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
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tong-thiông-hā-chhó

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

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• 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⁾/
• 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

1. caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)

Synonyms

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