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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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mógu, mógū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): могў (mogw, I-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mo⁴ gu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mo³ gu¹

• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-gŭ
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-ko͘
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mu-ku

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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/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: могў (mogw, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴ ku⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Yale: mòh gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mo³ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔ²² ku³³/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-gŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁶mu-ku
    • MiniDict: mu^去 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²² ku⁴⁴/

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

(deprecated template usage)