粵

老lou5鼠syu2

lou5 syu2lǎo shǔ

English

  1. rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])
  2. mouse, rat, of those which live in cities

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 某幾種鼠科動物嘅俗稱,主要係褐家鼠,喺城市、農場常見嘅品種,通常視為對人類有危害(量詞:隻)

Examples

  • 老鼠膠

    mouse glue trap

  • 老鼠藥

    rat poison

  • 老鼠好細隻。

    Rats are small.

    Tatoeba · cantonesespoken CC BY

  • 隻老鼠生定死架?

    Is the rat alive or dead?

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 隻貓食咗隻老鼠。

    The cat ate the mouse.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 隻貓追住隻老鼠。

    The cat caught the rat.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 佢依家成隻老鼠咁匿埋。

    Now, he's hiding like a mouse.

    Tatoeba · kaenif CC BY

  • 啲黏液驚貓,貓驚狗,狗驚我哥哥,我哥哥驚我姨姨,我姨姨驚老鼠。

    Tatoeba CC BY

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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