牛屎菇

Chinese

		cow dung	mushroom
trad. (牛屎菇)		牛屎	菇
simp. #(牛屎菇)		牛屎	菇

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): ngau⁴ si² gu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: ngau⁴ si² gu¹
    • Yale: ngàuh sí gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: ngau⁴ si² gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ngeo⁴ xi² gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ŋɐu̯²¹ siː³⁵ kuː⁵⁵/

Noun

牛屎菇

1. (Cantonese) puffball
   • 1841, E. C. Bridgman, Chinese Chrestomathy in the Canton Dialect‎^[1], page 458:

     灰菰牛屎菇

     ꜀fúi ꜀kú ꜁ngau ꜂shí ꜀kú

     lycoperdon, or puff balls

Synonyms

• 馬勃／马勃 (mǎbó)

References

• Bridgman, E.C. (1841) A chinese chrestomathy in the Canton dialect‎^[2], S. Wells Williams, retrieved 2024-02-12