飛鼠

简 飞鼠 · 繁 飛鼠
Mandarin · pinyin fēi shǔ

Meanings

  1. flying squirrel
  2. (dialect) bat
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飛
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鼠
shǔ · rat, mouse; Kangxi radical 208
飞
fēi · fly; go quickly; dart; high
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1–3 · fei1 shu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

fei1 syu2

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noun

  1. flying squirrel (Classifier: 隻/只 m c mn)
  2. (ancient dialect or Cantonese, Hakka, Hainanese, Leizhou Min, Puxian Min, Pinghua, Guangxi Mandarin, Yuebei Tuhua) bat (small flying mammal of order Chiroptera) (Classifier: 隻/只 c)
  3. (Singapore Hokkien) squirrel

noun

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) pickpocket (Classifier: 隻/只 mn)

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