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The Chinese word dalaoshu - 打老鼠 - dàlǎoshǔ
(rat in Chinese)
Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)
dàlǎoshǔ
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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)
Note: In this special case, one of the tones is pronounced differently than the (written) Pinyin phonetic script indicates. This phenomenon is called Tone sandhi.
English translation
rat
Chinese characters:
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The traditional Chinese characters of dàlǎoshǔ are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
Chinese Pinyin example sentence with 打老鼠 ( dalaoshu / dàlǎoshǔ ) ⓘWriting in Pinyin
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Before using this Pinyin example sentence, consider that Chinese characters should always be your first choice in written communication.
If you cannot use Chinese characters, it is preferable to use the Pinyin with tones. Only use the Pinyin without tones if there's no other option (e.g. writing a text message from/to a mobile phone that doesn't support special characters such as ā, í, ǒ, ù).
Haizimen zai wan da laoshu de youxi.
Háizimen zài wán dǎ lǎoshǔ de yóuxì.– English translation: The children are playing whack-a-mouse.
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