耗子

Chinese

			child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 p.m.–1 a.m., midnight
trad. (耗子)		耗	子
simp. #(耗子)		耗	子

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): hàozi

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao⁴ zi³

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hou³ zi²
• Jin (Wiktionary): hau³ zeh

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hàozi
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hàozi̊h
    • Wade–Giles: hao⁴-tzŭ⁵
    • Yale: hàu-dz
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw.tzy
    • Palladius: хаоцзы (xaoczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 耗子 號子／号子

  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: hao⁴ zi³
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaoz
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xau²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hou³ zi²
    • Yale: hou jí
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hou³ dzi²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hou³ ji²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: hau³ zeh
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /xau⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/

Noun

耗子

1. (countable, chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Jin) mouse; rat (Classifier: 隻／只 m)

   • 職道家裡養了個貓，每天只給他一頓飯吃，到了晚上就不給他吃了，等他餓著肚皮，他要找食吃，就得捉耗子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, trad.]
     职道家里养了个猫，每天只给他一顿饭吃，到了晚上就不给他吃了，等他饿着肚皮，他要找食吃，就得捉耗子。 [Written Vernacular Chinese, simp.]

     From: c. 1906, Li Baojia, Officialdom Unmasked

     Zhídào jiālǐ yǎng le ge māo, měitiān zhǐ gěi tā yī dùn fàn chī, dàole wǎnshàng jiù bù gěi tā chī le, děng tā è zhe dùpí, tā yào zhǎo shí chī, jiù děi zhuō hàozi. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 老鼠 (“mouse; rat”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		鼠
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		老鼠
Taxonomic name		鼠
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	老鼠, 耗子
	Taiwan	老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
	Langfang	耗子
	Ulanhot	耗子
	Tongliao	耗子
	Chifeng	老鼠, 耗子
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	耗子
	Harbin	老鼠, 耗子
	Shenyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Malaysia	老鼠
	Singapore	老鼠
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	老鼠, 耗子
	Tangshan	老鼠, 耗子
	Cangzhou	老鼠
	Baoding	老鼠, 耗子
	Shijiazhuang	老鼠, 耗子
	Jinan	老鼠, 耗子
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	老鼠, 耗子
	Qingdao	老鼠, 耗子
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	老鼠, 耗子
	Daming	老鼠
	Wanrong	老鼠
	Zhengzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Xi'an	老鼠
	Xining	老鼠
	Xuzhou	老鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	老鼠
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	老鼠
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子
	Bayanhot	老鼠
	Lanzhou	老鼠子, 老鼠
	Ürümqi	老鼠
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	老鼠, 耗子
	Chongqing	耗子
	Wuhan	老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic
	Guiyang	耗子
	Kunming	老鼠, 耗子
	Guilin	老鼠
	Guanyang	老鼠子
	Liuzhou	老鼠, 耗子
	Nanning (Wuming)	老鼠
	Mae Salong (Lancang)	老鼠
	Mae Sai (Tengchong)	老鼠
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	老鼠, 小耳朵
	Yangzhou	老鼠
	Xinghua	老鼠
	Nantong	老鼠
	Hefei	老鼠, 老鼠子
Cantonese	Guangzhou	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠, 米奇 colloquial
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	老鼠
