Chinese Word Entry

過街老鼠

Simplified Chinese form: 过街老鼠

Mandarin (Zhuyin): ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄝ ㄌㄠˇ ㄕㄨˇ
Mandarin (Pinyin): guò jiē lǎo shǔ
Cantonese (Jyutping): gwo3 gaai1 lou5 syu2
Definitions:
  1. sb or sth detested by all

  2. target of scorn

  3. anathema

  4. 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]


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Chinese characters used in this word

overdo, exceed, go beyond, error, pass, pass through, go across
Readings
Mandarin: ㄍㄨㄛˋ (guò), ㄍㄨㄛ (guō), ㄍㄨㄛ˙ (guo), ㄏㄨㄛˋ (huò)
Cantonese: gwo3
Japanese: カ (ka) / す.ぎる (sugiru)、 す.ごす (sugosu)、 あやま.ち (ayamachi)、 あやま.つ (ayamatsu)、 よぎ.る (yogiru)、 とが (toga)
Korean: 과 (gwa)
Vietnamese: quá, qua
Variants
Simplified Chinese form:

boulevard, street, town, road, thoroughfare
Readings
Mandarin: ㄐㄧㄝ (jiē)
Cantonese: gaai1
Japanese: ガイ (gai)、 カイ (kai) / まち (machi)
Korean: 가 (ga)
Vietnamese: nhai

old man, old age, grow old, old, aged, experienced, Kangxi radical 125
Readings
Mandarin: ㄌㄠˇ (lǎo)
Cantonese: lou5
Japanese: ロウ (rou) / お.いる (oiru)、 ふ.ける (fukeru)、 おい (oi)
Korean: 로 (ro), 노 (no)
Vietnamese: lão

rat, mouse, dark gray, Kangxi radical 208
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕㄨˇ (shǔ)
Cantonese: syu2
Japanese: ソ (so)、 ショ (sho) / ねずみ (nezumi)、 ねず (nezu)
Korean: 서 (seo)
Vietnamese: thử
Variants
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