耗子

hàozi
(dialect) mouse; rat

CEDICT

dialect

Entry Composition

1 耗 hào
  1. to waste
  2. to spend
  3. to consume
  4. to squander
  5. news
  6. (coll.) to delay
  7. to dilly-dally
2 子 zi noun suffix, as in 椅子 yǐzi "chair"