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	老鼠
	Macau	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	老鼠
	Foshan	老鼠
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	老鼠
	Foshan (Shunde)	老鼠
	Foshan (Sanshui)	老鼠
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	老鼠
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	老鼠
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	老鼠
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	老鼠
	Taishan	老鼠
	Kaiping (Chikan)	老鼠
	Enping (Niujiang)	老鼠
	Heshan (Yayao)	老鼠
	Dongguan	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Dapeng)	老鼠
	Qingyuan	老鼠
	Fogang	老鼠
	Yingde (Hanguang)	老鼠
	Yangshan	老鼠
	Lianshan (Butian)	老鼠
	Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui)	老鼠
	Shaoguan	老鼠
	Shaoguan (Qujiang)	老鼠
	Renhua	老鼠
	Lechang	老鼠
	Zhaoqing (Gaoyao)	老鼠
	Sihui	老鼠
	Guangning	老鼠
	Deqing	老鼠
	Huaiji	老鼠
	Fengkai (Nanfeng)	老鼠
	Yunfu	老鼠
	Xinxing	老鼠
	Luoding	老鼠
	Yunan (Pingtai)	老鼠
	Yangjiang	老鼠
	Xinyi	老鼠
	Maoming (Xinpo)	老鼠
	Lianjiang	老鼠
	Nanning	老鼠
	Wuzhou	老鼠
	Yulin	老鼠
	Hepu (Lianzhou)	老鼠
	Hepu (Shatian)	老鼠
	Guiping	老鼠
	Mengshan (Xihe)	老鼠
	Guigang (Nanjiang)	老鼠
	Beiliu (Tangliao)	老鼠
	Baise	老鼠
	Bobai	老鼠
Lingshan	老鼠
Pubei	老鼠
Qinzhou	老鼠
Beihai	老鼠
Beihai (Nankang)	老鼠
Beihai (Yingpan)	老鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô)	老鼠
Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà)	老鼠
Ningming	老鼠
Hengzhou	老鼠
Hezhou (Pumen, Babu)	老鼠
Fangchenggang (Fangcheng)	老鼠
Danzhou	老鼠
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	老鼠
Penang (Guangfu)	老鼠
Singapore (Guangfu)	老鼠
Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu)	老鼠
Móng Cái	老鼠
Gan	Nanchang	老鼠, 財神 euphemistic
	Pengze	老鼠
	Lichuan	老鼠
	Pingxiang	老鼠子, 老鼠
	Liuyang	老鼠哩
Hakka	Meixian	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huizhou (Shuikou Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huizhou (Hengli Bendihua)	老鼠
	Huidong (Pingshan Bendihua)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	老鼠
	Longmen (Pingling Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longmen (Luxi Bendihua)	老鼠
	Boluo (Bendihua)	老鼠
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	老鼠
	Zengcheng (Zhengguo)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Shuizhai)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Huacheng)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Changbu)	老鼠
	Wuhua (Mianyang)	老鼠
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	老鼠
	Zijin (Guzhu Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longchuan (Tuocheng Bendihua)	老鼠
	Longchuan (Sidu Bendihua)	老鼠
	Heping (Linzhai Bendihua)	老鼠
	Lianping (Zhongxin Bendihua)	老鼠
	Lianping (Longjie Bendihua)	老鼠
	Xinfeng (Matou Bendihua)	老鼠
	Xinfeng (Daxi Bendihua)	老鼠
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	老鼠
	Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding)	老鼠, 尖支鬼
	Wuping	了猬
	Yudu	老鼠
	Shicheng	老鼠
	Shangyou (Shexi)	老鼠
	Taoyuan	老鼠
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	老鼠
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	老鼠
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	老鼠, 老鼠仔
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	老鼠
	Hong Kong	老鼠
	Luchuan (Daqiao)	老鼠
	Beiliu (Tang'an)	老鼠
	Mashan (Pianlian)	老鼠
	Sabah (Longchuan)	老鼠
	Senai (Huiyang)	老鼠
	Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo)	老鼠
	Singkawang	老鼠
Huizhou	Jixi	老鼠
	Shexian	老鼠, 尖嘴
	Huangshan (Tunxi)	老鼠
	Xiuning	老伯
	Yixian	老鼠
