Mouse in Chinese (Mandarin): 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ)
老鼠
lǎoshǔ
mouse
- Simplified
- 老鼠
- Pinyin
- lǎoshǔ
- Typed as
- laoshu
In Taiwan, people say 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ) instead.
Use it in a sentence
老鼠偷吃奶酪。
The mouse steals cheese.
The characters in 老鼠
老
Old; here it is just part of the name.
6 strokes
鼠
Mouse or rat. It began as a drawing of a mouse with its teeth and tail.
13 strokes
As in 老虎 (tiger), 老 is just part of the name. Two third tones: the first rises, láoshǔ. A computer mouse is 鼠标 (shǔbiāo).
More examples with 老鼠
小猫在追老鼠。
小貓在追老鼠。
Xiǎo māo zài zhuī lǎoshǔ.
The kitten is chasing a mouse.
老鼠很小。
Lǎoshǔ hěn xiǎo.
The mouse is small.
How to write 老鼠 in Chinese
Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.
老 6 strokes
鼠 13 strokes
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