HSK 5 · Science

鼠标 shǔbiāo “mouse (computing)” in Chinese

Traditional 鼠標

What 鼠标 means

  1. mouse (computing)
  2. (computing) mouse

How to say 鼠标

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale鼠shǔ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale标biāo1st tone, high and level

鼠标 in a sentence

  1. 请帮我拿一下鼠标。

    Qǐng bāng wǒ ná yíxià shǔbiāo.

    Could you pass me the mouse, please?

    Sentence #10265808 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 要不要买个无线鼠标呢？

    Yào bu yào mǎi ge wúxiàn shǔbiāo ne?

    Should I buy a wireless mouse?

    Sentence #10041929 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 玛丽买了鼠标垫。

    Mǎlì mǎi le shǔbiāodiàn.

    Mary bought a mouse pad.

    Sentence #9992085 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 鼠标 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 鼠 (shǔ) drawn as one shape
鼠shǔrat; mouse

鼠 is a single shape of 13 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

The character 标 (biāo) with each of its parts in a different colour
标biāomark
  • 木tree · mùMeaning part
  • 示sign · shì

木 hints at the meaning (tree); 票 (piào) hints at the sound. Compare it with biāo.

How to write 鼠标

鼠 13 strokes · 标 9 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

鼠标 (shǔbiāo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 鼠标 (shǔbiāo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 鼠标

Words with 鼠

老鼠lǎoshǔ · rat

Words with 标

标准biāozhǔn · standard标点biāodiǎn · punctuation标志biāozhì · sign目标mùbiāo · target商标shāngbiāo · trademark招标zhāobiāo · to invite tenders标本biāoběn · specimen标题biāotí · title标记biāojì · mark指标zhǐbiāo · indicator

More words: Science & Technology

设备shèbèi · equipment设施shèshī · facilities实验shíyàn · experiment输入shūrù · to input数据shùjù · data数码shùmǎ · digital搜索sōusuǒ · to search (online)网络wǎngluò · network

FAQs

鼠标 (shǔbiāo) means “mouse (computing)” or “(computing) mouse”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it shǔbiāo: shǔ with a 3rd tone, then biāo with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 鼠标 is written 鼠標. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type shubiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 鼠标 from the suggestions. Typing shubiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
鼠标 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.