	Qimen	老鼠
	Wuyuan	老鼠
	Fuliang	老鼠
	Dexing	老鼠
Jin	Taiyuan	老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子
	Pingyao	𪕸兒
	Xinzhou	𪕸兒, 耗子
	Taibus (Baochang)	耗子
	Linhe	老鼠, 耗子
	Jining	老鼠, 耗子
	Hohhot	老鼠, 耗子
	Baotou	老鼠
	Dongsheng	老鼠
	Haibowan	老鼠
	Zhangjiakou	老鼠, 耗子
	Handan	老鼠, 耗子
Northern Min	Jian'ou	老鼠
	Jian'ou (Dikou)	老鼠
	Zhenghe (Zhenqian)	老鼠
	Pucheng (Shibei)	老鼠
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic
	Fuzhou (Changle)	老鼠
	Fuqing	老鼠
	Ningde	老鼠
	Matsu	老鼠
Southern Min	Xiamen	鳥鼠, 鼠
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	鳥鼠
	Quanzhou	老鼠, 鼠
	Jinjiang	老鼠
	Shishi	老鼠
	Zhangzhou	鳥鼠, 鼠
	Zhangzhou (Changtai)	鳥鼠
	Pinghe	鳥鼠
	Yunxiao	貓鼠
	Zhao'an	貓鼠
	Dongshan	貓鼠
	Taipei	鳥鼠
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	鳥鼠
	Kaohsiung	鳥鼠
	Yilan	鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	鳥鼠
	Taichung	鳥鼠
	Taichung (Wuqi)	鳥鼠
	Tainan	鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠
	Taitung	鳥鼠
	Hsinchu	鳥鼠
	Kinmen	鳥鼠
	Penghu (Magong)	鳥鼠
	Penang (Hokkien)	鳥鼠
	Singapore (Hokkien)	鳥鼠
	Manila (Hokkien)	老鼠
	Longyan	老鼠
	Zhangping	老鼠
	Zhangping (Yongfu)	老鼠
	Datian	鼠母
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	老鼠
	Chaozhou	貓鼠
	Shantou	貓鼠
	Shantou (Chenghai)	貓鼠
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	貓鼠
	Jieyang	貓鼠
	Haifeng	貓鼠
	Bangkok (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Singapore (Teochew)	貓鼠
	Wenchang	貓鼠, 老鼠
	Haikou	貓鼠
	Qionghai	貓鼠
Puxian Min	Putian	廬鼠
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	廬鼠
	Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang)	廬鼠
	Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu)	廬鼠
	Xianyou	廬鼠
	Xianyou (Fengting)	廬鼠
	Xianyou (Youyang)	廬鼠
Central Min	Yong'an	老鼠
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	老鼠
	Zhongshan (Sanxiang)	老鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	老鼠
	Nanning (Shajing)	老鼠
	Binyang (Xinqiao)	老鼠
Northern Pinghua	Guilin (Dahe)	老鼠子
Shehua	Fu'an	老鼠
	Fuding	老鼠
	Luoyuan	老鼠
	Sanming	老鼠
	Shunchang	老鼠
	Hua'an	老鼠
	Guixi (Zhangping)	老鼠
	Cangnan	老鼠
	Jingning (Hexi)	老鼠
	Lishui	老鼠
	Longyou	老鼠
	Chaozhou	老鼠
	Fengshun	老鼠
Waxiang	Yuanling (Shaojiwan)	老鼠
Wu	Shanghai	老蟲
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	老蟲, 老鼠
	Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan)	老蟲
	Shanghai (Chongming)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Suzhou	老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous
	Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang)	老蟲
	Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang)	老鼠, 老蟲
	Wuxi	老蟲
	Changshu	老蟲
	Kunshan	老蟲
	Jiaxing	老鼠
	Changzhou	老鼠
	Liyang	老鼠
	Yixing	老鼠
	Danyang	老鼠
	Danyang (Tongjiaqiao)	老鼠
	Jingjiang	老鼠
	Jiangyin	老鼠, 老蟲
	Huzhou (Shuanglin)	老蟲
	Hangzhou	老鼠
	Shaoxing	老鼠
	Zhuji (Wangjiajing)	老鼠
	Shengzhou (Chongren)	老鼠
	Shengzhou (Taiping)	老鼠
	Ningbo	老鼠
	Yuyao	老鼠
	Taizhou (Huangyan)	老鼠
	Wenzhou	老鼠
	Quzhou	老鼠
	Jinhua	老鼠
	Yongkang	老鼠
Xiang	Changsha	老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic
	Xiangtan	老鼠子
	Xiangxiang	老鼠子
	Loudi	老鼠子
	Shuangfeng	老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic
	Quanzhou	老鼠

Derived terms

• 屬耗子的——撂爪就忘／属耗子的——撂爪就忘 (shǔ hàozi de, liào zhuǎ jiù wàng)
• 油耗子
• 狗拿耗子
• 狗追耗子
• 瞎貓碰上死耗子／瞎猫碰上死耗子 (xiāmāo pèngshàng sǐhàozi)
• 稅耗子／税耗子
• 耍耗子
• 耗子尾上長瘡／耗子尾上长疮
• 耗子尾汁 (hàoziwěizhī)
• 耗子藥／耗子药
• 貓哭耗子／猫哭耗子
• 貓哭耗子——假慈悲／猫哭耗子——假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi, jiǎ cíbēi)
• 那個耗子不偷油／那个耗子不偷油
• 電耗子／电耗子
• 鬧耗子／闹耗子