Translation of "Rat" in Chinese

The cat ate the rat.

猫吃了老鼠。

Is the rat alive or dead?

這隻老鼠是死還是活的？

A cornered rat will bite a cat.

窮鼠囓狸。

This rat, up until just now he was my partner and now he's gone and turned on me.

这家伙刚刚还是我这边儿的人，现在已经叛变了。

The twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac come from eleven kinds of animals originating in nature, namely the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, horse, snake, monkey, rooster, dog and pig, as well as the legendary form of the dragon, and are used as a calendar.

十二生肖是由十一種源於自然界的動物即鼠、牛、虎、兔、蛇、馬、羊、猴、雞、狗、豬以及傳說中的龍組成的，用於紀年。