蘑菇

Chinese

Etymology 1

		mushroom	mushroom
trad. (蘑菇)		蘑	菇
simp. #(蘑菇)		蘑	菇
alternative forms		蘑菰 磨菇 磨菰 摩姑

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): mógu, mógū

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ

  (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): mo² gu¹

  (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): mógǔ

  (Nanjing, Nanjing Pinyin): mógù

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): могў (mogw, I-II)

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): mo⁴ gu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): mo³ gu¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): me¹ gu¹
• Northern Min (KCR): mō̤-ǔ
• Eastern Min (BUC): mò̤-gŭ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): mô͘-ko͘

  (Teochew, Peng'im): mo⁵ gou¹

• Southern Pinghua (Nanning, Jyutping++): mo⁶ gu¹
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁶mu-ku / ⁶mo-ku₁ / ²mo-kou / ²mo-ku / ²mou-ku
  • (Jinhua): ²mo-ku₁

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mógu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mógů
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ku⁵
    • Yale: mwó-gu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.gu
    • Palladius: могу (mogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mógū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mógu
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ku¹
    • Yale: mwó-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mogu
    • Palladius: могу (mogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
  • (Chengdu)
    • Sichuanese Pinyin: mo² gu¹
    • Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: mogu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²¹ ku⁵⁵/
  • (Xi'an)
    • Guanzhong Pinyin: mógǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴ ku²¹/
  • (Nanjing)
    • Nanjing Pinyin: mógù
    • Nanjing Pinyin (numbered): mo² gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²⁴ ku³¹/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: могў (mogw, I-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ²⁴ ku⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Yale: mòh gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: mo³ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ᵐbᵘɔ²² ku³³/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: me¹ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /mɤ¹¹ ku¹¹/
• Northern Min
  • (Jian'ou)
    • Kienning Colloquial Romanized: mō̤-ǔ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔ⁵⁵ u²¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: mò̤-gŭ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵³⁻⁵⁵ ^(k-)u⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: mô͘-ko͘
    • Tâi-lô: môo-koo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: mo'kof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻²² kɔ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /mɔ̃¹³⁻²² kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /mɔ̃²⁴⁻¹¹ kɔ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /mɔ̃²³⁻³³ kɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: mo⁵ gou¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: mô kou
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo⁵⁵⁻¹¹ kou³³/
• Southern Pinghua
  • (Nanning Pinghua, Tingzi)
    • Jyutping++: mo⁶ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mo²² ku⁵³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mu-ku
    • MiniDict: mu^去 ku
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ³mu-ku
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /mu²² ku⁴⁴/
  • (Northern: Chongming)
    • Wugniu: ⁶mo-ku₁
    • MiniDict: mo^去 ku^平
    • Sinological IPA (Chongming): /ɦmo³¹ ku⁵⁵/
  • (Northern: Suzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²mo-kou
    • MiniDict: mo^平 kou
    • Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /mo²² kəu³³/
  • (Northern: Hangzhou)
    • Wugniu: ²mo-ku
    • MiniDict: mo^平 ku
    • Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /mo²² ku³⁴/
  • (Northern: Ningbo)
    • Wugniu: ²mou-ku
    • MiniDict: mou^平 ku
    • Sinological IPA (Ningbo): /məu²² ku⁵¹/
  • (Jinhua)
    • Wugniu: ²mo-ku₁
    • Sinological IPA (Jinhua): /mo³¹ ku⁵⁵/

Noun

蘑菇

蘑菇

1. mushroom

Synonyms

• (dialectal) 菌子 (jùnzi)

Derived terms

• 冰蘑菇
• 洋蘑菇 (yángmógu)
• 蘑菇雞片／蘑菇鸡片 (mógu jīpiàn)
• 蘑菇雲／蘑菇云
• 迷幻蘑菇 (míhuàn mógu)
• 雙孢蘑菇／双孢蘑菇 (shuāngbāo mógu)
• 風蘑菇／风蘑菇

 

Descendants

• → Manchu: ᠮᡝᡤᡠ (megu)
• → Mongolian: ᠮᠥᠭᠦ (mögü) / мөөг (möög)
• → Uyghur: موگۇ (mogu)

See also

• 菌類／菌类 (jūnlèi)

Etymology 2

		phonetic
trad. (蘑菇)		蘑	菇
simp. #(蘑菇)		蘑	菇
alternative forms		磨咕 摩姑

Composed of 磨 (mó, “to dawdle; to pester”) + 咕 (gu), a suffix for verbs (Zhou, 2002).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mógu, mógū, móguo

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ, ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mógu
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mógů
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ku⁵
    • Yale: mwó-gu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.gu
    • Palladius: могу (mogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u³/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mógū
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mógu
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-ku¹
    • Yale: mwó-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mogu
    • Palladius: могу (mogu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ ku⁵⁵/
      
  • (Beijing dialect, variant)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: móguo
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄛˊ ˙ㄍㄨㄛ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: móguo̊
    • Wade–Giles: mo²-kuo⁵
    • Yale: mwó-gwo
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mo.guo
    • Palladius: мого (mogo)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mu̯ɔ³⁵ g̊u̯ɔ³/

Verb

蘑菇

1. (colloquial) to dawdle; to dillydally
   • 1998, 瓊瑤, 還珠格格, episode 14, 戴春荣 (actor):

     容嬤嬤，這兒交給你了，我沒有時間跟他在這兒蘑菇！ [MSC, trad.]
     容嬷嬷，这儿交给你了，我没有时间跟他在这儿蘑菇！ [MSC, simp.]

     Róng Mōmo, zhèr jiāo gěi nǐ le, wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān gēn tā zài zhèr mógu! [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (colloquial) to pester; to plague

Derived terms

• 泡蘑菇 (pào mógu)
• 蘑菇戰術／蘑菇战术
• 蘑菇碴兒／蘑菇碴儿

 

Etymology 3

		mushroom	mushroom
trad. (蘑菇)		蘑	菇
simp. #(蘑菇)		蘑	菇
alternative forms		磨菇

Alteration of 無辜 (mou4 gu1, “innocent; guiltless”).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): mo⁴ gu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Yale: mòh gū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: mo⁴ gu¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɔː²¹ kuː⁵⁵/

Adjective

蘑菇

1. (Cantonese, humorous) innocent; guiltless