鼠蹊

Chinese

		rat; mouse	footpath
trad. (鼠蹊)		鼠	蹊
simp. ^#(鼠蹊)		鼠	蹊

Etymology

So named as the groin resembles in appearance to the depressed path leading to a rat hole.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shǔxī

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu² hai⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shǔxī
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˇ ㄒㄧ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shǔsi
  - Wade–Giles: shu³-hsi¹
  - Yale: shǔ-syī
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shuushi
  - Palladius: шуси (šusi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu² hai⁴
  - Yale: syú hàih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy² hai⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu² hei⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː³⁵ hɐi̯²¹/

Noun

鼠蹊

(anatomy) groin

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 腹股溝 (“groin”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		腹股溝, 鼠蹊
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	腹股溝
Cantonese	Hong Kong	大髀罅
Southern Min	Xiamen	骱邊, 骱溝, 步盤邊
	Quanzhou	骱邊, 骱溝
	Zhangzhou	骱邊, 骱溝
	Tainan	骱邊, 骱溝

Japanese

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鼠蹊

Kanji in this term
鼠	蹊
そ Hyōgai	けい Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative forms

鼠径

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) そけー [sòkéé] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [so̞ke̞ː]

Noun

鼠(そ)蹊(けい) • (sokei)

groin

Synonyms

鼠蹊部(そけいぶ) (sokeibu)

Derived terms

鼠蹊管(そけいかん) (sokeikan, “inguinal canal”)
鼠蹊部(そけいぶ) (sokeibu, “groin”)
鼠蹊(そけい)ヘルニア (sokei herunia)
鼠蹊(そけい)リンパ肉芽腫症(にくがしゅしょう) (sokei rinpa nikugashushō)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
鼠	蹊

Noun

鼠蹊 • (seohye) (hangeul 서혜)

hanja form^? of 서혜 (“groin”)

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