冬蟲夏草

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See also: 冬虫夏草

Chinese

		winter	animal; insect	summer; Xia (proper name)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (冬蟲夏草)		冬	蟲	夏	草
simp. (冬虫夏草)		冬	虫	夏	草

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冬蟲夏草

Etymology

Compare the similarly-structured Tibetan word དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ (dbyar rtswa dgun 'bu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngchóngxiàcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ cung⁴ haa⁶ cou²
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): tong-thiông-hā-chhó

(Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ tang⁵ hê⁷ cao²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dōngchóngxiàcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dongchóngsiàcǎo
  - Wade–Giles: tung¹-chʻung²-hsia⁴-tsʻao³
  - Yale: dūng-chúng-syà-tsǎu
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongchorngshiahtsao
  - Palladius: дунчунсяцао (dunčunsjacao)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ cung⁴ haa⁶ cou²
  - Yale: dūng chùhng hah chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsung⁴ haa⁶ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cung⁴ ha⁶ cou²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ haː²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-thiông-hā-chhó
  - Tâi-lô: tong-thiông-hā-tshó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongtionghaxzhoir
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²³ ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ²⁴ ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴ ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: dang¹ tang⁵ hê⁷ cao²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang thâng hē tsháu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ he¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵²/

Noun

冬蟲夏草

caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)

Synonyms

蟲草／虫草 (chóngcǎo)
冬蟲草／冬虫草 (dōngchóngcǎo)