錢鼠
Chinese
coin; money | rat; mouse | ||
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trad. (錢鼠) | 錢 | 鼠 | |
simp. (钱鼠) | 钱 | 鼠 |
Pronunciation
Noun
錢鼠
- (Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hakka) Asian house shrew (Suncus murinus)
- (Mainland China Hokkien) zokor
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) mouse seen in city houses
- (Taiwanese Hokkien, figurative) miser
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 吝嗇鬼 (“miser; penny pincher”) [map]
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