小鼠

xiǎoshǔ
noun

Measure Word

Meanings

  1. 1 mouse
  2. 2 laboratory mouse

Examples

HSK 5
Shíyànshì lǐ yǎng le jǐbǎi zhī xiǎoshǔ.
The lab keeps several hundred mice.
HSK 5
Zhè zhǒng xīnyào xiān zài xiǎoshǔ shēnshang zuò le shìyàn, xiàoguǒ hěn hǎo.
The new drug was tested on mice first, and the results were good.

Tips

usage
A lab convention: 小鼠 is the mouse and 大鼠 the rat. In everyday speech both are 老鼠. A lab mouse is also a 小白鼠, 'little white mouse', which doubles as the word for a human guinea pig.

Stroke Order

小 xiǎo
鼠 shǔ