盲腸

See also: 盲肠

Chinese

		blind	intestines
trad. (盲腸)		盲	腸
simp. (盲肠)		盲	肠

Etymology

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 盲(もう)腸(ちょう) (mōchō).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mángcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mang² cang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ coeng^4-2
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): mô-chhòng / mòng-chhòng

  (Hailu, HRS): mo^ˋ chong / mong chong

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): bông-tn̂g / mô͘-tn̂g / mō͘-tn̂g / bōng-tn̂g

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mêng⁵ deng⁵

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁶maon-zan

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángcháng
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-chʻang²
    • Yale: máng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharng
    • Palladius: манчан (mančan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángchángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángchángr
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-chʻang²-ʼrh
    • Yale: máng-chángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharngl
    • Palladius: манчанр (mančanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mang² cang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mangcang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹ t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴ coeng^4-2
    • Yale: màahng chéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ tsoeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ cêng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²¹ t͡sʰœːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-chhòng / mòng-chhòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˊ cong^ˇ / mong^ˇ cong^ˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ cong² / mong² cong²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/, /moŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo^ˋ chong / mong chong
    • Sinological IPA: /mo⁵³ t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵⁵/, /moŋ⁵⁵ t͡ʃʰoŋ⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: bông-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongd'ngg
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: môo-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'dngg
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: mōo-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moxd'ngg
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngd'ngg
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mêng⁵ deng⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mêng tṳ̂ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /meŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ tɯŋ⁵⁵/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶maon-zan
    • MiniDict: maon^去 zan
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³maan-zan
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mɑ̃²² zã⁴⁴/

Noun

盲腸

1. (anatomy) caecum
2. (anatomy, proscribed) appendix

   盲腸炎／盲肠炎  ―  mángcháng yán  ―  appendicitis

   割盲腸／割盲肠  ―  gē mángcháng  ―  to undergo appendectomy

3. (neologism, Internet slang) deliberate misspelling of 盲點 / 盲点 (mángdiǎn); see 突破盲腸／突破盲肠

Synonyms

• (caecum):

Dialectal synonyms of 盲腸 (“caecum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盲腸
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	盲腸
	Harbin	盲腸兒
	Singapore	盲腸
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	盲腸
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	盲腸兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	盲腸
	Xining	盲腸
	Xuzhou	盲腸
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	盲腸
	Ürümqi	盲腸
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	盲腸
	Wuhan	盲腸
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	盲腸
Cantonese	Hong Kong	盲腸
	Dongguan	盲腸
Gan	Lichuan	盲腸
	Pingxiang	盲腸, 闌尾
Hakka	Meixian	盲腸
Huizhou	Jixi	盲腸
Jin	Taiyuan	盲腸
	Xinzhou	盲腸
Southern Min	Xiamen	生腸
	Tainan	盲腸
	Haikou	盲腸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盲腸
Wu	Shanghai	盲腸
	Shanghai (Chongming)	盲腸
	Suzhou	盲腸
	Danyang	盲腸
	Hangzhou	盲腸
	Ningbo	盲腸
	Wenzhou	盲腸
	Jinhua	盲腸

• (appendix): 闌尾／阑尾 (lánwěi)

Derived terms

• 盲腸炎 / 盲肠炎 (mángchángyán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
盲	腸
もう Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 6
kan'on

Etymology

/mautyau/ → /mɔːt͡ɕɔː/ → /moːt͡ɕoː/

Calque of Dutch blinde darm (literally “blind gut”), equivalent to 盲 (mou, “blind”) +‎ 腸 (chou, “gut”). Coined by Japanese scientist Udagawa Yōan in 1774

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) もーちょー [móꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

盲(もう)腸(ちょう) • (mōchō) ^{←まうちやう (mautyau)?}

1. (medicine, anatomy) caecum
2. (informal, slang) appendix

Usage notes

The appendix sense is common in everyday parlance, but is incorrect in medical contexts, where this term refers more specifically to the caecum. The medical term for the appendix is 虫(ちゅう)垂(すい) (chūsui).

Synonyms

• 虫(ちゅう)垂(すい) (chūsui, “appendix”)

Derived terms

• 盲(もう)腸(ちょう)炎(えん) (mōchōen, “appendicitis”)
• 盲(もう)腸(ちょう)線(せん) (mōchōsen, “a dead-end branch line”)

Descendants

• → Chinese: 盲腸 / 盲肠 (mángcháng)
• → Korean: 맹장 (maengjang)

References

• “盲腸”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
• Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN