老鼠 meaning in English

lǎoshǔ

rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

19 strokes

Meaning of 老鼠

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

lǎoshǔ
  1. rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])

老鼠 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

猫māo在zài房fáng子zi里lǐ追zhuī老lǎo鼠shǔ。
The cat chased the mouse around the house.
不bù论lùn白bái猫māo黑hēi猫māo,抓zhuā到dào老lǎo鼠shǔ就jiù是shì好hǎo猫māo!
Be it black or white, a cat that catches mice is a good cat!
现xiàn代dài的de猫māo不bù吃chī老lǎo鼠shǔ。
Modern cats don't eat rats.
一yī只zhī老lǎo鼠shǔ跑pǎo过guò房fáng间jiān。
One mouse ran through the room.
汤tāng姆mǔ看kàn到dào一yī只zhī老lǎo鼠shǔ。
Tom saw a mouse.

Stroke order for each character

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老 lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a per… · 6 strokes

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鼠 shǔ · rat · 13 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 老鼠.

老师lǎoshīteacher
老人lǎorénold man or woman; the elderly
老朋友lǎo péngyouold friend; (slang) period
老是lǎoshìalways
老年lǎoniánelderly; old age
老王Lǎo Wáng
老板lǎobǎnboss; proprietor
老太太lǎotàitaielderly lady (respectful); esteemed mother
老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people; the "person in the street"
老头儿lǎotóursee 老頭子|老头子[lao3 tou2 zi5]
老婆lǎopo(coll.) wife
老公lǎogōng(coll.) husband

Questions about 老鼠

What does 老鼠 mean?

老鼠 (lǎoshǔ) means "rat; mouse (CL:隻|只[zhi1])".

How do you write 老鼠?

老鼠 is made of 2 characters: 老 (6 strokes), 鼠 (13 strokes). That is 19 strokes in total.