Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 鼠


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Meaning

mouse, rat

Pronunciation

shǔ

Explanation

Top: mortar , below: image of a mouse with legs レ and tail し

Mnemonic

(Because of grain residues) It is at the mortar & looks like a mouse: The mouse!

Radicals

mortar
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Vocabulary

老鼠 lǎo shǔ rat; mouse
坎贝尔侏儒仓鼠 Kǎn bèi ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli)
鼠海豚 shǔ hǎi tún porpoise
鼠型斑疹伤寒 shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán murine typhus
鼠蚤型斑疹伤寒 shǔ zǎo xíng bān zhěn shāng hán murine typhus fever
穷鼠啮狸 qióng shǔ niè lí a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on
鼠窜 shǔ cuàn to run away scared; to scurry off like a frightened rat
豚鼠 tún shǔ guinea pig (Cavia porcellus)
小白鼠 xiǎo bái shǔ little white mouse (esp. laboratory animal); fig. guinea pig, i.e. human participant in experiment
鼠蹊 shǔ xī groin


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