淡巴菰

Chinese

		insipid; diluted; weak insipid; diluted; weak; light in colour; tasteless; fresh; indifferent; nitrogen	(suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish (suff. for certain nouns); to hope; to wish; Palestinian, Palestine (abbrev.); Pakistan (abbrev.); Pascal (unit of pressure)	Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia); mushroom
trad. (淡巴菰)		淡	巴	菰
simp. #(淡巴菰)		淡	巴	菰
alternative forms		淡巴菇 淡巴姑 淡巴苽

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching of Spanish tabaco (“tobacco”). For the -m in 淡, compare Korean 담배 (dambae).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dànbāgū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànbāgū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢˋ ㄅㄚ ㄍㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànbagu
    • Wade–Giles: tan⁴-pa¹-ku¹
    • Yale: dàn-bā-gū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dannbagu
    • Palladius: даньбагу (danʹbagu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵¹ pä⁵⁵ ku⁵⁵/

Noun

淡巴菰

1. (obsolete) tobacco