膨鼠

Chinese

		swollen	rat; mouse
trad. (膨鼠)		膨	鼠
simp. #(膨鼠)		膨	鼠
alternative forms		胖鼠

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phòng-chhú / phòng-chhí

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Taipei, Tainan, Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-chhú
    • Tâi-lô: phòng-tshú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phorngzhuo
    • IPA (Penang): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻³³ t͡sʰu⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pʰɔŋ¹¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Tainan): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰu⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung, Yilan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phòng-chhí
    • Tâi-lô: phòng-tshí
    • Phofsit Daibuun: phorngchie
    • IPA (Yilan): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁵³ t͡sʰi⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pʰɔŋ²¹⁻⁴¹ t͡sʰi⁴¹/

Noun

膨鼠

1. (Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Taiwanese Hakka) squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 mn)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 松鼠 (“squirrel”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		松鼠, 栗鼠, 灰鼠
Taxonomic name		松鼠
Mandarin	Beijing	松鼠兒
	Taiwan	松鼠
	Wanrong	圪獵
	Xi'an	毛老鼠
	Lanzhou	𦎠𦎑貓
	Guiyang	松鼠
	Guilin	松鼠
	Singapore	松鼠
	Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan)	樹吊, 上樹吊
	Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan)	𦎠𦎑貓
	Kokang	貂鼠
Cantonese	Hong Kong	松鼠
Hakka	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	田家老鼠
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	松鼠
Wu	Shanghai	松鼠
Xiang	Changsha	松鼠

References

• “Entry #11911”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.