# 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ)

In Mandarin Chinese, 老鼠 (lǎoshǔ) means “rat”. It was previously included at level 5 of the HSK 2.0 exam.

- Meaning: rat
- Pinyin: lǎoshǔ (lao3 shu3)
- Not in HSK 3.0
- HSK 2.0 · Level 5

## Examples

- 那只猫在厨房里抓住了一只老鼠。
  Nà zhī māo zài chúfáng lǐ zhuāzhùle yì zhī lǎoshǔ.
  The cat caught a mouse in the kitchen.

## Characters

- [老](https://hanziro.com/word/lao-old/) (lǎo): old; (prefix) before surname
- [鼠](https://hanziro.com/word/shu-mouse/) (shǔ): mouse; rat

https://hanziro.com/word/lao-shu-rat/

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