口蘑

Chinese

		gateway	mushroom
trad. (口蘑)		口	蘑
simp. #(口蘑)		口	蘑

Etymology

口 (kǒu) is short for 張家口／张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu, “Zhangjiakou”), from which place the St. George's mushrooms are very famous in China.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): kǒumó

  (Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄛˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² mo⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: kǒumó
    • Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄛˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: kǒumó
    • Wade–Giles: kʻou³-mo²
    • Yale: kǒu-mwó
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooumo
    • Palladius: коумо (koumo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hau² mo⁴
    • Yale: háu mòh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hau² mo⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: heo² mo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ mɔː²¹/

Noun

口蘑

1. (traditional meaning) various mushrooms that has been sold via Zhangjiakou, including Leucocalocybe mongolica and St. George's mushroom
2. (mycology) (～屬) Tricholoma
3. (innovative usage) Agaricus bisporus