxonomy); family members
• 署office; bureau; (Taiwan pr. shù) to sign
• 蜀short name for Sichuan 四川; one of the Three Kingdoms 三国
• 数to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list
• 薯potato; yam
• 黍broomcorn millet; glutinous millet
• 曙(bound form) daybreak; dawn; Taiwan pr. shù
• 糬used in 麻糬
• 癙illness caused by worry
• 钃metal
• 鼡variant of 鼠