松茸

Chinese

		pine	confused; fluffy; luxuriant growth
trad. (松茸)		松	茸
simp. #(松茸)		松	茸

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sōngróng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siông-liông / siông-jiông

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sōngróng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨㄥ ㄖㄨㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: songróng
    • Wade–Giles: sung¹-jung²
    • Yale: sūng-rúng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: songrong
    • Palladius: сунжун (sunžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊŋ⁵⁵ ʐʊŋ³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-liông
    • Tâi-lô: siông-liông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionglioong
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ²⁴⁻¹¹ liɔŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siông-jiông
    • Tâi-lô: siông-jiông
    • Phofsit Daibuun: siongjioong
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ²³⁻³³ ziɔŋ²³/

Noun

松茸

1. matsutake mushroom

Synonyms

• 松菌 (sōngjūn)
• 松蕈 (sōngxùn)

Compounds

• 姬松茸 (jīsōngróng)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
松	茸
まつ Grade: 4	たけ Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 松(まつ) (matsu, “pine”) + 茸(たけ) (take, “mushroom”), as it grows under trees (particularly, but not exclusively, pine trees).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まつたけ [màtsútáké] (Heiban – [0])
• (Tokyo) まつたけ [màtsútáꜜkè] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ma̠t͡sɨta̠ke̞]

Noun

松(まつ)茸(たけ) or 松茸(マツタケ) • (matsutake) 

1. matsutake, Tricholoma matsutake

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• 馬鹿松茸(バカマツタケ) (baka matsutake)
• 姫松茸(ヒメマツタケ) (hime matsutake)

Descendants

• English: matsutake, himematsutake