冬蟲夏草

冬蟲夏草

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

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
• Min Nan (POJ): tong-thiông hā-chhó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dōngchóngxiàcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongchorngshiahtsao
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ cung⁴ haa⁶ cou²
    • Yale: dūng chùhng hah chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsung⁴ haa⁶ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cung⁴ ha⁶ cou²
    • IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ häː²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-thiông hā-chhó
    • Tâi-lô: tong-thiông hā-tshó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dongtioong haxzhoir
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ha⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/

Noun

冬蟲夏草

1. caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)

Synonyms

• 蟲草／虫草 (chóngcǎo)
• 冬蟲草／冬虫草