# 耗子
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): hàozi
       (Zhuyin): ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): hao$^4$ zi$^3$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hou$^3$ zi$^2$
* Jin (Wiktionary): hau$^3$ zeh
* Xiang (Hengyang, Wiktionary): hau$^{4*}$ zr
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hàozi
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄠˋ ˙ㄗ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hàozi̊h
*** Wade–Giles: hao$^4$-tzŭ$^5$
*** Yale: hàu-dz
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haw.tzy
*** Palladius: хаоцзы (xaoczy)
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯⁵¹ d͡z̥z̩¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$耗子 號子 / 号子
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: hao$^4$ zi$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: xaoz
*** Sinological IPA : /xau²¹³ t͡sz̩⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hou$^3$ zi$^2$
*** Yale: hou jí
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hou$^3$ dzi$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hou$^3$ ji$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /hou̯³³ t͡siː³⁵/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^3$ zeh
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /xau⁴⁵ t͡səʔ⁴/
* Xiang
** (Hengyang)
*** Wiktionary: hau$^{4*}$ zr
*** Sinological IPA : /xɑʊ̯³²⁴⁻³¹ t͡sz̩³/

### Noun

耗子
* (chiefly dialectal Mandarin, Jin, dialectal Xiang, countable) mouse; rat (Classifier: 隻／只 m)
    From: c. 1906, Li Baojia, Officialdom Unmasked
    Zhídào jiālǐ yǎng le ge māo, měitiān zhǐ gěi tā yī dùn fàn chī, dàole wǎnshàng jiù bù gěi tā chī le, děng tā è zhe dùpí, tā yào zhǎo shí chī, jiù děi zhuō hàozi. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鼠 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 老鼠 |
| Taxonomic name | Taxonomic name | 鼠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 老鼠, 米奇 colloquial |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Langfang | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Ulanhot | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tongliao | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Malaysia | 老鼠 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 老鼠 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 老鼠 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 耗子, 土耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Daming | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuncheng | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wenxi | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yongji | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jixian | 老鼠, 圪老夜 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Huozhou | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Yuanyang | 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Sokuluk (Gansu Dungan) | 老鼠 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Masanchin (Shaanxi Dungan) | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 老鼠, 老蟲, 耗子 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Bayanhot | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 老鼠子, 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 老鼠 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 老鼠子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 老鼠, 高大爹 dated, euphemistic, 客人 dated, euphemistic |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 老鼠, 老鼠子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guanyang | 老鼠子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Salong (Lancang) | 老鼠 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 老鼠, 小耳朵 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Xinghua | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 老鼠 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 老鼠, 老鼠子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 老鼠, 老鼠子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 老鼠, 高客 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 老鼠, 米奇 colloquial |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Dapeng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Qingyuan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fogang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yingde (Hanguang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yangshan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianshan (Butian) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianzhou (Qingshui; Sihui) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Renhua | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lechang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Zhaoqing (Gaoyao) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Sihui | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guangning | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Deqing | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Huaiji | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fengkai (Nanfeng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Xinxing | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Luoding | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yunan (Pingtai) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Maoming (Xinpo) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Shatian) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guiping | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Mengshan (Xihe) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Guigang (Nanjiang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beiliu (Tangliao) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Baise | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Bobai | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Lingshan | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Pubei | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Qinzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Nankang) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Yingpan) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cô Tô) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Beihai (Qiaogang - Cát Bà) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Ningming | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hengzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Hezhou (Pumen, Babu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Fangchenggang (Fangcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Danzhou | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Penang (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Ho Chi Minh City (Guangfu) | 老鼠 |
| Cantonese | Móng Cái | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 老鼠, 財神 euphemistic |
| Gan | Pengze | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 老鼠 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 老鼠子, 老鼠 |
| Gan | Liuyang | 老鼠哩 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 老鼠, 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Shuikou; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Hengli; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Pingshan; Bendihua) | 老鼠, 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Pingling; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longmen (Luxi; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Boluo (Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Zhengguo, Zengcheng) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Shuizhai) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Huacheng) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Changbu) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Wuhua (Mianyang) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Zijin (Guzhu; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Tuocheng; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longchuan (Sidu; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Heping (Linzhai; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Zhongxin; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Lianping (Longjie; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Matou; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Xinfeng (Daxi; Bendihua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 老鼠, 尖支鬼 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 了猬 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 老鼠, 老鼠仔 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; Raoping) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Beiliu (Tang'an) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Mashan (Pianlian) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Sabah (Longchuan) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Senai (Huiyang) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Sungai Tapang, Batu Kawa (Hepo) | 老鼠 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 老鼠, 尖嘴 |
