盲腸
See also: 盲肠
ChineseEdit
blind | intestines | ||
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trad. (盲腸) | 盲 | 腸 | |
simp. (盲肠) | 盲 | 肠 |
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
盲腸
- (anatomy) caecum
- (anatomy, proscribed) appendix
- (neologism) Synonym of 盲點/盲点 (mángdiǎn). See 突破盲腸/突破盲肠.
SynonymsEdit
- (caecum):
Dialectal synonyms of 盲腸 (“caecum”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words |
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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 termsEdit
JapaneseEdit
Kanji in this term | |
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盲 | 腸 |
もう Grade: S |
ちょう Grade: 6 |
kan’on |
EtymologyEdit
/mautyau/ → /mɔːt͡ɕɔː/ → /moːt͡ɕoː/
From Middle Chinese 盲腸 (MC mˠæŋ ɖɨɐŋ, literally “blind gut”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
盲腸 • (mōchō) ←まうちやう (mautyau)?
Usage notesEdit
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 虫垂 (chūsui).[2][1]
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- 盲腸炎 (mōchōen, “appendicitis”)
- 盲腸線 (mōchōsen, “a branch line of a railway”)
ReferencesEdit
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.