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老鼠

lǎo shǔ · lao shu

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Old HSK 5Measure word: 只 zhī

Meaning

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  1. rat; mouse
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A noise in the kitchen

  1. Liangliang

    厨房里(chúfánglǐ)有(yǒu)声音(shēngyīn)，会不会(huìbùhuì)是(shì)老鼠(lǎoshǔ)？

    There's a noise in the kitchen. Could it be a mouse?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)去(qù)看看(kànkan)。哎呀(āiyā)，真的(zhēnde)有(yǒu)一只(yīzhī)老鼠(lǎoshǔ)！

    I'll go and look. Oh, there really is a mouse!

  3. Liangliang

    老鼠(lǎoshǔ)在(zài)吃(chī)什么(shénme)？

    What is the mouse eating?

  4. Dengdeng

    它(tā)在(zài)吃(chī)我(wǒ)昨天(zuótiān)买(mǎi)的(de)花生(huāshēng)。

    It's eating the peanuts I bought yesterday.

  5. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)打算(dǎsuàn)怎么办(zěnmebàn)？

    What are you going to do?

  6. Dengdeng

    算了(suànle)，分(fēn)它(tā)一半(yībàn)吧(ba)，我(wǒ)一个人(yīgèrén)也(yě)吃不完(chībùwán)。

    Oh well, I'll share half with it. I can't finish them alone anyway.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

可(kě)怜(lián)的(de)猫(māo)！ 她(tā)无(wú)法(fǎ)抓(zhuā)住(zhù)敏(mǐn)捷(jié)的(de)老(lǎo)鼠(shǔ)。

Poor cat! She can't catch the nimble mouse.

Tatoeba: Chinese by kanlaon · English by mervert1 · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

厨(chú)房(fáng)里(lǐ)有(yǒu)一(yì)只(zhī)老(lǎo)鼠(shǔ)躲(duǒ)在(zài)柜(guì)子(zi)后(hòu)面(miàn)。

There is a mouse hiding behind the cabinet in the kitchen.

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