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