| 鼠 | [ shǔ ] rat, mouse, CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| 鼠型斑疹傷寒 | [ shǔ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán ] murine typhus |
| 鼠婦 | [ shǔ fù ] woodlouse, pill bug |
| 鼠尾草 | [ shǔ weǐ caǒ ] sage (Salvia officinalis) |
| 鼠年 | [ shǔ nián ] Year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) |
| 鼠得克 | [ shǔ dé kè ] difenacoum (anticoagulant and rodenticide) |
| 鼠標 | [ shǔ ] mouse (computing) |
| 鼠標器 | [ shǔ qì ] mouse (computer) |
| 鼠標墊 | [ shǔ diàn ] mouse pad |
| 鼠海豚 | [ shǔ haǐ tún ] porpoise |
| 鼠疫 | [ shǔ yì ] plague |
| 鼠疫桿菌 | [ shǔ yì gǎn jūn ] Yersinia pestis, the bubonic plage bacillus |
| 鼠疫菌苗 | [ shǔ yì jūn ] plague vaccine |
| 鼠目寸光 | [ shǔ mù cùn guāng ] short-sighted |
| 鼠竄 | [ shǔ cuàn ] to scamper off, to scurry off like a frightened rat |
| 鼠肚雞腸 | [ shǔ dù jī cháng ] small-minded |
| 鼠膽 | [ shǔ dǎn ] cowardly |
| 鼠藥 | [ shǔ yaò ] rat poison |
| 鼠蚤型斑疹傷寒 | [ shǔ zaǒ xíng bān zhěn shāng hán ] murine typhus fever |
| 鼠蛛 | [ shǔ zhū ] mouse spider (genus Missulena) |
| 鼠蹊 | [ shǔ xī ] groin |
| 鼠輩 | [ shǔ beì ] a scoundrel, a bad chap |
| ⇒ 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 | [ yī lì laǒ shǔ shǐ le yī guō zhoū ] lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom), fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch |
| ⇒ 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋湯 | [ yī kē laǒ shǔ shǐ le yī guō tāng ] lit. one pellet of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom), fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch |
| ⇒ 一顆老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥 | [ yī kē laǒ shǔ shǐ le yī guō zhoū ] see 一粒老鼠屎壞了一鍋粥|一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥[yi1 li4 lao3 shu3 shi3 huai4 le5 yi1 guo1 zhou1] |
| ⇒ 不管白貓黑貓，捉住老鼠就是好貓 | [ bù guǎn baí maō heī maō zhuō zhù laǒ shǔ jiù shì haǒ maō ] it doesn't matter whether a cat is white or black; as long as it catches mice it's a good cat (variant of a Sichuanese saying used in a speech by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1962, usually associated with his economic reforms starting in 1978, in which pragmatism was favored over ideological purity) |
| ⇒ 侏儒倉鼠 | [ zhū rú cāng shǔ ] dwarf hamster |
| ⇒ 倉鼠 | [ cāng shǔ ] hamster |
| ⇒ 印鼠客蚤 | [ yìn shǔ kè zaǒ ] oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis) |
| ⇒ 土撥鼠 | [ tǔ bō shǔ ] groundhog |
| ⇒ 坎貝爾侏儒倉鼠 | [ kǎn beì ěr zhū rú cāng shǔ ] Campbell's dwarf hamster (Phodopus campbelli) |
| ⇒ 大五趾跳鼠 | [ dà wǔ zhǐ shǔ ] great jerboa (Allactaga major) |
| ⇒ 大鼠 | [ dà shǔ ] rat |
| ⇒ 天竺鼠 | [ tiān zhú shǔ ] guinea pig, cavy |
| ⇒ 子鼠 | [ zǐ shǔ ] Year 1, year of the Rat (e.g. 2008) |
| ⇒ 小家鼠 | [ jiā shǔ ] mouse |
| ⇒ 小白鼠 | [ baí shǔ ] white mouse, lab mouse, lab rat, (fig.) human guinea pig |
| ⇒ 小老鼠 | [ laǒ shǔ ] @, at symbol |
| ⇒ 小袋鼠 | [ daì shǔ ] wallaby, pademelon |
| ⇒ 小鼠 | [ shǔ ] mouse |
| ⇒ 投鼠忌器 | [ toú shǔ jì qì ] lit. to refrain from shooting at the rat for fear of breaking the vases (idiom), to not act against an evil so as to prevent harm to innocents |
| ⇒ 抱頭鼠竄 | [ baò toú shǔ cuàn ] to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously |
| ⇒ 抱頭鼠躥 | [ baò toú shǔ cuān ] to cover one's head and sneak away like a rat (idiom); to flee ignominiously, also written 抱頭鼠竄|抱头鼠窜 |
| ⇒ 捕鼠器 | [ bǔ shǔ qì ] mousetrap |
