尖鼠

Chinese

		point (of needle); sharp; shrewd point (of needle); sharp; shrewd; pointed	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (尖鼠)		尖	鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): jiānshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zim¹ syu²
Min Nan (POJ): chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānshǔ
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshuu
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
- (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
  - Pinyin: jiānshǔr
  - Zhuyin: ㄐㄧㄢㄕㄨˇㄦ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jianshuul
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʂuɻ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zim¹ syu²
  - Yale: jīm syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzim¹ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: jim¹ xu²
  - IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm⁵⁵ ʃyː³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiam-chhí / chiam-chhú
  - Tâi-lô: tsiam-tshí / tsiam-tshú
  - Phofsit Daibuun: ciamchie, ciamzhuo
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕiam³³ t͡ɕʰi⁵⁵⁴/, /t͡ɕiam³³ t͡sʰu⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi⁵³/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡ɕʰi⁴¹/, /t͡ɕiam⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴¹/

Noun

尖鼠

(～科) shrew (Soricidae)

Japanese

尖鼠 (togarinezumi): a shrew.

Kanji in this term
尖	鼠
とが(り) Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 尖り (togari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 尖る togaru, “to be pointy or sharp”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).[1]

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) とがりねずみ [tògárí néꜜzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[2]
- IPA^(key): [to̞ɡa̠ɾʲi ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

尖鼠 (hiragana とがりねずみ, katakana トガリネズミ, rōmaji togarinezumi)

a shrew (mouselike animal)

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as トガリネズミ.

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
尖	鼠

Noun

尖鼠 • (cheomseo) (hangeul 첨서)

Hanja form^? of 첨서 (“shrew”).

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[1] 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN