盲腸

See also: 盲肠

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mángcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ

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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: mángcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharng
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángcháng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Pinyin: mángchángr
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄤˊ ㄔㄤˊㄦ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mangcharngl
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mángchángr
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɑŋ³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑ̃ɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁴ coeng^4-2
    • Yale: màahng chéung
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁴ tsoeng^4-2
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁴ cêng²
    • 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/

Noun

盲腸

1. (anatomy) caecum

Synonyms

• (Cantonese) 橫丫腸／横丫肠
• (Min Nan) 生腸／生肠

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: 4
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

盲腸 (hiragana もうちょう, rōmaji mōchō, historical hiragana まうちやう)

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 虫垂 (ちゅうすい) (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”)
• 盲腸線 (もうちょうせん) (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.