栗鼠

Chinese
chestnut rat; mouse
simp. and trad.
(栗鼠)		 栗 鼠

Pronunciation

Noun

栗鼠

  1. squirrel (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
  2. chinchilla

Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 松鼠 (“squirrel”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 松鼠, 栗鼠, 灰鼠
Taxonomic name 松鼠
Mandarin Beijing 松鼠
Taiwan 松鼠
Wanrong 圪獵
Xi'an 毛老鼠
Guiyang 松鼠
Cantonese Hong Kong 松鼠
Hakka Miaoli (N. Sixian) 膨尾鼠
Liudui (S. Sixian) 大尾鼠
Hsinchu (Hailu) 膨尾鼠
Dongshi (Dabu) 膨尾鼠
Hsinchu (Raoping) 膨尾鼠
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 膨鼠
Jin Taiyuan 圪猁
Pingyao 圪猁
Xinzhou 圪猁
Min Nan Xiamen 膨鼠
Taipei 膨鼠
Kaohsiung 膨鼠
Tainan 膨鼠
Taichung 膨鼠
Wuqi 膨鼠
Hsinchu 膨鼠
Taitung 膨鼠
Lukang 膨鼠
Yilan 膨鼠
Magong 膨鼠
Penang 膨鼠
Singapore 膨鼠
Puxian Min Putian 田家老鼠
Pinghua Nanning 松鼠
Wu Shanghai 松鼠

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (栗鼠):

Derived terms

Japanese

Etymology 1
栗鼠 (​risu): a red squirrel
Kanji in this term
栗 鼠
りつ > り
Jinmeiyō		 そ > す
Hyōgaiji
Irregular

/ritu so/ → /risːo/ → /risːə/ → /risu/

Shift from Middle Chinese-derived compound 栗鼠 (MC liɪt̚ ɕɨʌX, literally “chestnut + mouse, rat”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

栗鼠 (hiragana りす, katakana リス, rōmaji risu)

  1. a squirrel (rodent of family Sciuridae)
    Synonym: 木鼠 (kinezumi)
    • c. 2012, “パンツにリスがいるんだよ [S.I.M.P. (Squirrels In My Pants)]”:
      あ———　パンツにリスが！
      A——— Pantsu ni risu ga!
      AHHHHHHH! There are squirrels in my pants!
      パンツに凄 (すご)いリスがいるんだってさ
      Pantsu ni sugoi risu ga irun datte sa
      That girl's got some serious squirrels in her pants.
  2. Short for 日本栗鼠 (Nihon risu): the Japanese squirrel, Sciurus lis
Derived terms
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2
Kanji in this term
栗 鼠
くり
Jinmeiyō		 ねずみ
Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

Compound of 栗 (くり) (kuri, “chestnut”) + 鼠 (ねずみ) (nezumi, “mouse, rat”).

Pronunciation

Noun

栗鼠 (hiragana くりねずみ, rōmaji kurinezumi)

  1. Synonym of リス (risu) above
  2. name of a hair color of a horse; grey with tinges of brown (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. Short for 栗鼠色 (kurinezumi-iro): a brownish colour, as of a squirrel's fur

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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