窮鼠齧貓

窮鼠齧貓

Chinese

		exhausted; poor	rat; mouse	surname; gnaw	cat
trad. (窮鼠齧貓/窮鼠嚙貓)		窮	鼠	齧/嚙	貓
simp. (穷鼠啮猫)		穷	鼠	啮	猫

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qióngshǔnièmāo

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ maau¹, kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ maau¹, kung⁴ syu² ngaat⁶ maau¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: qióngshǔnièmāo
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ㄋㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄠ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chyongshuuniehmhau
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cyóngshǔnièmao
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰjʊŋ³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ njɛ⁵¹ mɑʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: kung⁴ syu² jit⁶ maau¹, kung⁴ syu² ngit⁶ maau¹, kung⁴ syu² ngaat⁶ maau¹
    • Yale: kùhng syú yiht māau, kùhng syú ngiht māau, kùhng syú ngaaht māau
    • Cantonese Pinyin: kung⁴ sy² jit⁹ maau¹, kung⁴ sy² ngit⁹ maau¹, kung⁴ sy² ngaat⁹ maau¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: kung⁴ xu² yid⁶ mao¹, kung⁴ xu² ngid⁶ mao¹, kung⁴ xu² ngad⁶ mao¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰʊŋ²¹ ʃyː³⁵ jiːt̚² mäːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹ ʃyː³⁵ ŋiːt̚² mäːu̯⁵⁵/, /kʰʊŋ²¹ ʃyː³⁵ ŋäːt̚² mäːu̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

窮鼠齧貓

1. Synonym of 窮鼠齧狸／穷鼠啮狸 (qióngshǔ nièlí).