大鼠

dàshǔ

noun

Measure Word

一只大鼠 zhī

Meanings

1 rat (Rattus, esp. lab rat)
2 large rodent

Characters

Examples

实验室饲养了许多大鼠。

Shíyànshì sìyǎng le xǔduō dàshǔ.

The laboratory keeps many rats.

这种药物先在大鼠身上做了测试。

Zhè zhǒng yàowù xiān zài dàshǔ shēn shàng zuò le cèshì.

This drug was first tested on rats.

Tips

usage

Scientific/biomedical vocabulary. 大鼠 = 'rat' (Rattus); 小鼠 (xiǎoshǔ) = 'mouse' (Mus). In everyday speech both are usually just called 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ); the 大/小 split is a lab convention.

Stroke Order

大 dà

鼠 shǔ