| ⇒ 松鼠 | [ sōng shǔ ] squirrel |
| ⇒ 栗鼠 | [ lì shǔ ] chinchilla, chipmunk |
| ⇒ 殺鼠藥 | [ shā shǔ yaò ] rat poison |
| ⇒ 沙袋鼠 | [ shā daì shǔ ] swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor) |
| ⇒ 沙鼠 | [ shā shǔ ] gerbil |
| ⇒ 海狸鼠 | [ haǐ lí shǔ ] coypu, nutria |
| ⇒ 滅鼠藥 | [ miè shǔ yaò ] rat poison |
| ⇒ 滑鼠 | [ huá shǔ ] (computer) mouse (Tw) |
| ⇒ 滑鼠墊 | [ huá shǔ diàn ] mouse pad (Tw) |
| ⇒ 滑鼠手 | [ huá shǔ shoǔ ] carpal tunnel syndrome (Tw) |
| ⇒ 滑鼠蛇 | [ huá shǔ shé ] Oriental ratsnake (Ptyas mucosus) |
| ⇒ 狗逮老鼠 | [ goǔ daǐ laǒ shǔ ] lit. a dog who catches mice (idiom), fig. to be meddlesome |
| ⇒ 獐頭鼠目 | [ zhāng toú shǔ mù ] lit. the head of a river deer and the eyes of a rat (idiom), fig. repulsively ugly and shifty-looking |
| ⇒ 田鼠 | [ tián shǔ ] vole |
| ⇒ 睡鼠 | [ shuì shǔ ] dormouse |
| ⇒ 短尾矮袋鼠 | [ duǎn weǐ aǐ daì shǔ ] quokka (Setonix brachyurus) |
| ⇒ 社鼠城狐 | [ shè shǔ chéng hú ] lit. rat in a country shrine, fox on town walls; fig. unprincipled thugs who abuse others' power to bully and exploit people |
| ⇒ 窮鼠嚙狸 | [ qióng shǔ niè lí ] a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on |
| ⇒ 米奇老鼠 | [ mǐ qí laǒ shǔ ] Mickey Mouse |
| ⇒ 米老鼠 | [ mǐ laǒ shǔ ] Mickey Mouse |
| ⇒ 羅雀掘鼠 | [ luó què jué shǔ ] lit. to net birds and dig for rats (idiom); fig. hard pressed for cash, on the verge of bankruptcy |
| ⇒ 老鼠 | [ laǒ shǔ ] rat, mouse, CL:隻|只[zhi1] |
| ⇒ 老鼠尾巴 | [ laǒ shǔ weǐ ba ] lit. rat's tail; fig. a follower of inferior stature |
| ⇒ 老鼠拉龜，無從下手 | [ laǒ shǔ lā guī wú cóng xià shoǔ ] like mice trying to pull a turtle, nowhere to get a hand grip (idiom), no clue where to start |
| ⇒ 老鼠拖木鍁，大頭在後頭 | [ laǒ shǔ tuō mù xiān dà toú zaì hoù tou ] when the mice drag a shovel, the biggest thing comes second, the tip of the iceberg, the cockroach principle |
| ⇒ 老鼠洞 | [ laǒ shǔ dòng ] mouse hole |
| ⇒ 老鼠過街，人人喊打 | [ laǒ shǔ guò jiē rén rén hǎn dǎ ] lit. when a rat crosses the street, people chase it down (idiom), fig. everyone detests a lowlife |
| ⇒ 腺鼠疫 | [ xiàn shǔ yì ] bubonic plague |
| ⇒ 膽小如鼠 | [ dǎn rú shǔ ] chicken-hearted (idiom), gutless |
| ⇒ 花栗鼠 | [ huā lì shǔ ] chipmunk (genus Tamias) |
| ⇒ 葵鼠 | [ kuí shǔ ] guinea pig |
| ⇒ 袋鼠 | [ daì shǔ ] kangaroo |
| ⇒ 豚鼠 | [ tún shǔ ] guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) |
| ⇒ 貓哭老鼠 | [ maō kū laǒ shǔ ] the cat weeps for the dead mouse (idiom); hypocritical pretence of condolence, crocodile tears |
| ⇒ 貓鼠遊戲 | [ maō shǔ yoú xì ] cat and mouse game |
| ⇒ 負鼠 | [ fù shǔ ] opossum (zoo.) |
| ⇒ 賊眉鼠眼 | [ zeí meí shǔ yǎn ] shifty-eyed, crafty-looking (idiom) |
| ⇒ 過街老鼠 | [ guò jiē laǒ shǔ ] sb or sth detested by all, target of scorn, anathema, cf. 老鼠過街，人人喊打|老鼠过街，人人喊打[lao3 shu3 guo4 jie1 , ren2 ren2 han3 da3] |
| ⇒ 飛鼠 | [ feī shǔ ] flying squirrel, (dialect) bat |
| ⇒ 首鼠兩端 | [ shoǔ shǔ liǎng duān ] (idiom) to hesitate, to remain undecided |
| ⇒ 黃鼠狼 | [ huáng shǔ láng ] see 黃鼬|黄鼬[huang2 you4] |
| ⇒ 黃鼠狼給雞拜年 | [ huáng shǔ láng geǐ jī baì nián ] Beware of suspicious folk bearing gifts, they are sure to be ill-intentioned. (idiom) |
| ⇒ 黃鼠狼給雞拜年，沒安好心 | [ huáng shǔ láng geǐ jī baì nián meí ān haǒ xīn ] see 黃鼠狼給雞拜年|黄鼠狼给鸡拜年[huang2 shu3 lang2 gei3 ji1 bai4 nian2] |
| ⇒ 鼬鼠 | [ yoù shǔ ] weasel |
| ⇒ 鼯鼠 | [ wú shǔ ] flying squirrel |
| ⇒ 鼴鼠 | [ yǎn shǔ ] mole (zoology) |
| ⇒ 鼴鼠皮 | [ yǎn shǔ pí ] moleskin |
| ⇒ 鼷鼠 | [ xī shǔ ] mouse |
