冬蟲草

Chinese

		winter	animal; insect	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (冬蟲草)		冬	蟲	草
simp. (冬虫草)		冬	虫	草

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dōngchóngcǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ cung⁴ cou²
• Southern Min (Teochew, Peng'im): dang¹ tang⁵ cao²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dōngchóngcǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥ ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄘㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dongchóngcǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tung¹-chʻung²-tsʻao³
    • Yale: dūng-chúng-tsǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongchorngtsao
    • Palladius: дунчунцао (dunčuncao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dung¹ cung⁴ cou²
    • Yale: dūng chùhng chóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsung⁴ tsou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cung⁴ cou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: dang¹ tang⁵ cao²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tang thâng tsháu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taŋ³³⁻²³ tʰaŋ⁵⁵⁻¹¹ t͡sʰau⁵²/

Noun

冬蟲草

1. caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)

Synonyms

• 冬蟲夏草／冬虫夏草 (dōngchóngxiàcǎo)
• 蟲草／虫草 (chóngcǎo)

Descendants

• → Thai: ตังถั่งเช่า (dtang-tàng-châo) (via Teochew)