口蘑

Chinese

		gateway	mushroom
trad. (口蘑)		口	蘑
simp. ^#(口蘑)		口	蘑

Etymology

口 (kǒu) is short for 張家口／张家口 (Zhāngjiākǒu, “Zhangjiakou”), from which place the St. George's mushrooms are very famous in China.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): kǒumó

(Zhuyin): ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hau² mo⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: kǒumó
  - Zhuyin: ㄎㄡˇ ㄇㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: kǒumó
  - Wade–Giles: kʻou³-mo²
  - Yale: kǒu-mwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: kooumo
  - Palladius: коумо (koumo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /kʰoʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hau² mo⁴
  - Yale: háu mòh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hau² mo⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: heo² mo⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐu̯³⁵ mɔː²¹/

Noun

口蘑

(traditional meaning) various mushrooms that has been sold via Zhangjiakou, including Leucocalocybe mongolica and St. George's mushroom
(mycology) (～屬) Tricholoma
(innovative usage) Agaricus bisporus