老鼠
lǎoshǔTraditional: 老鼠
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Translation
mouse, rat
Word origin
A compound of the prefix 老 (lǎo, an affectionate or habitual marker often used with animal names) and 鼠 (shǔ, a pictograph of a rodent with teeth and tail), naming the mouse or rat.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 老 (lǎo, animal-name prefix) + 鼠 (shǔ, rodent)
Stroke order
老
鼠
Examples
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There is a mouse in the kitchen.
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The cat caught that mouse.
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Mice are afraid of cats.
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He was startled by a mouse.
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These rats have gnawed through quite a few things.
老鼠 (lǎo shǔ) means a mouse or rat; Chinese does not routinely distinguish the two and relies on context. The 老 here is a conventional prefix rather than a literal old.
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