栗鼠

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Chinese

chestnut rat; mouse
trad. (栗鼠) 栗 鼠
simp. #(栗鼠) 栗 鼠

Pronunciation

Noun

栗鼠

  1. squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
  2. chinchilla

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 松鼠 (“squirrel”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 松鼠, 栗鼠, 灰鼠
Taxonomic name 松鼠
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 松鼠兒
Taiwan 松鼠
Singapore 松鼠
Central Plains Mandarin Wanrong 圪獵
Xi'an 毛老鼠
Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) 樹吊, 上樹吊
Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) 𦎠𦎑貓
Lanyin Mandarin Lanzhou 𦎠𦎑貓
Southwestern Mandarin Guiyang 松鼠
Guilin 松鼠
Kokang 貂鼠
Cantonese Hong Kong 松鼠
Hakka Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) 邊瓜鼠
Liancheng (Juxi) 搬家老鼠
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 膨尾鼠
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 膨尾鼠
Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) 膨鼠
Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) 大尾鼠
Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) 膨鼠
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 膨尾鼠
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 膨尾鼠
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 膨尾鼠
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 膨鼠
Jin Taiyuan 圪猁
Pingyao 圪猁
Xinzhou 圪猁
Eastern Min Fuzhou 胡鼠, 松鼠
Southern Min Xiamen 膨鼠, 松鼠
Taipei (Wanhua) 膨鼠
New Taipei (Tamsui) 膨鼠
New Taipei (Pingxi) 膨尾鼠
Kaohsiung 膨鼠
Kaohsiung (Cijin) 膨鼠
Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) 膨鼠
Yilan 膨鼠
Yilan (Toucheng) 膨鼠
Changhua (Lukang) 膨鼠
Taichung 膨鼠
Taichung (Wuqi) 膨鼠
Tainan 膨鼠
Tainan (Anping) 膨鼠
Taitung 膨鼠
Hsinchu 膨鼠
Penghu (Magong) 膨鼠
Penghu (Xiyu) 膨鼠
Penang (Hokkien) 膨鼠
Singapore (Hokkien) 膨鼠, 飛鼠
Medan (Hokkien) 膨毛鼠
Singapore (Teochew) 杜排
Puxian Min Putian 𫜣家廬鼠
Xianyou (Fengting) 當家廬鼠
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 松鼠
Wu Shanghai 松鼠
Xiang Changsha 松鼠
Shaoyang 松鼠

Derived terms

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (栗鼠):
  • → Japanese: 栗鼠(りす) (risu)

Japanese

Etymology 1

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栗鼠 (​risu): a red squirrel
Kanji in this term
栗 鼠
りつ > り
Jinmeiyō 		そ > す
Hyōgai
irregular

/ritu so/ → /risːo/ → /risːə/ → /risu/

Shift from Middle Chinese-derived compound 栗鼠 (MC lit syoX, literally “chestnut + mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

栗(り)鼠(す) or 栗鼠(リス) • (risu) 

  1. a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)
    Synonyms: 木鼠 (kinezumi), 栗鼠 (kurinezumi)
    • c. 2012, “パンツにリスがいるんだよ ”:
      あ———　パンツにリスが！
      A——— Pantsu ni risu ga!
      AHHHHHHH! There are squirrels in my pants!
      パンツに凄(すご)いリスがいるんだってさ
      Pantsu ni sugoi risu ga iru n da tte sa
      That girl's got some serious squirrels in her pants.
  2. ellipsis of 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): a Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
栗 鼠
くり
Jinmeiyō 		ねずみ
Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Compound of 栗(くり) (kuri, “chestnut”) + 鼠(ねずみ) (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

栗(くり)鼠(ねずみ) • (kurinezumi) 

  1. synonym of 栗鼠 (risu, “squirrel, a rodent of family Sciuridae”)
  2. name of a hair color of a horse; grey with tinges of brown (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. ellipsis of 栗鼠色 (kurinezumi-iro): a brownish colour, as of a squirrel's fur

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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