孟宗竹

Chinese

		Meng Zong	bamboo
trad. (孟宗竹)		孟宗	竹
simp. #(孟宗竹)		孟宗	竹

Etymology

Named after 孟宗 (Mèng Zōng), one of the twenty-four filial exemplars.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): mèngzōngzhú

  (Zhuyin): ㄇㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): maang⁶ zung¹ zuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): bēng-chong-tek

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: mèngzōngzhú
    • Zhuyin: ㄇㄥˋ ㄗㄨㄥ ㄓㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: mèngzongjhú
    • Wade–Giles: mêng⁴-tsung¹-chu²
    • Yale: mèng-dzūng-jú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: menqtzongjwu
    • Palladius: мэнцзунчжу (mɛnczunčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /mɤŋ⁵¹ t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: maang⁶ zung¹ zuk¹
    • Yale: maahng jūng jūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: maang⁶ dzung¹ dzuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: mang⁶ zung¹ zug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /maːŋ²² t͡sʊŋ⁵⁵ t͡sʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: bēng-chong-tek
    • Tâi-lô: bīng-tsong-tik
    • Phofsit Daibuun: bexngzongdeg
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /biɪŋ³³⁻²¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /biɪŋ³³⁻¹¹ t͡sɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ tiɪk̚³²/

Noun

孟宗竹

1. moso bamboo (Phyllostachys edulis)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 毛竹 (“moso bamboo”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		毛竹, 南竹
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	毛竹, 孟宗竹
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	南竹
	Guiyang	毛竹, 南竹
	Liuzhou	毛竹
	Nanning (Wuming)	南竹
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	毛竹
Cantonese	Guangzhou	茅竹
	Nanning	大頭竹
Gan	Nanchang	毛竹
	Pengze	家竹
	Lichuan	毛竹
	Pingxiang	毛竹
Hakka	Meixian	茅竹, 苗竹
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	苗狸竹, 苗竹
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	孟宗竹, 苗竹
	Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian)	苗狸竹
	Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian)	苗狸竹
	Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian)	苗狸竹
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	苗眉竹, 苗竹
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	苗兒竹, 埋兒竹, 苗竹
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	苗眉竹, 苗竹
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	苗兒竹, 苗竹
Huizhou	Jixi	毛竹
Northern Min	Jian'ou	麻竹
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	麻竹
Southern Min	Xiamen	毛竹
	New Taipei (Tamsui)	貓兒竹, 貓兒
	New Taipei (Pingxi)	貓兒竹
	Kaohsiung	貓兒
	Kaohsiung (Cijin)	麻兒
	Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang)	貓兒竹仔
	Tainan (Anping)	貓兒竹
	Shantou	麻竹
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	南竹, 毛竹
Wu	Shanghai	毛竹
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	毛竹
	Shanghai (Chongming)	毛竹
	Suzhou	毛竹
	Danyang	毛竹
	Hangzhou	毛竹
	Ningbo	毛竹
	Wenzhou	茅竹
	Jinhua	毛竹, 毛竹兒
Xiang	Changsha	南竹, 南竹子
	Loudi	南竹

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孟	宗	竹
もう Jinmeiyō	そう Grade: 6	ちく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo̞ːso̞ːt͡ɕikɯ̟]

Noun

孟(もう)宗(そう)竹(ちく) or 孟宗竹(モウソウチク) • (mōsōchiku) 

1. moso bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary).