首鼠

首鼠

Chinese

		head; chief; first (occasion) head; chief; first (occasion); first (thing); measure word for poems	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (首鼠)		首	鼠

Etymology

Cognate with 首施 (shǒushī, “to hesitate”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shǒushǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): sau² syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shǒushǔ [Phonetic: shóushǔ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄡˇ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shooushuu
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: sau² syu²
    • Yale: sáu syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sau² sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: seo² xu²
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐu̯³⁵ ʃyː³⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɕɨu^X|ɕɨu^H  ɕɨʌ^X/▼

Rime
Character	首	首	鼠
Reading #	1/2	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	書 (26)	書 (26)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	尤 (136)	魚 (22)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	III	III
Fanqie	書九切	舒救切	舒吕切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɕɨuX/	/ɕɨuH/	/ɕɨʌX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɕiuX/	/ɕiuH/	/ɕiɔX/
Shao Rongfen	/ɕiəuX/	/ɕiəuH/	/ɕiɔX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɕuwX/	/ɕuwH/	/ɕɨə̆X/
Li Rong	/ɕiuX/	/ɕiuH/	/ɕiɔX/
Wang Li	/ɕĭəuX/	/ɕĭəuH/	/ɕĭoX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ɕi̯ə̯uX/	/ɕi̯ə̯uH/	/ɕi̯woX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	shǒu	shòu	shǔ

Verb

首鼠

1. to hesitate

Derived terms

首鼠兩端／首鼠两端 (shǒushǔliǎngduān)