孟宗竹

Chinese

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

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

孟宗竹

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
Cantonese	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
Xiang	Loudi	南竹

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

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