蘑菇

Chinese

Etymology 1

		mushroom	mushroom
trad. (蘑菇)		蘑	菇
simp. #(蘑菇)		蘑	菇
alternative forms		蘑菰 摩姑 磨菇

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Noun

(deprecated template usage) 蘑菇

1. mushroom

Descendants

• → Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠭᠦ (mögü) / мөөг (möög)
• → Uyghur: موگۇ (mogu)

See also

• 菌類／菌类 (jūnlèi)

Etymology 2

		mushroom	mushroom
trad. (蘑菇)		蘑	菇
simp. #(蘑菇)		蘑	菇
alternative forms		磨咕 摩姑

Composed of 磨 (mó, “to dawdle; to pester”) + verb suffix 咕 (gu) (Zhou, 2002).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mógu, mógū, móguo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mógu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mógů
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ku⁵
    • Yale: mwó-gu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.gu
    • Palladius: могу (mogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mógū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mógu
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ku¹
    • Yale: mwó-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mogu
    • Palladius: могу (mogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móguo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móguo̊
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-kuo⁵
    • Yale: mwó-gwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.guo
    • Palladius: мого (mogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u̯ɔ³/

Verb

蘑菇

1. (colloquial) to pester; to plague
2. (colloquial) to dawdle; to dillydally

Derived terms

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