盲腸

See also: 盲肠

Chinese

		blind	intestines
trad. (盲腸)		盲	腸
simp. (盲肠)		盲	肠

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mángcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ

  (Chengdu, SP): mang² cang²

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁴ coeng^4-2
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): mô-chhòng / mòng-chhòng
• Min Nan (POJ): bông-tn̂g / mô͘-tn̂g / mō͘-tn̂g / bōng-tn̂g
• Wu (Wiktionary): maan zan (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángcháng
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-chʻang²
    • Yale: máng-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharng
    • Palladius: манчан (mančan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mángchángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángchángr
    • Wade–Giles: mang²-chʻangrh²
    • Yale: máng-chángr
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharngl
    • Palladius: манчанр (mančanr)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mang² cang²
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mangcang
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maŋ²¹ t͡sʰaŋ²¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴ coeng^4-2
    • Yale: màahng chéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ tsoeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ cêng^4-2
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mäːŋ²¹ t͡ʃʰœ̽ːŋ²¹⁻³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: mô-chhòng / mòng-chhòng
    • Hakka Romanization System: mo´ congˇ / mongˇ congˇ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: mo¹ cong² / mong² cong²
    • Sinological IPA: /mo²⁴ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/, /moŋ¹¹ t͡sʰoŋ¹¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bông-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: bông-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bongd'ngg
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /bɔŋ¹³⁻²² tŋ̍¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou): /bɔŋ²⁴⁻²² tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: môo-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'dngg
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ tŋ̍²³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mō͘-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: mōo-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: moxd'ngg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bōng-tn̂g
    • Tâi-lô: bōng-tn̂g
    • Phofsit Daibuun: boxngd'ngg
    • IPA (Taipei): /bɔŋ³³⁻¹¹ tŋ̍²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /bɔŋ³³⁻²¹ tŋ̍²³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: maan zan (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑ̃²² z̥ã⁴⁴/

Noun

盲腸

1. (anatomy) caecum
2. (anatomy, proscribed) appendix

   盲腸炎／盲肠炎  ―  mángcháng yán  ―  appendicitis

   割盲腸／割盲肠  ―  gē mángcháng  ―  to undergo appendectomy

3. (neologism) Synonym of 盲點／盲点 (mángdiǎn). See 突破盲腸／突破盲肠.

Synonyms

• (caecum):

Dialectal synonyms of 盲腸 (“caecum”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		盲腸
Mandarin	Taiwan	盲腸
	Harbin	盲腸兒
	Yantai (Muping)	盲腸兒
	Jinan	盲腸
	Luoyang	盲腸
	Yinchuan	盲腸
	Xining	盲腸
	Ürümqi	盲腸
	Wuhan	盲腸
	Chengdu	盲腸
	Xuzhou	盲腸
	Nanjing	盲腸
	Singapore	盲腸
Cantonese	Hong Kong	盲腸
	Dongguan	盲腸
Gan	Lichuan	盲腸
	Pingxiang	盲腸, 闌尾
Hakka	Meixian	盲腸
Huizhou	Jixi	盲腸
Jin	Taiyuan	盲腸
	Xinzhou	盲腸
Min Nan	Xiamen	生腸
	Tainan	盲腸
	Haikou	盲腸
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	盲腸
Wu	Shanghai	盲腸
	Shanghai (Chongming)	盲腸
	Suzhou	盲腸
	Danyang	盲腸
	Hangzhou	盲腸
	Ningbo	盲腸
	Wenzhou	盲腸
	Jinhua	盲腸

Derived terms

• 盲腸炎／盲肠炎 (mángchángyán)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
盲	腸
もう Grade: S	ちょう Grade: 6
kan’on

Etymology

/mautyau/ → /mɔːt͡ɕɔː/ → /moːt͡ɕoː/

From Middle Chinese 盲腸 (MC mˠæŋ ɖɨɐŋ, literally “blind gut”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
• (Tokyo) も​ーちょー [móꜜòchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])
• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːt͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

盲(もう)腸(ちょう) • (mōchō) ^{←まうちやう (mautyau)?}

1. (medicine, anatomy) caecum
2. (informal, slang) appendix

Usage notes

The appendix sense is common in everyday parlance, but is incorrect in medical contexts, where this term refers more specifically to the caecum. The medical term for the appendix is 虫(ちゅう)垂(すい) (chūsui).

Synonyms

• 虫(ちゅう)垂(すい) (chūsui, “appendix”)

Derived terms

• 盲(もう)腸(ちょう)炎(えん) (mōchōen, “appendicitis”)
• 盲(もう)腸(ちょう)線(せん) (mōchōsen, “a branch line of a railway”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.