冬蟲夏草

See also: 冬虫夏草

Chinese

		winter	animal; insect	summer; Xia (proper name)	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty
trad. (冬蟲夏草)		冬	蟲	夏	草
simp. (冬虫夏草)		冬	虫	夏	草

Etymology

Compare the similarly-structured Tibetan word དབྱར་རྩྭ་དགུན་འབུ (dbyar rtswa dgun 'bu).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dōngchóngxiàcǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): dung¹ cung⁴ haa⁶ cou²
Min Nan (POJ): tong-thiông hā-chhó

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dōngchóngxiàcǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄥㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄘㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dongchorngshiahtsao
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: dung¹ cung⁴ haa⁶ cou²
  - Yale: dūng chùhng hah chóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dung¹ tsung⁴ haa⁶ tsou²
  - Guangdong Romanization: dung¹ cung⁴ ha⁶ cou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʰʊŋ²¹ häː²² t͡sʰou̯³⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tong-thiông hā-chhó
  - Tâi-lô: tong-thiông hā-tshó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dongtioong haxzhoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tɔŋ³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴⁻²² ha⁴¹⁻²² t͡sʰo⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² tʰiɔŋ¹³⁻²² ha²²⁻²¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ ha³³⁻¹¹ t͡sʰo⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰiɔŋ²³⁻³³ ha³³⁻²¹ t͡sʰɤ⁴¹/

Noun

冬蟲夏草

caterpillar fungus (Ophiocordyceps sinensis)

Synonyms

蟲草／虫草 (chóngcǎo)
冬蟲草／冬虫草

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