| Huizhou | Huangshan (Tunxi) | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Xiuning | 老伯 |
| Huizhou | Yixian | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Qimen | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Wuyuan | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 老鼠 |
| Huizhou | Dexing | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 老鼠, 𪕸兒, 耗子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jiancaoping) | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Taiyuan (Jinyuan) | 毛𪕸兒, 老鼠 |
| Jin | Qingxu | 毛𪕸兒, 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Loufan | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Jinzhong (Taigu) | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Heshun | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Qixian | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 耗子 |
| Jin | Datong | 耗子 |
| Jin | Tianzhen | 耗子 |
| Jin | Guangling | 耗子 |
| Jin | Suozhou | 耗子 |
| Jin | Shanyin | 耗子 |
| Jin | Pingding | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 𪕸兒, 耗子 |
| Jin | Wutai | 𪕸子, 耗子 |
| Jin | Daixian | 耗子 |
| Jin | Wuzhai | 耗子 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 老鼠, 𪕸兒, 旮旯兒家 |
| Jin | Shilou | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Fenyang | 𪕸兒, 毛𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Lanxian | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Linxian | 旮旯家 |
| Jin | Wenshui | 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Xiaoyi | 𪕸兒 |
| Jin | Fenxi | 旮旯裡家 |
| Jin | Xixian | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 老鼠, 耗子, 老耗子 |
| Jin | Taibus (Baochang) | 耗子 |
| Jin | Linhe | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Pingshun | 老耗子 |
| Jin | Zhangzi | 老耗子 |
| Jin | Qinxian | 旮旯家 |
| Jin | Jincheng | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Lingchuan | 缸旮旯 |
| Jin | Yangcheng | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Gaoping | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Jining | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Baotou | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Dongsheng | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Haibowan | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Handan | 老鼠, 耗子 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Suide | 老鼠 |
| Jin | Shenmu | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou (Dikou) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Zhenghe (Zhenqian) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Min | Pucheng (Shibei) | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 老鼠, 尖尖喙 euphemistic |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou (Changle) | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Ningde | 老鼠 |
| Eastern Min | Matsu | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鳥鼠, 鼠 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen (Tong'an) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 老鼠, 鼠 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shishi | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鳥鼠, 鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou (Changtai) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Pinghe | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yunxiao | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 鳥鼠, 鳥鼠仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taichung (Wuqi) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 鳥鼠仔, 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Taitung | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鳥鼠 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Datian | 鼠母 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chenghai) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Bangkok (Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Wenchang | 貓鼠, 老鼠 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 貓鼠 |
| Southern Min | Qionghai | 貓鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Jiangkou, Hanjiang) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Nanri, Xiuyu) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Fengting) | 廬鼠 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou (Youyang) | 廬鼠 |
| Central Min | Yong'an | 老鼠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 老鼠 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Shajing) | 老鼠 |
| Southern Pinghua | Binyang (Xinqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 老鼠子 |
| Shehua | Fu'an | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Fuding | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Luoyuan | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Sanming | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Shunchang | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Hua'an | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Guixi (Zhangping) | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Cangnan | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Jingning (Hexi) | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Lishui | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Longyou | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Chaozhou | 老鼠 |
| Shehua | Fengshun | 老鼠 |
| Waxiang | Yuanling (Shaojiwan) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 老蟲, 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Zhoupu, Pudong) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Shuangcaodun, Baoshan) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Luodian, Baoshan) | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 老蟲, 老鼠, 夜裡大人 humorous |
| Wu | Suzhou (Lili, Wujiang) | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Suzhou (Shengze, Wujiang) | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Changshu | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Kunshan | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Jiaxing | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Changzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Liyang | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Yixing | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Danyang | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Danyang (Tongjiaqiao) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Jingjiang | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Jiangyin | 老鼠, 老蟲 |
| Wu | Huzhou (Shuanglin) | 老蟲 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shaoxing | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Zhuji (Wangjiajing) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Chongren) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Shengzhou (Taiping) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Yuyao | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Taizhou (Huangyan) | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Quzhou | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 老鼠 |
| Wu | Yongkang | 老鼠 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 老鼠子, 高客 dated, euphemistic, 高客子 dated, euphemistic |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | 老鼠子 |
| Xiang | Xiangxiang | 老鼠子 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 老鼠子 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 老鼠子, 高客 euphemistic |
| Xiang | Hengyang | 老鼠子, 耗子 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 老鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Jiangyong | 鼠, 老鼠 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Dacun, Baitu, Qujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Xiangyang, Xihe, Wujiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Shaoguan (Shibei, Xinshao, Zhenjiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Zhoutian) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Renhua (Shitang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Ruyuan (Songwei, Guitou) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Changlai) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Beixiang) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Huangpu) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Guitang, Pingshi) | 老鼠 |
| Yuebei Tuhua | Lechang (Sanxi) | 老鼠 |

#### Derived terms

* 屬耗子的——撂爪就忘 / 属耗子的——撂爪就忘 (shǔ hàozi de, liào zhuǎ jiù wàng)
* 油耗子
* 狗拿耗子
* 狗追耗子
* 瞎貓碰上死耗子 / 瞎猫碰上死耗子 (xiāmāo pèngshàng sǐhàozi)
* 稅耗子 / 税耗子
* 耍耗子
* 耗子尾上長瘡 / 耗子尾上长疮
* 耗子尾汁 (hàoziwěizhī)
* 耗子藥 / 耗子药
* 貓哭耗子 / 猫哭耗子
* 貓哭耗子——假慈悲 / 猫哭耗子——假慈悲 (māo kū hàozi, jiǎ cíbēi)
* 那個耗子不偷油 / 那个耗子不偷油
* 電耗子 / 电耗子
* 鬧耗子 / 闹耗子