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There are 16 total results for your Opossum search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

負鼠


负鼠

see styles
fù shǔ
    fu4 shu3
fu shu

More info & calligraphy:

Opossum / Possum
opossum (zoo.)

糠蝦

see styles
 ami
    あみ
(kana only) opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid

袋鼠

see styles
dài shǔ
    dai4 shu3
tai shu
 fukuronezumi
    ふくろねずみ
kangaroo
opossum

醤蝦

see styles
 ami
    あみ
(kana only) opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid

オポサム

see styles
 oposamu
    オポサム
(ik) opossum

オポッサム

see styles
 opossamu
    オポッサム
opossum

Variations:
醤蝦
糠蝦

see styles
 ami; ami
    あみ; アミ
(kana only) opossum shrimp (Mysida spp.); mysid

北オポッサム

see styles
 kitaopossamu; kitaopossamu
    きたオポッサム; キタオポッサム
(kana only) Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana); North American opossum; tlacuache

南オポッサム

see styles
 minamiopossamu; minamiopossamu
    みなみオポッサム; ミナミオポッサム
(kana only) common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); southern opossum; black-eared opossum

キタオポッサム

see styles
 kitaopossamu
    キタオポッサム
(kana only) Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana); North American opossum; tlacuache

マウスオポッサム

see styles
 mausuopossamu
    マウスオポッサム
mouse opossum

ミナミオポッサム

see styles
 minamiopossamu
    ミナミオポッサム
(kana only) common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis); southern opossum; black-eared opossum

マウス・オポッサム

see styles
 mausu opossamu
    マウス・オポッサム
mouse opossum

Variations:
オポッサム
オポサム(ik)

see styles
 opossamu; oposamu(ik)
    オポッサム; オポサム(ik)
opossum

Variations:
チロエオポッサム
チロエ・オポッサム

see styles
 chiroeopossamu; chiroe opossamu
    チロエオポッサム; チロエ・オポッサム
monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides); Chiloe opossum

Variations:
マウスオポッサム
マウス・オポッサム

see styles
 mausuopossamu; mausu opossamu
    マウスオポッサム; マウス・オポッサム
mouse opossum

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 16 results for "Opossum" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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