天竺鼠

天竺鼠

Chinese

		India or Nepal	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (天竺鼠)		天竺	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānzhúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ zuk¹ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: tiānzhúshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄓㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianjwushuu
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ zuk¹ syu²
    • Yale: tīn jūk syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ dzuk⁷ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ zug¹ xu²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵ ʃyː³⁵/

Noun

天竺鼠

1. guinea pig

Synonyms

• 豚鼠 (túnshǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
天	竺	鼠
てん Grade: 1	じく Jinmeiyō	ねずみ Hyōgaiji

Etymology

Compound of 天竺 (tenjiku, “India”) +‎ 鼠 (nezumi, “mouse”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) てんじく​ねずみ [tèńjíkúꜜnèzùmì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
• IPA^(key): [tẽ̞ɲ̟d͡ʑikɯ̟ᵝ ne̞zɨᵝmʲi]

Noun

天竺鼠 (hiragana てんじくねずみ, katakana テンジクネズミ, rōmaji tenjiku nezumi, historical hiragana てんぢくねずみ)

1. guinea pig

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as テンジクネズミ.

Derived terms

• 鬼天竺鼠 (おにてんじくねずみ) (oni tenjiku nezumi): capybara

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN