過街老鼠

Chinese

		to cross the street	mouse and rat in general; cunning, deceitful person
trad. (過街老鼠)		過街	老鼠
simp. (过街老鼠)		过街	老鼠

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): guòjiē lǎoshǔ

(Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: guòjiē lǎoshǔ [Phonetic: guòjiēláoshǔ]
  - Zhuyin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: guòjie lǎoshǔ
  - Wade–Giles: kuo⁴-chieh¹ lao³-shu³
  - Yale: gwò-jyē lǎu-shǔ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: guohjie laoshuu
  - Palladius: гоцзе лаошу (gocze laošu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ku̯ɔ⁵¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛ⁵⁵ lɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ syu²
  - Yale: gwo gāai lóuh syú
  - Cantonese Pinyin: gwo³ gaai¹ lou⁵ sy²
  - Guangdong Romanization: guo³ gai¹ lou⁵ xu²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʷɔː³³ kaːi̯⁵⁵ lou̯¹³ ʃyː³⁵/

Idiom

過街老鼠

person detested or despised by everyone

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