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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 | ||
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| trad. (冬蟲夏草) | 冬 | 蟲 | 夏 | 草 | |
| simp. (冬虫夏草) | 冬 | 虫 | 夏 | 草 | |
Etymology
Compare the similarly-structured Tibetan word དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ (dbyar rtswa dgun 'bu).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Pinyin): dōngchóngxiàcǎo
- (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ 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: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ 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⁾/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- 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/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- 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/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, General Taiwanese)
Noun
冬蟲夏草