鼯鼠

鼯鼠

Chinese

		Petaurista leucogenys	rat; mouse
simp. and trad. (鼯鼠)		鼯	鼠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wúshǔ

  (Zhuyin): ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ng⁴ syu²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: wúshǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄨˊ ㄕㄨˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: wushuu
    • IPA ^(key): /u³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: ng⁴ syu²
    • Yale: ǹgh syú
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ng⁴ sy²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ng⁴ xu²
    • IPA ^(key): /ŋ̍²¹ ʃyː³⁵/

Noun

鼯鼠

1. flying squirrel

Synonyms

• 飛鼠／飞鼠 (fēishǔ)
• 鸓 (lěi)

Derived terms

白面鼯鼠

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
鼯	鼠
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Alternative forms

• 鼺鼠

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) むささび [mùsásábí] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝsa̠sa̠bʲi]

Noun

鼯鼠 (hiragana むささび, katakana ムササビ, rōmaji musasabi)

1. a Japanese giant flying squirrel (Petaurista leucogenys)

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
鼯	鼠
Hyōgaiji	Hyōgaiji
Irregular

The kanji is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Noun

鼯鼠 (hiragana ももんが, katakana モモンガ, rōmaji momonga)

1. Alternative spelling of モモンガ (“flying squirrel”)